Curiosity underlies a breakthrough in rare disease

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 science commentator The news this month of a medical first — an infant receiving personalised gene therapy for a life-threatening rare disease — is a milestone that matters many times over. … Read more

America needs to make its cities family-friendly again

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, a professor at the University of Toronto and a distinguished fellow at The Kresge Foundation The Trump administration is weighing a series of measures … Read more

How Paris fell for football

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Soon after moving to Paris in 2002, I went to watch the city’s only top-division football club, Paris Saint-Germain. I emerged from a metro station near the stadium to see a small white skinhead … Read more

SLR reform and the ‘doom loop’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more