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How to make the most of your lunch hour

Big sandwiches, new languages, WFH frugality and great coffees to go. However you spend it, make sure you get the max from your midday break

© Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos | Marilyn Monroe eats a taco on the set of The Misfits, 1960

Al desko to alfresco: three of London’s most fascinating lunch-break walks
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 rise of the really, really, really big sandwich
A new generation of chefs are taking the sarnie to the max
How to make the most of a lunchtime workout
The FT's Daniel Garrahan tries circuit training with Olympic rowing champion Helen Glover, a HIIT class and a running club
The ‘Pret tax’ will keep me away from the office
Lunch al desko is over a tenner once you’ve supplemented your sandwich with coffee, crisps, yoghurt and a popcorn bar
How I topped Duolingo’s Danish charts
‘The more you speak, think, dream in another tongue, the more you can morph into someone else’
The best independent coffee shops in the world: the readers’ picks
Earlier this year we published a list of FT writers’ favourite spots for a caffeine fix. These are the places you thought we missed
The joy of living off the clock
Being liberated from a rigid schedule allows ideas and relationships to flourish