Ten years ago, something very exciting happened on the London wine scene. The wine trade crammed into the concrete basement of a Soho record shop to taste an array of wines from a crowd of about 40 hitherto unknown producers from South Africa. These Cape new-wavers had been assembled by Robin Davis and Damon Quinlan … Read more
The restaurant equivalent of a West End show — Jay Rayner reviews Town in Covent Garden
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After the week Rachel Reeves has had, I wonder if she will be tempted to U-turn on her hugely unpopular plan to slash the £20,000 annual cash Isa allowance to as little as £4,000 before it’s been officially announced? With the intention of nudging cash-hoarding Britons into becoming a nation of investors, the chancellor is … 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 co-head of private equity at KKR The private equity naysayers are out in force in 2025. Underlying the latest predictions of the industry’s demise is a notable mis-step many firms made by over-deploying … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Of all the arts, music has the best claim to be an agent of change. I mean no disrespect here to radical theatre troupes breaking down the fourth wall with hard-hitting dramas about sex … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There are few industries with a more “old world” feel than European insurers. The average age among the continent’s 10 largest listed players is almost 170. Yet quietly, these old-timers have been racking up the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves finds herself stuck between Liz Truss, Donald Trump and Labour MPs. This week, the bond market illustrated what an awkward spot that is. Ever since the general election that swept Labour back to … Read more
Man Attempts To Set Fire to a Melbourne Synagogue
