Something to crow about: climbing the rig of the Cutty Sark
The world’s most famous tea clipper launches a new rig climb experience on Saturday. We shin up for a sneak preview and fantastic views of London
December 2017
Cutty Sark mutiny: staff asked to join picket lines as dispute hits tourists
While visitor numbers soar, workers are paid below the living wage in employment practices recalling the navy in the 19th century
February 2015
20 great city walks
Great city walks: Blackheath and Greenwich, London
Enjoy spectacular views of London while walking through one of the most beautiful parts of the capital • Five more walks tomorrow
October 2014
Part of Cutty Sark damaged in fire
Tea clipper open to visitors in Greenwich after firefighters called to small fire, five years after huge blaze engulfed ship
September 2014
Tesco scoops Carbuncle Cup for 'inept, arrogant, oppressive' Woolwich store
Architectural 'prize' goes to supermarket's London south-east project 'inspired by 1948 Berlin blockade', judges decide
January 2014
Cutty Sark reborn as cabaret theatre
By day, the drydocked sailing ship will continue as a museum; by night, an 85-seat space for comedy, music… and sailors' tales, writes Maev Kennedy
July 2013
Tate Modern receives £10m gift from Israeli shipping magnate Eyal Ofer
Modern art gallery to rename rooms after donor as it closes in on £215m fundraising target for extension
May 2013
Architecture and design blog
Mary Rose museum is a pearl - pity about the limpets
The Tudor ship's new home has the timeless sense of the ancient vessel, although the tacked-on pavilions are a bit of an anticlimax
April 2012
The Cutty Sark rises from the flames - in pictures
Britain's last surviving tea clipper, the Cutty Sark, reopens after an extensive conservation project
In praise of ...
In praise of … the restored Cutty Sark
Editorial: In the days before the Suez Canal, it was one of the fastest commercial vessels taking tea from Shanghai and wool from Sydney
The Cutty Sark: hoist the main sail!
The Cutty Sark has survived storms, pounding oceans and even fire. As the restored tea clipper reopens in Greenwich, Steve Rose explores our new appetite for nautical museums
March 2012
Cutty Sark reopens with gallery of 'Long John Silver' figureheads
Clipper ship's £50m restoration after fire five years ago creates exhibition space in dry dock beneath the keel
February 2012
TV review
TV review: Cutty Sark: National Treasure
Sam Wollaston: It's a lovely old ship, and the restorers are characters - but is it really worth £50m?
July 2010
Modern cargo ships slow to the speed of the sailing clippers
Container ships are taking longer to cross the oceans than the Cutty Sark did as owners adopt 'super-slow steaming' to cut back on fuel consumption
February 2010
Cutty Sark to be restored in time for 2012 Olympics
The Cutty Sark, severely damaged by a fire in 2007, will be restored in time for the 2012 Olympics thanks to a £3m government grant
September 2008
Industrial vacuum cleaner blamed for Cutty Sark blaze
Police say machine sparked inferno that devastated historic ship
November 2007
Cutty Sark renovators seek more funds
Six months after the fire which left the Cutty Sark a scrapheap of charred wood and blackened metal, conservation work is under way on the 18th century ship. Its renovators have warned the project will cost at least £9m more than planned
October 2007
Cutty Sark restorers face cash black hole
Fire-damaged ship may bear a corporate logo as the trustees seek sponsor.
