A Place for Children, Inc.

For all their problems, prizes still have a place

...Walter Isaacson, Musk’s biographer, said of the tech billionaire: “He does not have a fingertip feel for . . . empathy, emotions.” Murdoch was a curious choice in this respect too....

March 23, 2024

Energy Source

A ‘critical year’ for the UK’s carbon capture ambitions Premium

...Efforts to get the industry off the ground are taking place against a slump in the UK’s carbon price, removing the pressure to install carbon capture technology for some emitters....

March 26, 2024

FT Live

Strategies for Trading Interest Rate Volatility

Understanding the rate environment and capitalising on fluctuations

Politics

UK fiscal policy discourse (a story for children)

...“On a packet of Tic Tac Fresh 18g?” said Humphrey. “Yeah,” said Rishi. “60p I guess,” said Humphrey. Rishi was unhappy....

February 7, 2024

Nigeria

More than 130 kidnapped children freed in northern Nigeria

...Uba Sani, governor of the north-western state of Kaduna where the abduction took place a fortnight ago, said the students from the town of Kuriga had been released, praising President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu...

March 24, 2024

FT Wealth Management

How succession can make or break a family business

...Even so, he admits the next generation is likely to take a different approach to life and business. “My brother and I have six children between us....

April 8, 2024

UK politics

Free childcare plan risks lowering standards in England, says watchdog

...A DfE spokesperson added: “We will continue to work closely with local authorities to monitor places for all children in early years, including for children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities...

April 23, 2024

FT Live

Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?

Exclusively for FT subscribers

HTSI

Seven brilliant books for young children

...A present for adults as much as kids. £12.95, phaidon.com The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore The Folio Society is my absolute go to for editions that are really special....

December 19, 2023

Lex PopuliHealth sector

Survival of the fittest for health tech Premium

...A crowded market place means hefty customer acquisition costs. So, too, did the end of the pandemic. Hims and Hers, notwithstanding its size, spends half of revenues on marketing....

March 8, 2024

ReviewTheatre

Children of the Sun theatre review — Gorky’s cosmic drama falls to earth

...During its first hour and a quarter, Children unfolds as a more conventional story of provincial torpor and longing....

April 23, 2024

Fashion

The trouble with children’s clothing

...Among Teisbaek’s favourite places to buy kidswear is Dickies....

April 3, 2024

Inside BusinessSujeet Indap

Delaware, Inc agonises about Musk backlash as its lawyers seek changes

...That has unnerved the lawyers who believe the state’s reputation for predictability is eroding, potentially risking its status as the premier place for US businesses to incorporate....

April 23, 2024

Camilla Cavendish

We must stop the smartphone social experiment on our kids

...Surveys show increasing support from parents for smartphone bans: in the UK, a recent poll by the charity Parentkind found 77 per cent of parents of primary school age children wanting a ban for the under...

March 29, 2024

Budget 2024: As it happened

Cash-strapped local governments get £165mn for children’s social care

...The government said it would also be “developing proposals” to combat profiteering within the private market for children’s residential placements....

March 6, 2024

The Art Market

Hockney’s early California dream makes a winter splash

...Waterston says that “for the bigger galleries to succeed, they need to be seen as a place where younger people and artists want to work and to stay”, something he sees as key to his managerial remit....

January 25, 2024

Nigeria

Armed men kidnap hundreds of Nigerian children from their school

...Armed men stormed a school in the northwestern town of Kuriga on Thursday and seized 287 students, a teacher told the governor of the state of Kaduna where the attack took place....

March 8, 2024

FT Live

Africa Summit

Africa in a complex world

ReviewNon-Fiction

How We Break — what happens when we’re pushed beyond our limits?

...Rest and recovery are vital — and these states are hard for professional, productivity-obsessed individuals to accept....

January 18, 2024

News in-depthLVMH

LVMH succession plans accelerate as Arnault children step up

...Arnault views operational experience as a training ground for this, and holds regular lunches with all five children to discuss the business....

April 15, 2024

Food & Drink

An Italian meal to cook with children — by chef Jacob Kenedy

...(Bologna is also called La Grassa — the fat one — for a reason.) If you have access to a butcher, get them to mince the meat very coarsely for you (8mm)....

April 4, 2024

News in-depthNews in-depth15 min

Building blocks: Lego's next move | FT Film

...And that's been very successful for them. It's also no longer just about children....

March 21, 2024

Letter

Letter: Educate Ukraine children, and lift hopes in other wars

...If we get it right for Ukraine’s children, we might offer hope to their peers around the world. Jane Mann Managing Director, Cambridge Partnership for Education Cambridge, UK...

March 5, 2024

ReviewFilm

Orion and the Dark film review — Charlie Kaufman brings his singular vision to children’s animation

...One is the subversion of standard narrative shapes, the other is existential anxiety on a seismic level. Both are very much present in Kaufman’s first script for a children’s film....

February 1, 2024

UK politics

Extra 85,000 childcare places needed in England to meet government target

...“What we are not talking about is putting lots of childcare into schools”, David Johnston, minister for children, told the Financial Times....

April 18, 2024

Letter

Letter: Let’s raise tax for all high earners, not just those with children

...However, the charge to counterbalance these cuts was imposed only on those on middle or high incomes bringing up children (and thus receiving a “benefit”)....

February 29, 2024

Property sector

European commercial real estate deal making slumps to 13-year low

...“But the continued and sometimes painful readjustment to the end of historically low interest rates means the market remains a difficult place in which to transact.”...

April 25, 2024

Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching

What should I consider when donating to charity?

...If there are concerns over whether your ex-wife had the requisite mental capacity to enter the marriage in the first place, there might even be a case for applying to the court for the marriage to be set...

April 17, 2024

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