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April 27, 2025
Puff, the Magic Dragon — innocent ditty that was dragged into 1960s drug culture
The 1963 track was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary, who insisted it had nothing to do with marijuana
Financial Times
April 27, 2025
The crafted home: rush-seated chair revivalists
In the Scottish Borders, The Marchmont Workshop is reinvigorating an ancient trade practised in Britain since Anglo-Saxon times
Financial Times
April 27, 2025
Private credit firms take aim at ESG for holding back financing for European defence
Restrictions are increasingly being questioned by the industry and government officials
Financial Times
April 27, 2025
Lashing out at staff is bad for business
Shouty leadership is in vogue but smart executives do something far more effective
Financial Times
April 27, 2025
Swiss franc surge sparks bets on return to negative interest rates
Switzerland’s currency has soared as investors seek a haven from US President Donald Trump’s trade war
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Gary Oldman brings deft humour and mesmerising stillness to Krapp’s Last Tape
The actor performs Samuel Beckett’s melancholy solo piece at the York Theatre Royal, where he made his professional debut in 1979
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Iranian port explosion injures more than 500 workers
Authorities suspend all imports and exports through Shahid Rajaee while investigations continue
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Kremlin claims Ukrainian troops have been pushed out of Kursk
Russia acknowledges presence of North Korean troops on the ground for the first time
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
GTCR looks to exit heath tech firm as bumper sales spree continues
Chicago-based private equity group seeks valuation of over $1bn for the business during lull in deal activity
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
A lawyer in Donald Trump’s inner circle is now in the president’s crosshairs
Bill Burck avoided the administration’s wrath until he agreed to represent Harvard University in a funding battle
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
DeepMind UK staff seek to unionise and challenge defence deals and Israel links
Move by employees at Google’s AI arm follows discontent after weapons and surveillance pledge is dropped
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Revolut ends stock-only bonuses ahead of potential IPO
Fintech started to pay out awards in cash after staff asked for ‘greater liquidity’
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
US stocks underperform rest of world by widest margin since 1993
Investors fear Trump’s tariff blitz will lead to US stagflation while weak dollar adds to woes
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Canada election 2025: who is ahead in the polls?
Trump’s tariffs and aggressive rhetoric have shaken up a race led by the country’s Liberal and Conservative parties
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Airbus closes in on Spirit deal
European aerospace group has been in talks with supplier since 2024 as part of wider Boeing takeover discussions
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Saudi Aramco steps up e-fuel investment to prolong combustion engine era
World’s largest oil company says synthetic fuels have a part to play despite global shift towards electric vehicles
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Gazans fear Israel is enacting Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan
Benjamin Netanyahu has embraced US president’s idea to expel Palestinian population
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Republicans plan to scrap US audit regulator
Scrapping the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will boost Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Q&A: Trump’s first 100 days
Our experts answer readers’ questions
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Virginia Giuffre, who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, dies
Police say death of campaigner against sex trafficking is not suspicious
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
World leaders arrive in Rome for funeral of Pope Francis
Late pontiff, who will be laid to rest later on Saturday, requested simplified rites for the ceremony
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea
Sandy Cay is just kilometres from the Philippines’ military outpost at Thitu Island
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
UK entrepreneurs sound alarm over tariffs hit to small businesses
13 per cent ‘extremely likely’ to withdraw from US market, survey shows
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Barbarians at the sluice gate: KKR’s Thames Water quest
US private equity firm is preferred bidder for UK utility trying to avert renationalisation
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
The haunting of West Chapple Farm
Three gruesome killings in the 1970s and the writer who hasn’t been able to stop investigating them
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
The battle for the Catholic Church’s future will not be over doctrine
In choosing the next pope, disagreements will be over the Church’s ‘style’ — its way of being, culture and mindset
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Investors bank on Bessent to tame the drunken dragon
Yields on US government bonds have been thrashing around in response to Trump’s capricious policy plans
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Take heart, quiet majority. ‘Headphone dodgers’ can be silenced
Noisemakers have plagued city dwellers for centuries — but there is a way to stop them
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
The post-Covid world is only just becoming clear
The scars of the pandemic are emerging in our politics
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
‘Like a jolt of adrenaline’: why Antwerp should top the list for a gastronomic weekend
From Michelin stars to funky backstreet bistros, the Belgian port city is ideal for an epicurean escape, says Marina O’Loughlin
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
When is a natural disaster human-made?
The mud has been cleared in Valencia. But questions remain about last year’s deadly floods
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Make America Pregnant Again
The Republicans want a ‘baby boom’. And Elon Musk can fertilise us all
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Cheap, ethical and delicious: it’s mince’s moment to shine
The good stuff is full of flavour — and Tim Hayward has the recipes to prove it
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Russell Tovey on the dramatisation of Jean Charles de Menezes’ death: ‘It’s the way truth gets discovered’
The actor on playing Brian Paddick in ‘Suspect’, education through art and how theatre changed his life
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Why our planet (and not just its people) should have legal rights
New books by Robert Macfarlane and Tony Juniper strengthen the case for granting the natural environment protection in law on par with perso...
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Is phantom crying real?
Doctors can’t explain ‘babies in the head’, but plenty of novelists have tried over the years
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
‘Fluent Korean cooking with a French twang’ — Jay Rayner reviews Calong
The properly cool thing here is the food, which is cool in an understated way, and that’s the best kind of cool
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
How the white wine boom is transforming Galicia
Wines from the relatively isolated Spanish region are becoming more popular, and more interesting
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Simon Schama: Trump’s war on knowledge
Attacks on Harvard and other universities are not just self-defeating — they are fundamentally un-American
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Where the west still wins
Aeroplanes, universities, sports leagues — there are lots of exceptions to the decline of the North Atlantic world
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
The Name of the Rose’s thorny journey from novel to grand opera
Composer Francesco Filidei long dreamt of adapting the labyrinthine best-seller — but first he had to persuade Umberto Eco’s heirs
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Talia Byre is redefining the City look for women
Designer Talia Lipkin-Connor’s everyday pieces are a hit among professsionals looking for more individual office wear
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Papers and Paints, the thinking man’s paint shop
The Chelsea DIY store boasts a huge archive of historical shades – and expert advice
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Serious swag: striking ideas for curtains beyond the window
Fabric drapery is taking a star turn to add drama, hide clutter and comfortingly cocoon
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Swamp Notes: Trump’s ‘you break it, you buy it’ moment
Donald Trump may be retreating from the trade war he started a month ago during his so-called 'liberation day'
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Grief, anger and a tourist exodus follow mass slaughter in Kashmir
Killing of 26 people in disputed region brings India to brink of conflict with Pakistan
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Boeing’s return flight highlights America Inc’s exposure to China
Aircraft sent back to US illustrate how trade war has disrupted goods flows between world’s two biggest economies
Financial Times
April 26, 2025
Trump’s gripe over car ‘bowling-ball test’ dents Japan’s trade hopes
Safety test cited as barrier to US exports is not actually carried out
Financial Times
April 25, 2025
Contender to succeed Jay Powell blames Fed for ‘systematic errors’
Donald Trump ally Kevin Warsh says US central bank failed to contain worst inflationary bout in a generation
Financial Times
April 25, 2025