Trump’s victory will change America. But Europe can have a different future
Democratic norms look unusually fragile in the US. Historian Mark Mazower argues that it is an outlier, not a precursor ...
Liberals speak a different language
Gaslighting’, ‘cosplay’, ‘intentionality’ — the American left doesn’t realise how odd its sounds to most people ...
Valuations at Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI set to soar in new deals
On Tuesday, Trump appointed Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and former presidential hopeful, to lead a new ...
The Met’s secret employee art show is no longer secret
The man is Daniel Kershaw, senior exhibition designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This show is unlike any other under his purview. It’s the employee show, Art Work: Artists Working at the Met, ...
Transcript: Swamp Notes — How can Democrats rebuild?
Sonja Hutson This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: what’s the ...
A deep dive into the Yucatán
Beyond the Mexican peninsula’s famous coast lies a spectacular, less-visited land of Mayan ruins, secret pools and somnolent villages ...
Triumph to tragedy — a cautionary tale of politics
There is no question that the pandemic was an unparalleled peacetime crisis and one that derailed Johnson’s government. But as Shipman notes, the seeds of his destruction were also ever present and in ...
Swamp Notes: How can Democrats rebuild?
Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks ...
‘It’s postcolonial but doesn’t know it’ — a ‘Ballet Shoes’ for our age
As Katy Rudd brings the children’s classic to London’s National Theatre, can it enjoy the success of adaptations like ‘Matilda’ and ‘War Horse’?
Squid Game is back — and darker than ever
Hwang Dong-hyuk, creator of the most-watched show in Netflix history, on taking his ultra-violent critique of capitalism to the next level ...
The lawyer at the heart of the ferocious debate over assisted dying
Charles Foster believes he has a duty to defend against a state-sanctioned and medicalised means to self-obliterate ...
When love is not just romance but compassion, too
The two figures are personifications of Humanity and Love. Humanity, on the right side of the picture, has his hands on a set of oars but lies back unmoving, as if passed out from exhaustion. Love, ...