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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British have a reputation for loving underdogs. The flip side of this is that we also enjoy seeing the mighty have a wobble. And there’s nobody mightier than the US president. The investment consensus … Read more
There was a time when we had no television in our home. Televisionlessness became part of our identity — distinguishing us as bohemian, or at least people at the intersection of “cosmopolitan” and “busy”. It’s a signifier of taste, not unlike the trope of gay men who won’t tolerate overhead lights. A laptop proved good … Read more
My two days in Bordeaux earlier this month were pretty sobering. Our small group of UK wine professionals arrived the day after a vigneron two decades younger than us, in the decidedly superior Castillon appellation, died by suicide. All the media coverage around his death linked it to the current crisis in Bordeaux. He was … Read more
The riddle of the ‘best local restaurant’ – Jay Rayner reviews Bavette in Leeds
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the founding partner of Verdad Advisers and the author of ‘The Humble Investor’ US equity markets have had a banner run in the years since the Covid-19 market panic. Yet despite the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and advises the technology company Disruptive Industries. European countries are ratcheting up their defence spending at extraordinary speed; they have no choice. As Washington hints … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is no doubting the phenomenal impact that venture capital has had on the US — and global — economy over the past few decades. A tiny number of VC investors have helped create some … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The bond vigilantes are growling and baring their teeth, and authorities around the world (most of it, anyhow) are doing the right thing, and backing away. But the risk of bond wobbles spiralling in to … Read more
