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Food and wine matching, or pairing as it’s often called, has become an increasingly popular sport. I admire the practitioners, while being far from hardline on the subject myself. Wine is complicated enough and I have always been reluctant to add an extra layer of complication. In practice, I find it’s possible to drink virtually … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. As India and Pakistan confront each other again, I remember that VS Naipaul managed to upset both countries. And Argentina, east Africa, Islamic south-east Asia, the Caribbean, Iran. Few writers have seen more of … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Asian markets this week gave a lively taster of what a full-blown currency war might look like under Trump 2.0. But we are not at panic stations yet, and probably (touch wood) will not be … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. In Aesop’s fable, the grasshopper spends its summer singing, dancing and consuming. The assiduous ant toils away storing food, despite the grasshopper’s entreaties to join the fun. Winter descends. The ants have plenty; … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When it comes to saying the unsayable, it’s hard to top comedian Jerry Sadowitz’s infamous gag from the late 1980s. “Nelson Mandela, what a c***. You lend some people a fiver and you never hear … 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 Three years ago the ports on the US west coast, their container terminals and rail lines hopelessly congested by the supposed post-Covid dislocation of value networks, were held to be the locus of … Read more

Gardens intertwine with art like honeysuckles round a bush of lilac. Gardeners often have an artistic vision when they plan and plant. Artists are also famous for gardens they devise. Sometimes they paint them, Monet and his garden at Giverny being the most famous pair. Sometimes they paint in them, like Delacroix in the little … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Almost everything is being repackaged as a subscription-based service these days. It is not just streaming services or magazines. From razor blades to clothes and imperfect produce, more and more companies are turning one-off sales … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fans of Newark’s airport — and there are some — used to smirk at the New Yorkers who preferred the traffic-jammed crawl east to fly from JFK instead of the hop west across the Hudson … Read more