The writer, an FT contributing editor, is chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts and former chief economist at the Bank of England The World Snooker Championship concluded this week at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, its home for the past 48 years. This year’s was the biggest ever, attracting nearly 200mn viewers globally to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The rise of remote working is transforming office markets, but not in the way investors might have expected. During the coronavirus pandemic, stark images of desolate city centres prompted warnings of a hollowing out, with … 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 an author of fiction, cookery books and poetry anthologies. Her latest book is ‘The Dinner Table’, a collection of food writing Too many cooks spoil the broth, but what about the baklava? … Read more
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is the author, most recently, of ‘Homelands: A Personal History of Europe’ A poem bequeathed us by the epically gloomy Canadian seer-singer Leonard Cohen ends with the words: “oh and one more thing / … 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 author of ‘Hitler’s Pope’, ‘The Pontiff in Winter’ and ‘Earth to Earth’ What was he thinking? Leo XIV! A tribute clearly to Leo XIII, pope from 1878 to 1903, a major pin-up … Read more
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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. How can companies plan ahead when it feels like tomorrow may look nothing like today? It’s the question hanging over boardrooms as business leaders contend with a barrage of challenges — from AI disruption and … 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 president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy While there has understandably been a lot of focus on the unusual financial market volatility of recent months, I have … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood great again. But left to his own devices he might just make it worse. The US president directed his team last weekend to begin exploring a 100 per cent … Read more