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    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      FT SeriesFT Magazine’s London design special 2023
      What to see at the London Design Festival

      Thrones, pianos and enormous cork sculptures on the Strand: six highlights for your festival calendar

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      Everything you need to make the most of September 2 — the hottest ticket in town — and where to head afterwards

    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterCharting London’s museums
      A conflicted walk through London’s Imperial War Museum

      Challenging exhibits interwoven with personal stories make this museum a must-visit for an FT graphic artist

    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Visual feasts: five of London’s best gallery restaurants

      Move over dry scones. A fine-dining revolution has taken the capital’s major art institutions by storm

      From left: ‘Young Man Holding a Skull (Vanitas)’, (1626-28) by Frans Hals. A selection of dishes on a table at Spring
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
      Grass roots: a slice of history at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

      Step through a portal to the tournament’s past that puts the action on the courts in fascinating context

      A black and white photo of French player Suzanne Lenglen competing at Wimbledon in 1926
    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
      The FT Globetrotter tennis quiz: how well do you know your Wimbledon?

      Love all, or game, set and match to you? Put your SW19 Grand Slam knowledge to the test

      A general view of Centre Court shows  Nick Kyrgios returning the ball to Novak Djokovic during their men’s singles final tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 10, 2022
    • 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 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
    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
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      Cult Shop: handmade furniture with pioneer spirit

      BDDW brings its visionary furnishings, ceramics and artwork to London’s Mount Street

      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.
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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
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      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
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      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

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