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Like tennis, there are rules. But there’s also scope for flair
Where to stay (luxuriously), eat (deliciously) and roam (non-pollutingly) for a sustainable sojourn in the UK capital
Super-chef Adam Handling perfectly marries sustainability and luxury at his first venture outside London: a country inn offering five-star food and gorgeous guest rooms
For any self-respecting movie fanatic, it’s well worth dedicating three days to dotting between our pick of the capital’s coolest picturehouses — each with stories as vivid and varied as those they show on screen
Working or on business in the City, Canary Wharf or King’s Cross? Make the most of your midday hour of freedom on these strolls that sample the best of each district’s culture, nature and architecture
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
Leave the car behind for a first-class train journey whose destination is a day of indulgence and exploration on a sustainable estate-cum-pastoral idyll: The Newt in Somerset
An FT graphic artist indulges his passion for history with a guide to an attraction that takes you through thousands of years of the UK capital’s past
The people to know in the UK capital who can make your well-loved clothes or accessories as good as new — or even reinvent them . . .
The FT’s gardening columnist selects just a few of the many glorious green spaces across the capital that are unmissable as they wake up from winter
A new exhibition at the V&A suggests menswear has always been radical. We compare past and present
Also opening on the London stage: Kit Harington as a ruthless Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse
The capital’s best places to match the tunes and vibe you’re in the mood for, from intimate subterranean spaces to a stadium — and everywhere in between
A truth universally acknowledged: the Marylebone townhouse of Jane Austen’s brother Henry — restored to its Regency glamour and discreetly cushioned with 21st-century comforts — makes for an exquisite getaway
We asked you to share your sources of delight in the capital, and your responses ranged from soothing green spaces and quietly historical streets to the Science Museum
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
In the final scene of our series by the FT’s film critic, here are some of the finest movies set in the UK capital — vivid depictions of the metropolis from the 1880s to the 2020s
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
The bucolic idyll amid London’s metropolis celebrates a history at the forefront of the conservation movement
The expressive brushwork of John Constable’s late paintings is explored in this moving London exhibition
The marvels on display here can transport you to whichever corner of the natural world you long to discover — or rediscover, as was the case for this FT graphic artist
Green spaces in our cities have become more cherished than ever. In this series from FT Globetrotter, our correspondents and writers tell their stories
The streets and parks around one of the UK capital’s most storied hotels have their own fascinating tales to tell — of Georgian starchitects, midcentury modernists, military heritage and . . . pelicans
A brilliant pop-up of artist-designed objects and clothing has finally settled in a permanent home
The opening of an Oscar Wilde-inspired hotel prompted an FT writer to indulge in a (brief) home-city holiday — in the aesthete’s mecca that is the capital’s most elegant district
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