A first drive of Morgan’s fastest car ever
Does the marque’s Supersport 400 deliver?
How to host an Irish hog roast, with Richard Corrigan
The chef cooks up an ultra-local feast on his home turf
Opening lead reveals likely second suit, and seems to place cards well for declarer
Excellent timing, and discipline, crucial to successful use of established winner
Pets at Home sales boosted by new product lines and lower prices
Turnaround plan starts to yield results in second half despite 60% fall in profits
FirstFT: Trump’s Board of Peace is stuck in limbo
Also in today’s newsletter: Trump-backed firebrand wins in Texas and BP’s boardroom shake-up
Six countries ask EU to shield heavy industry from carbon costs
Poland, Czech Republic and others call for more emissions permits given global crises and high energy prices
Blair’s diagnosis of Labour is correct
Party’s commitment to ambitious pledges before election narrowed its room for manoeuvre
Dulux owner AkzoNobel rejects €13bn attempt to gatecrash merger
Shares jump as Nippon Paint and Sherwin-Williams attempt to muscle in on deal between Dutch group and Axalta
US regulator delays decision on AstraZeneca cancer drug
Review period extension comes after FDA oncology advisory panel voted against recommending breast cancer drug
Trump risks triggering financial crisis with Iran war, warns ECB
Vice-president Luis de Guindos says Washington’s volatile trade policies and reduced co-operation also threaten stability
Israel kills Hamas military chief
IDF also steps up strikes in Lebanon despite nominal ceasefire
UK household energy bills to rise by 13% from July to two-year high
Ofgem’s cap increase means annual costs will increase to £1,862
Byju’s founder sentenced to jail in Singapore for contempt of court
Judge orders six-month jail term for edtech group’s chief Byju Raveendran
Samsung workers set for $400,000 bonus after deal to share AI profits
Agreement with union ends wrangling over how to share spoils of boom at memory-chip maker
Inside BP’s boardroom ‘bullying’ scandal
Albert Manifold’s behaviour and use of personal devices cited as factors in removal that has piled pressure on CEO Meg O’Neill
AI’s mixed economic signals
Plus, the euro convergence trade
How the EU quietly backed away from talking up its mutual defence clause
Also in this newsletter: Should the EU drop its online ‘fairness’ push?
Trad bookies ♥ prediction markets
C-c-c-c-combo rakers
FTAV’s further reading
Pontiff vs AI; CFTC compromised; Louisbait; weird Americana
Transcript: The 18th-century woman who made saving possible for the poor
Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth talk to Victoria Bateman, author of ‘Economica’
Introducing: The Story of Money
A new video podcast from The FT exploring the history of finance
Halifax and TSB have outlived their brand-name usefulness
Bank consolidation in Britain now makes sense in targeting customers for multiple products
How did Jay Powell do at the Fed?
The outgoing chair has made some mistakes, but his decision to stand up to Trump was heroic
Transcript: AI Labs — Elon Musk wants AI in space
Murad Ahmed talks to Stephen Morris and Hannah Murphy