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  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Waiting for Wimbledon: the 100-year-old queue that defines Britishness, for better or worse

    Never have so many behaved so politely, braving torrential rain, sleep deprivation and a 10pm curfew on takeaway deliveries. Tales from a Very British Queue . . .  

    People in the queue for Wimbledon in Wimbledon Park, with a man lying asleep on the grass beside them
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Wimbledon spirit: five of the area’s best pubs

    Missed out on tickets? Catch a match from the comfort of these characterful nearby drinking holes that are all celebrating the tournament

    The Crown & Rose pub’s terrace
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    First service: where to watch the tennis in style

    Some of the smartest spots in the capital for that Centre Court buzz, from an Art Deco icon on the King’s Road to a pontoon floating in the shadow of Tower Bridge

    Watching the tennis from the steps of Granary Square, King’s Cross
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Wimbledon 2023: the favourites, the ones to watch and the new faces

    FT Globetrotter sits down with experts from ‘The Tennis Podcast’ to get the inside scoop on this year’s hopefuls

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Take the plunge: eight of the UK’s most magical tidal pools

    These coastal treasures offer splendid saltwater swimming — and are destinations in their own right

    Walpole Bay tidal pool, Margate
  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    FT SeriesHTSI’s favourite shops in the world
    BDDW, a visionary design shop in London

    Furnishings, ceramics and artwork with a pioneer spirit

    The London store with (from left) a walnut dining table, £54,000, ceramic and papier-mâché pendant lamp, £15,000, linen Abel sofa, £23,750, Untitled by Tyler Hays, £44,800, and handpainted Bathers jigsaw puzzle by Tyler Hays, £28,000.
  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
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    Eat to the beat: top London venues for dinner and jazz

    Seven spots where the combo of food and live music hits just the right note

    Trumpeter Jackson Mathod at Ronnie Scott’s
  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterCharting London’s museums
    Voyages of discovery at London’s National Maritime Museum

    An FT graphic artist navigates the UK’s long seafaring history in Greenwich

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    My west London, by artist and designer Yinka Ilori

    Ilori relishes the strong African and Caribbean culture, community-driven arts spaces and rich architectural history of an often-overlooked pocket of the UK capital

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
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    Curator’s picks: Cézanne at London’s Tate Modern

    The museum’s Natalia Sidlina dissects three key works in one of the UK capital’s must-see current exhibitions

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Running with the pack: the rise of canicrossing

    Where and how to partake in this joyous and exhilarating fitness craze where your four-legged best friend sets the pace

    Runners jogging over muddy ground with their dogs at Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire
  • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
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    Plump and glow: four of London’s best new facials

    From the ‘four cheek’ to a natural face lift – new treatments to get skin 2023-ready 

    A woman with a facial-massage device held to her cheek during Foreo’s new four-cheek treatment
  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Five splurgeworthy London spa treatments to gift this season

    Relaxing and restorative experiences that are really worth treating someone special to

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways from London
    The Fox at Oddington in Gloucestershire — a chichi country pub with rooms

    The latest outpost of the Bamford empire marries style and sustainability to great effect

    A bedroom in The Fox at Oddington
  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    London leaves: a snapshot of autumn 2022

    Photography commissioned specially for FT Globetrotter captures the season across the capital, from Kew Gardens in the west to Epping Forest in the east, via a grand Victorian cemetery

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    My London, by Clarendon Fine Art founder/CEO Helen Swaby

    The woman at the helm of the world-leading gallery group shares her favourite restaurants, spas and gardens in the capital

  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Five London hotels with eco ambitions

    Smart sustainable stays in the UK capital

    Greenery hanging from the roof of The Nest bar, with a view over London, at the Treehouse Hotel
  • Monday, 29 August, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Four midweek micro-breaks from London

    Steal yourself away from the smoke with these charmingly bucolic overnight stays, only a short hop from the capital

    Two shepherd’s huts by a pond at The Merry Harriers pub in Surrey
  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
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    Curator’s pick: Munch’s ‘Melancholy’ at London’s Courtauld Gallery

    The first article in a new series from FT Globetrotter in which art experts dive into their favourite work from a must-see current exhibition

  • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    Hauser & Wirth CEO Ewan Venters’ ideal London weekend

    After picking up flowers and bagels, the leading contemporary art gallery’s global chief likes to immerse himself in a sumptuous ‘still-life drama’ before heading for one of Charles Dickens’ riverside haunts

  • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    A guide to eating and drinking along London’s Regent’s Canal

    From traditional East End boozers to fashion-crowd favourites: a microcosm of life in the UK capital in 2022 on one of its main urban waterways

  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Tennis star Johanna Konta’s favourite places in London

    How the former British number one enjoys spending time in the UK capital

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    String theory: the evolution of the tennis racket

    From 16th-century makeshift paddles to today’s masterpieces of aerodynamic design — via the controversial 1970s ‘spaghetti’ maverick — they’ve come a long way

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    What to wear at Wimbledon

    Like tennis, there are rules. But there’s also scope for flair

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    An insider guide to a green weekend in London

    Where to stay (luxuriously), eat (deliciously) and roam (non-pollutingly) for a sustainable sojourn in the UK capital

    The City skyline and beyond as seen from the top of Primrose Hill
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