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    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Splashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide

      The best places for a dip in and around our destination cities, from lake swimming in Zürich to Rome’s closest beaches — via London’s best hotel pools

      A woman diving into a swimming pool wearing a red swimsuit.
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      FT live news
      Live news update from July 4: Thames Water faces ‘huge resistance’ from investors, seven injured in attack in Tel Aviv
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      The wonder of Wimbledon

      FT Globetrotter celebrates the world’s greatest Grand Slam — and where to get in on the action

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterSplashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide
      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
    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Running in London with the world’s oldest cross-country club

      Dating back to 1868, Thames Hare and Hounds is one of several running clubs in the capital with a long and colourful heritage. Our correspondent set off with them across Wimbledon Common

      Members of the Thames Hare and Hounds club running along a wooded path
    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      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, 23 August, 2022
      FT GlobetrotterSplashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide
      Five of the best spots for sea swimming closest to London

      The FT’s resident cross-Channel swimmer shares her favourite places to hit the waves safely an hour or so from the capital

      Swimmers competing in a water sports race
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Running in London: the return of the 10,000m race

      The track event the crowds had largely forsaken is back, with festival-style fun that is all part of the thrill of the race

      Runners in a race at London’s Night of the 10,000m PBs event
    • 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

    • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
      FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
      Levelling up with three top London tennis coaches

      An enthusiastic club player seeks out professional help to smooth out the kinks in his game

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
      Four of London’s most offbeat public tennis courts

      Pay and play in the shadow of a Brutalist icon, an 18th-century church or a flyover

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Pillow talk: the best ‘sleep programmes’ in London’s top hotels

      How one long-suffering insomniac’s quest for shut-eye led to pillow menus, temperature-controlled mattresses and a night inside an Antony Gormley sculpture

    • Friday, 7 January, 2022
      HTSIThe Wellness Issue
      The best new spas for 2022

      Stays and ways to find your inner balance, from the Cotswolds to Kotor

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      FT GlobetrotterRide with the FT
      Women’s cycling in London: the best routes and groups

      One FT writer’s journey from two-wheeled commuter to ‘Lycra-clad obsessive’

      Siona Jenkins
    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      Wellbeing and fitness
      Biotech hacks to get you back on track

      Reset your personal best this autumn with the latest health and fitness gadgets

      Illustration of two runners wearing continuous glucose monitors on their upper arms
    • Monday, 6 September, 2021
      FT GlobetrotterRide with the FT
      Two wheels good: four of London’s best and most bike-friendly new routes

      A steadily expanding network of protected lanes means that cyclists can explore the capital virtually unbothered by drivers — on routes that zip through 1,000 years of history

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      FT GlobetrotterRide with the FT
      Power to the pedal: the galvanising effects of experiencing London by e-bike

      How going electric brought new energy to the way the FT’s CEO — formerly an e-bike sceptic — navigates the UK capital

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      FT GlobetrotterSplashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide
      Laps of luxury: London’s best (and longest) hotel pools

      Whether you want to power along or be pampered, here’s where to get in the swim

    • Monday, 5 July, 2021
      FT GlobetrotterRide with the FT
      Peripheral vision: three bike routes to London’s outer edges and beyond

      Two-wheeled explorations of the capital’s outskirts peel back layers of history

    • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
      Exercise and the city: fitness classes for urbanites 
      Row big or go home – gym classes for the oar-some

      Embrace the ergometer at these custom-made rowing sessions

      Rowbot gym, London W1
    • Friday, 4 June, 2021
      FT Magazine
      How walking became a radical act during lockdown

      Hitting the streets every day didn’t just help me get through the pandemic, it changed my sense of self

    • Monday, 24 May, 2021
      FT Globetrotter
      Tips from the top

      Business and cultural leaders share insider guides to their cities

    • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
      Wellbeing and fitness
      Run the world – the best jogs, city sprints and ultra-marathons on the planet

      Lace up for the most beautiful running routes on earth

    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      FT SeriesThe therapeutic power of water
      Go with the London flow: six top walks along the Thames

      To explore the capital’s biggest liquid asset on foot is an adventure in architecture, culture and nature

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