Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a global economist and author of ‘The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism’ Technological leaps are rarely born in comfort. They are forged in conflict, competition and necessity. From nuclear energy … Read more
Five years ago, garden visiting was a wistful memory. We were locked down. All I could do was drive to local patches of anemones, primroses and fritillaries and take the permitted daily walk where I could admire nature’s efforts. Not so this year: the indispensable Yellow Book, the Garden Visitor’s Handbook 2025 of the National … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Near the grand facade of the Bank of England, in front of the Royal Exchange shopping arcade, it is plain to see the new balance of forces in the City of London. Office buildings reach … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. True crime junkies have long been fans of podcasts. Most-listened rankings feature such grisly delights as Morbid, Small Town Murder and Bone Valley. But for producers, platforms and advertisers the genre has delivered its own … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world This week, we witnessed “the greatest economic master strategy from an American President in history”, according to Stephen Miller, adviser to Donald Trump. The US president’s U-turn from most of his aggressive trade … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Listen folks, we can all learn from the big guy. Inspired by Donald Trump, I have been working on my own liberation day tariff system for the neighbours and local merchants taking advantage … Read more
Two weeks on from the Spring Statement and Rachel Reeves’ declared ambition to “boost the culture of retail investment” in the UK looks spectacularly badly timed. The US president’s quixotic tariff announcements caused big losses for investors, with UK, US and global equity markets plunging, before whipsawing back after Trump announced a 90-day pause on … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. This week has felt about three weeks long. Is it too much to ask that not much happens … 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 a contributing columnist, based in Chicago Winter is getting shorter in the US Midwest, threatening the beloved cold-weather culture of skiing, ice fishing, dog sledding and ice roads. But now Midwesterners are … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As stock markets crashed amid the trade war, Scott Bessent, US Treasury secretary, tried to soothe frazzled investor nerves last weekend. “Most Americans in a 401(k) [retirement plan] have what’s called a 60/40 account . . . they are … Read more