The Guardian’s Sarah Lee visits SW19 to sample the visual delights of the All England Club championships. ‘In a world with so fewer anchors to civility and fair play,’ the photographer writes, ‘stepping inside the gates of the All England Club is a wonderful, albeit temporary, corrective’

Sarah Lee

Main image: Fans at the All England Club. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

Thu 10 Jul 2025 09.00 CEST

My first memories of Wimbledon are of watching it in 1985 with my grandmother, and having her explain the game to me. As much as I remember being thrilled to see the young Boris Becker win the men’s singles trophy, I was struck by the look of Wimbledon