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  • Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
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    Hot tickets: the rise of London’s day-festival scene   

    The capital’s summer season is packed with all-day music fests. They can be more miss than hit — but here are three that get it right on all fronts

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    How Wimbledon keeps grass court tennis alive

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    Virgin plans for new West Coast services rejected by regulator

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    Running one of London’s top restaurants is a high-wire act

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    Where to watch Wimbledon in London

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  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
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    Jury retires to consider verdict in Wagner Group arson case

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  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Top seeds: a Q&A with Wimbledon’s head gardener, Martyn Falconer

    A perennial champion at the tournament is the floral extravaganza that fills its grounds. Here’s how they do it every year without fail — and keep those courts so green

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
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    Denser, smarter cities will boost UK productivity

    Britain has skilled workers to compete with peers but not the urban infrastructure to capitalise on agglomeration benefits

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Wimbledon 2025: the players to watch

    Will Carlos Alcaraz power through to a third Wimbledon win in a row? Might Barbora Krejčíková raise the Venus Rosewater Dish again this year? And what are the Brits’ prospects? It’s all in the game . . .  

  • Sunday, 29 June, 2025
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    London-listed companies pile into bitcoin

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  • Sunday, 29 June, 2025
    PerspectivesPolly Clark
    Living on a boat remains London’s best-kept secret

    For one writer, buying a boat offered peace, community — and a more affordable way to live in London. Its an ode to quiet nonconformism

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  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
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  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
    Chris Giles
    Should we stop the UK’s best talent moving to London?

    The capital has been skewing Britain’s economic geography for more than a century

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  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
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    Property magnates the Reuben Brothers are investing £1bn to move the dial in Mayfair. Can they succeed?

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  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
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    David Gentleman — ‘Confidence is the key thing. Without it, you don’t draw’

    The 95-year-old artist swore he would never teach. But now he has distilled seven decades of a packed career into an inspiring primer for young people

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