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May’s don’t miss list, from Hunza G’s summer pop-up to Zendaya’s T-shirt

When Moscow-born, London-based artist Yulia Iosilzon begins a new series of paintings, she first decides on a symbol. For her solo show at Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery in Fitzrovia, she struck upon a snail. “When I gave birth to my son last year, the snail became my totem animal,” she says. …

By Kira Richards
30th April 2024 • Financial Times

Dining in the Dark (pdf)

By Jennifer Fergesen: Writer and Editor
26th April 2024 • Financial Times

Finance as a force for good

How financial institutions can help reshape our food and energy systems to benefit climate, nature and people. (Executive Producer, Writer)

By Nellie de Goguel
25th April 2024 • Financial Times

Big deals, big parties, big dresses – Dafydd Jones’s 1990s New York

In 1981, back from art school and looking for work in his hometown of Oxford, Welsh photographer Dafydd Jones decided to turn his camera on life at the university. His photographs of the beautiful and privileged eating at their dining clubs caught editor Tina Brown’s eye, and she hired Jones …

By Kira Richards
23rd April 2024 • Financial Times

Dining in the Dark

Svalbard’s polar night can be endured — if you know the right crowd.

By Jennifer Fergesen: Writer and Editor
20th April 2024 • Financial Times

Dining in the Dark (web)

Though much has been written about the hidden paladares of Havana, the seven-course cenone of Italy, I doubt there are many cities in the world with a dinner scene as thriving and vital as that in Longyearbyen. These private gatherings are especially important in the polar night that lasts from …

By Jennifer Fergesen: Writer and Editor
20th April 2024 • Financial Times

Mexico asks UN to expel Ecuador after raid on its embassy

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By THOMAS GRAHAM
11th April 2024 • Financial Times

Mexico ruling party candidate shrugs off main rival’s attacks in debate

By THOMAS GRAHAM
8th April 2024 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Open Roads review

Character development is the key to this visually stylish story of family secrets.

By Tom Faber
3rd April 2024 • Financial Times

10 things to see, eat and buy in April

By Kira Richards
1st April 2024 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Rise of the Rōnin review

Team Ninja’s ambitious new game is set during Japan’s opening-up to the outside world. The fighting is fun but its world is overstuffed.

By Tom Faber
26th March 2024 • Financial Times

Anna Jones on her favourite vegetarian spots in London

By Sinead Campbell
16th March 2024 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Musician Jlin has gone from the steel mill to the dance floor

Jerrilynn Patton developed her dense, singular sound while working as a machinist.

By Tom Faber
15th March 2024 • Financial Times

Next Gen News

Executive Producer - FT Strategies + Google research content package (microsite, PDF report) "Our research aims to better understand the future of news consumption in 2030 . To achieve this goal, we interviewed young consumers from Nigeria, India, and the United States to identify the news needs and preferences of …

By Nellie de Goguel
11th March 2024 • Financial Times

12 things to see, buy and eat in March

By Kira Richards
7th March 2024 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth review — a remake that lavishly upgrades the original

The much-loved role-playing adventure is radically expanded in this second instalment of the trilogy.

By Tom Faber
27th February 2024 • Financial Times

Farming for the future

How regenerative agriculture could boost biodiversity, combat climate change and support farmers while reshaping our food system for the better Any one of these [regenerative practices] alone is beneficial. Individually, they make impacts but, tied together, the benefits start multiplying significantly. In December 2022, more than 190 countries signed the …

By Nellie de Goguel
1st February 2024 • Financial Times

The hidden cost of supermarket salmon

Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in West Africa. A visual investigation by the Fianncial Times

By Jack Thompson
31st January 2024 • Financial Times

The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon

A visual investigation by the FT. Fish sold by major supermarkets in Europe is harming food security in West Africa. Locals say it's hard to watch the export of basic resources "while we are suffering with poverty."

By Jack Thompson
31st January 2024 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Tekken 8 and how the fighting game is fighting back

After a patch of relative irrelevance since its 1990s golden age, the combat video game genre is experiencing a renaissance.

By Tom Faber
25th January 2024 • Financial Times

The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon

A visual investigation by the FT. Fish sold by major supermarkets in Europe is harming food security in West Africa. Locals say it is hard to watch basic resources being exported "while we are suffering with poverty."

By Jack Thompson
13th January 2024 • Financial Times

FT Audience Barometer Volume 1

[REPORT] What's on the minds of FT Readers? Explore the first edition of the FT Audience Barometer. (Executive Producer)

By Nellie de Goguel
8th December 2023 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Can Grand Theft Auto VI match its $7.7bn predecessor?

There’s a lot riding on the release but early signs look good, with stunning visuals, street racing and angry Karens.

By Tom Faber
6th December 2023 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Can a Zelda film ever live up to the beloved game? This fan is sceptical

Video games give players the raw materials to tell their own stories — a vital ingredient that cannot be translated into film.

By Tom Faber
11th November 2023 • Financial Times

Europe's Hidden Billions

During an eight-month investigation, the Financial Times and the non-profit Bureau of Investigative Journalism deployed dozens of journalists, researchers and coders to untangle a dense web of bureaucracy and uncover who were the beneficiaries of European structural funds. The goal was to answer two simple questions: How is the €347bn …

By Lidija Liegis
10th October 2023 • Financial Times

Philippine price ceiling adds to rice farmers’ insecurity

Fortunato Villanueva Jr is preparing to harvest unhusked rice this month from land he has worked for more than 30 years.

By Ramon H. Royandoyan
10th October 2023 • Financial Times

Frieze Seoul director Patrick Lee on why the fair is a ‘platform for Asia’

Now an anchor for the city’s art week, Frieze returns with more regional galleries and a bigger events programme

By Max Crosbie-Jones
1st September 2023 • Financial Times

Lana Del Rey brings glamour and mystery to Hyde Park - live review

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By Siobhan Grogan
19th July 2023 • Financial Times

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What is included in my trial? During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. Premium Digital includes access to our premier …

By Siobhan Grogan
19th July 2023 • Financial Times

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What is included in my trial? During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. Premium Digital includes access to our premier …

By Siobhan Grogan
17th July 2023 • Financial Times