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  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    How To Spend It In...
    Bridgerton star Victor Alli takes us to his Hackney manor

    For the East London actor, it’s all about cafés, culture – and the neighbourhood catwalk

    Victor Alli outside Lauriston Grocers, Lauriston Road, near Victoria Park, E8. He wears a Louis Vuitton suit
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Time to walk The Line, London’s groundbreaking art trail

    Tracing the Greenwich Meridian is an 8km waterside route that takes in an Antony Gormley ‘cloud’, Tracey Emin birds and an upside-down pylon

    Red, yellow, black and grey floral illustrations by the artist Madge Gill (1882-1961) reproduced on the side of a bridge crossing the River Lea in east London
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Keeping it reel: a look behind London’s independent cinema scene

    Meet the people who curate the pioneering programmes at four venues that are must-visits for film buffs

    A promotional poster for ‘Landrián’, a documentary about the Cuban filmmaker Nicolás Guillén Landrián that was screened at the Barbican this year. It features three identical black and white stills of a young Black man looking through a historic movie camera; there is a bullet hole through the the second still
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    James Brown of Blue Mountain School’s perfect Saturday in London

    The co-founder of the east London retail, art and restaurant space takes us on a whirl around his favourite shops, galleries and eateries in the capital

  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    The unwritten rules of the great London pub quiz

    Arm yourself with the knowledge needed to navigate the rites and rituals of this hallowed institution 

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Lunch-break wellness: London’s midday sound baths

    Right ommm . . . ditch the flat white for an acoustic immersion alleged to stave off the early-afternoon slump

    A wand being waved over transparent singing bowls at London’s Re:Mind sound-bathing studio
  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    My Top 10: Jackie Wullschläger’s guide to London’s National Gallery

    In the British institution’s bicentenary year, the FT’s art critic shares her favourite works from its world-class permanent collection

    “St Michael Triumphs over the Devil” by Bartolmé Bermejo: a painting of a male saint in armour slaying a dragon
  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterCharting London’s museums
    Sorted: a first-class ride through British postal history

    An FT graphic artist walks through the story of the UK’s postal service and hops on London’s other underground railway

  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Come to the cabaret . . . on an evening train from London (and back)

    All aboard the Carriage Club, a 1930s-style show and dinner experience on the Belmond British Pullman, sibling of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

    A female cabaret artist wearing a grey silk dress, long grey gloves and a feathered headdress on the Carriage Club
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    Gardens
    From spiders to the sublime, art disrupts an Arcadian landscape

    Compton Verney, an English manor with a Capability Brown garden, hosts a range of works that fire the imagination

    7-metre spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois on the lawn in front of Compton Verney, a large 18th-century pale stone house
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s on in our cities
    London in 2024: FT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s happening

    The capital’s best arts, sports, festivals and events this year

    Le Rodeur: The Exchange’, 2016, by Lubaina Himid: a painting of five Black people in colourful clothing, with one woman wearing a bird’s head mask, in a room with blue and purple walls
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    OutlookJoy Lo Dico
    Move over, Lucian — artistic wannabes are now hogging the bar

    At the revival of Soho’s infamous Colony Rooms, the clientele are not true artists but aspiring bohemians

    The late Michael Wojas in the Colony Room Club in Soho, which he ran until its closure 2008
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    A clean getaway from London: a pioneering skincare retreat

    A four-day stay dedicated to your skin at a smart wellness destination in the capital’s greenbelt

    A woman lying on a treatment bed, covered in a grey blanket, with her head under a purple-light emitting therapy device, operated by a female member of staff beside her
  • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
    HTSIHTSI holiday special 2023
    15 festive events in the UK to book now

    Winter wonderlands to love: from glittering botanical trails to dancing on ice

    Chatwsorth House converted into the Palace of Advent for Christmasa
  • Monday, 20 November, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    Jamie Oliver’s favourite London haunts

    On the eve of the launch of his new London restaurant, the TV chef reveals his top eateries and bars in the capital — and where you might spot him having a picnic

  • Monday, 9 October, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Holy roast: the best of the City of London’s church cafés

    From crypt to cathedral, eight coffee stops in beautiful and historic places of worship

    The Wren Coffee at St Nicholas Cole Abbey, with large arched and stained-glass windows surrounding a space dotted with tables and chairs
  • 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

  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    FT Globetrotter’s guide to the FTWeekend Festival

    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
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