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  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Four of London’s most majestic Platinum Jubilee afternoon teas

    Mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne in sybaritic style at this quartet of the capital’s smartest hotels

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    Interior designer Kit Kemp’s London

    The woman whose creative vision helped drive the boutique hotel movement shares her sources of inspiration in the UK capital — its architecture, craftspeople, food and flowers

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Obsessed with: cinnamon buns — where to find London’s most delicious

    FT writers and correspondents reveal their food and drink obsessions — and where to find them in their city. Here, FT Globetrotter’s deputy editor reveals her passion for swirly Scandinavian delights

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    How To Spend It
    Meet the Roketsu man of Japanese cooking

    A master of kaiseki has landed in London. We join him at the high table

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    Tastes of home: travel editor Divia Thani’s top Indian restaurants in central London

    The global editorial director of Condé Nast Traveller recently relocated to the UK capital — and is discovering its showcases for her homeland’s food at its finest

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    ReviewFT Magazine
    José Pizarro at the Royal Academy: ‘suddenly nothing else matters’ — restaurant review

    ‘Pizarro’s tapas are so good I’d eat them with relish after they’d been run over by a Routemaster’

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Che buono! London’s top Italian delicatessens

    The capital’s most intriguing alimentari range from London’s oldest Italian deli in Soho to a Willy Wonka-esque gourmet destination — via the place where Mary Berry pops in for burrata

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    How To Spend It
    Go the whole hog with suckling pig

    Learn the secrets of lechon, the much-loved Filipino dish

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    ReviewFT Magazine
    Hawksmoor, Canary Wharf: ‘terrific delivery’ — restaurant review

    ‘What delighted me about this latest incarnation was the quality of everything else’

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    The big smoke: the top places to drink mezcal in London

    From underground joints to a sleek eatery in the sky, here are the best spots in the capital to sample this sophisticated — and matriarchal — Mexican spirit

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Little wonders: six of London’s most delicious small restaurants

    Bijou, unpretentious eateries that are big on culinary flair — and atmosphere

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    FT SeriesHow To Spend It spring fashion special
    Could fine dining be the saviour of the department store?

    In-house restaurants are taking things to the next level

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    FT MagazineTim Hayward
    Ombra, Hackney: ‘will make you weep’ — restaurant review

    ‘You know how anchovies somehow enhance roast lamb? Yeah. That. To the power of 10’

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    London on a plate: Tim Hayward’s go-to restaurants

    The FT’s restaurant critic chooses the eateries in the UK capital that never fail to enchant him — and to which he returns time and again

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    The Aesthete
    What does an aesthete keep in the fridge?

    Claudia Roden, Kean Etro and Tracee Ellis Ross reveal the food, drinks and condiments they cannot live without

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    How To Spend It
    Five new nose-to-tail dining destinations

    The best tables for all you can eat, from Glasgow to Canberra

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Many happy returns: the city spaces that bring joy to our correspondents and writers

    Be it New York subway trains, a Frankfurt bakery or a Tokyo karaoke joint, these are the spots that never fail to uplift the FT’s globetrotters

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    FT SeriesHow to eat and drink it this Christmas
    Cooking the Galette des Rois – king of puff pastry puddings

    Made to celebrate the coming of the magi, it’s the crowd-pleaser of baked seasonal puddings

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Feeling better already: London’s best hair-of-the-dog cocktails

    Stave off the inevitable and indulge in the capital’s most magically recuperative concoctions — or make them at home

  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
    How To Spend It
    The 10 best winter terraces in London

    Savour the festive flavours in these urban wonderlands

  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Making merry: the best London restaurants to raise a glass (or several) in

    What makes a good restaurant? It isn’t necessarily the food. Here is a toast to eight favourite eateries where a long, well-lubricated lunch might melt into midnight . . . 

  • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
    How To Spend It
    Restaurants with a side of razzmatazz

    We round up the dining spots that make a meal sing (and dance)

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    FT SeriesHow to eat and drink it this Christmas
    What’s cool for cocktail hour?

    From Shoreditch to Sydney, we ask the top mixologists what’s being shaken, stirred or swirled 

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    How To Spend It
    BiBi: a revolutionary new force in British-Indian cooking

    Our food writer salutes an exciting new opening on London’s food scene

  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Obsessed with pasta: where to find London’s freshest and finest

    FT writers and correspondents reveal their food and drink obsessions

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