Archive - The Wimble

Is this the hardest workout in Wimbledon?

Plus: The Vatican Embassy in SW19, locally-sourced supper clubs, and a famous landscape artist comes to town

Apr 24 •

Fireman Bob — a hero of Wimbledon — returns to his old station

Plus: Hyperrealistic art with a ballpoint pen, live music, and the shocking wait time for social housing in Merton

Apr 17 •

Inside the new Wimbledon bakery where music and bread collide

Plus: Backlash for new cycling bays, celebrations for local heroes and more!

Apr 10 •

Zak and The Wimble are away

But fret not, for we are back next week with a great edition

Apr 3 •

March 2025

The sad end of Bharat's shop

Plus: We met with a local artist who is bringing science and art together

Mar 27 •

Inside Wimbledon's most extraordinary modern home

Plus: A charity ball, forest bathing on Wimbledon Common, and the Grammy-winning musical coming to Wimbledon

Mar 20 •

Social climbing: Welcome to Wimbledon’s new pastime

Plus: Shakespeare by candlelight, the proposed closure of a beloved pub, and a very fancy champagne dinner

Mar 13 •

How two dads saved a beloved wine shop from closure

Plus: An Oasis tribute band, a lecture on art and the Cold War, and advice after a fire breaks out in New Malden

Mar 6 •

February 2025

'The suburbs have never seen such excitement': Wimbledon's new thriller

Plus: The lost pubs of Wimbledon, a new job opening at the Rooftop Farm, and much more

Feb 27 •

My (very caffeinated) hunt for Wimbledon's best cup of coffee

Plus: Charity dinners, wine tastings and much more in this week's edition

Feb 20 •

The Wimble Reader Survey

Wimblers, we need you!

Feb 18 •

Meet the man who loves Wimbledon so much he commutes here from ... the Midlands

The man behind the football at AFC Wimbledon, an international ballet company comes to town, and much more in this jam-packed edition

Feb 13 •

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