How the Patriots spent big and returned to the Super Bowl
Also in today’s newsletter: LIV Golf’s long path to profitability, and a Winter Olympics rundown
Retail investors pull money from UK equity funds for tenth year in row
Funds suffer £11.1bn in outflows in 2025 despite FTSE 100 surging 21.5 per cent — its biggest gain since 2009
US and India reach interim trade deal
Agreement follows détente between Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
‘Hermès orange’ iPhone sparks Apple comeback in China
Vivid redesign and social media buzz lure Chinese buyers back after a prolonged slump
The Winter Games 2026
The Games return to western Europe for the first time in two decades with Italy hosting its third Winter Olympics. In this report: how climate change has hastened the debate on the future form of the event; the costs of holding the Games; the snow-making industry; and the lucrative business of openi
Tech wreck signals a market reset
Rising tide might no longer support all sector stocks, let alone speculative dross like crypto
Mexico’s extortion crisis casts a shadow over Super Bowl avocados
Record exports to the US for Sunday’s clash belies threats to labourers and farmers from cartels
Lloyds Bank can afford to add some Wall Street swagger
The lender’s push into corporate and institutional banking is a better idea than it sounds
Mandelson and the two elites
What the public sees as a ruling class is divided against itself
How the NFL became America’s true national pastime
The football league is perhaps the only institution capable of uniting much of the country, as this weekend’s Super Bowl will show
Putin isn’t really winning. Europe needs to make that clear
Behind Russia’s victory narrative in Ukraine is a system under strain. To fight back, the ‘middle powers’ must work harder on their own story
Should you overpay your mortgage — or invest the money instead?
A new app aims to help homeowners clear loans faster
The Trevi Fountain is not just a cultural vending machine
Charging €2 to look creates a physical and psychological barrier between Rome and one of its best-loved monuments
Chocolatier that inspired Roald Dahl closes historic London shop
Prestat agreed closure as part of a deal that will lead to it being taken over by L’Artisan du Chocolat
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
How to get the best rest: an HTSI sleep special
From the ultimate bed guide to perfect PJs and clever sleep aids, here’s a first-class ticket to the land of nod
Children of the 1970s — Mark Haddon, Sajid Javid and a divided Britain
The contrasting memoirs of the novelist and the former politician reveal a fissure in the UK of their childhoods — and traumas all too familiar to their contemporaries
The treacherous business of screen-to-stage
A theatrical adaptation for ‘The Traitors’ shows how audiences are being kept in the comfort zone
The biohackers who want to fix their vision without resorting to glasses
An alarming global surge in short-sightedness caused by lifestyle not genetics is encouraging many to seek clarity in strange ways
Anselm Kiefer, master of spectacle, on the lost women of history
The artist’s stunning portraits of female alchemists shine in Milan’s bomb-scarred Palazzo Reale
For fashionable wine, look to the Loire
The region has everything that modern drinkers look for in a wine
Mandy, Indiana are angrier and more effective than ever on Urgh
The quartet combine guitar, synth and ferocious live drumming with pointed lyrics about injustice on their second record
How easy is it for Brits to retire to mainland Europe?
Changes to inheritance tax and non-dom rules have spurred interest in retiring abroad — but there are new hurdles, too
A glimmer in the dark
We are all called in some way to invest in our collective humanity. The question is whether we show up