Veteran jockey Frankie Dettori is feeling “saddened and embarrassed” after filing for bankruptcy last week, after being unable to resolve a long-running case of tax avoidance with HM Revenue & Customs. “Bankruptcy is a major decision and its consequences will affect me for many years,” he said in a statement, adding that he would “advise … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A nation that has 44 Michelin stars, earns a fortune from visiting diners and then invents the appetite suppressant Ozempic is either multitalented, or very foolish. Either way, I am in the Danish capital … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Once upon a time, I worked with the Seven Dwarfs. Ours was a fleeting relationship, during which time I mostly served them beer. It was the early ’90s, and I was doing bar work … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For two months, Gazans had some respite from the Israeli bombs that have reduced the strip to a wasteland, and began to pick up the pieces of their devastated lives. The families of the remaining … Read more
Hugues Oyarzabal, uno de los surfistas más consumados de Europa y uno de los primeros en grabar sus hazañas espectaculares desde una ola, murió el 21 de febrero en su casa de Biarritz, Francia. Tenía 39 años. Sus padres, Charles y Lucette Oyarzabal, dijeron que se quitó la vida. Sus amigos le dijeron a The … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is an economist at the LSE and former director of its Centre for Economic Performance Growth depends as much on skills as on physical capital. Yet, while the UK government has started well … 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 directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution Remember the bizarrely menacing Russian video of ice-bound European cities set to a baleful song called “Winter Will Be Long”? It … 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 stands accused of lacking a theory of growth. Popularised by political scientist Ben Ansell, the critique rebukes the UK chancellor for banging on about economic growth while being “empty-minded” about its pursuit. This … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the ESG investing myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Don’t let the happy smiley face in my photo deceive you. I seethe at losing my job to this day. The stress on my family. Giving up our London home. Being broke. The worst thing … Read more
