I have just been studying how to turn a battlefield into a garden. From Syria to Kashmir, this skill is becoming ever more topical. Sometimes, nature, left to itself, does its green and flowery best. During the first world war, there were blood-red poppies already in Flanders but they have multiplied poignantly since battles ended … Read more
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 head of public policy at Y Combinator For all its tough talk on Big Tech, the Trump administration is weighing a trade deal that would in effect pause enforcement of … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world After decades of on-off brutal fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the mineral-rich country’s foreign minister and her counterpart from neighbouring Rwanda last week signed a US-brokered peace accord. Donald Trump, whose … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Can artificial intelligence stop the planet burning? There is both good and less good news about the answer to this question. But since this column is being written at the end of yet another sweltering … 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 chief executive of the Nuffield Trust After 12 months in office, and as the NHS hits its 77th anniversary, the government this week unveiled its 10-Year Health Plan. But unlike the two … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Professional cyclists thrive on suffering: how else to explain the 184 riders who this weekend begin three weeks of pedalling an average 159km a day around France? Alas for the sport, its business model seems … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There goes another one. KKR’s £4.7bn purchase this week of Spectris, a high-tech equipment maker, is only the latest in a series of buyouts of UK mid-market companies. Lowly valuations are attracting bargain hunters. But … Read more
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 an FT contributing editor and writes the Chartbook newsletter Sometimes coincidence illuminates history. Last week, the news that self-declared democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani had won the Democratic mayoral primary in … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. I have to say my first response to this question was that actually my school should be giving me money for all the issues and neuroses it left me with. I could say that … Read more
Kennedy is a shot in the arm for the anti-vaccine movement