Starmer calls for western alliance to be ‘remade’
UK PM pushes for new multilateral defence initiative that could oversee joint procurement and reduce rearmament costs
Maps remade
An FT Magazine special feature on how to map a changing world
How to survive forty days of rain — and counting
It’s an unsettling and inescapable fact that the whole sodden UK situation feels — and in some ways is — apocalyptic
Prediction markets take a bigger bite of US sports gambling pie
DraftKings and Flutter shares slide as investors fret about threat posed by apps such as Kalshi
James Van Der Beek, actor, 1977-2026
As the star of the television drama ‘Dawson’s Creek’, he captured the hearts of teenagers the world over
The lost art of self-validation
Now that anything can be faked, all we have left is being honest with ourselves
What kind of AI disruption victim are you?
From luddite businesses to those that rely on workers who’ve lost their jobs, the new technology spares no one
Schroders is part of the City’s émigré alchemy
Along with SG Warburg, the asset manager played a pivotal role in London’s financial growth
What America forgets about the UN
The organisation faces a potential rival in Donald Trump’s fledgling ‘Board of Peace’. But as a forum for US power, it would be a hard act to follow
The quiet catastrophe in your pocket
Inventor Pep Torres on three trivial, almost invisible inventions that are quietly dismantling our humanity
Here’s the stupid thing about romance scams
If anyone should be ashamed of this crime, it’s the social media platforms
Travelling with your family? Here’s the best kit
Bags, beds and blankets to keep everyone happy this holiday
The star investor and sports data pioneer disrupting Scottish football
Fresh investment and computer algorithms that have redefined player recruitment fuel Hearts’ transformation
No sex please, we’re Brontë scholars
Emerald Fennell’s bombastic new ‘Wuthering Heights’ has sent us back to the OG version
Liberals should mourn the passing world
Why apologise for what was the most successful international order in history?
If you want a great meal, act like a Michelin inspector — Insider’s Notebook
Nothing gets the kitchen moving like a solo diner with a notepad
StanChart’s Bill Winters learns half a lesson from Jamie Dimon
The UK bank has too often been seen to put all its eggs in one basket
Why has one of Bordeaux’s best recent vintages got cheaper?
The 2022 red wines are in excellent health — unlike the ‘en primeur’ system
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders
The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition
How to map a fractured world
President Trump disregards them, technology is remaking them — in an age of upheaval, our maps are in flux too
A closer look at Gwen John: deeply pious and quietly radical
The Welsh painter’s faith is often glossed over — thought to be unfashionable, unfeminist even — but there’s a link between her artistic and spiritual vocation
What use is culture in a time of war?
Depictions of conflict can convey far more than triumphalism or brutality
Indelicate, confrontational, essential — the National Portrait Gallery’s Lucian Freud show is a marvel
The virtuosic painter is shown as master draughtsman in this London exhibition
The British Museum’s Samurai show proves the brush is mightier than the sword
A magnificent exhibition reveals how these fearsome warriors lived on, long after their fighting days were over