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February 25, 2024

Letter: Forgiveness flourishes in rock-n-roller’s hometown

...Mac Davis, an American songwriter who shared the same hometown as Buddy Holly, wrote a song in tribute to the great rock-n-roller with the line: “Happiness is Lubbock Texas in my rear-view mirror”....

April 14, 2023

FT Live

Finance Disrupted at TNW Conference

Shaking The Foundations Of Finance | Formerly Future of Finance

Transcript

Transcript: Culture chat — a Christmas music special

...You get “Christmas in Hollis” by Run-DMC, you get Salt-N-Pepa singing “Santa Baby”, you get “Merry Christmas Baby” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band....

December 15, 2023

Brexit

UK and EU to hold fresh N Ireland protocol talks after progress on data

...David Davis, former Brexit secretary, Sir Robert Buckland, former justice secretary, and Sir Bob Neill, chair of the Commons justice committee, have backed a move to give parliament more say over the process...

January 15, 2023

OutlookLaura Pitel

My flight home with an ‘Isis Beatle’

...The man sitting two rows behind me on my Ankara to London flight last month, flanked by two plainclothes officers, had the letters A-I-N-E running vertically down his left arm....

September 12, 2022

Artificial intelligence

AI chatbot’s MBA exam pass poses test for business schools

...“I’m one of the alarmists,” said Prof Jerry Davis at the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School, which has convened a faculty meeting on Monday to discuss its implications....

January 21, 2023

FT Live

TNW Conference 2024 - The Next Web

Europe’s leading tech event for corporates, startups, investors and governments

Film

Seven of the best Elvis-inspired film performances

...The plot about an ancient Egyptian soul-sucker whom Elvis must combat with the aid of fellow retiree JFK (Ossie Davis) is suitably daft, but there’s also an abiding affection to the pastiche....

June 21, 2022

InterviewVisual Arts

Faith Ringgold: ‘Riots would break out right in front of you’

...Remembering a day in 1971 when she was protesting at the Whitney, she tells me that was the day she was called the N-word for the first time....

February 12, 2022

How To Spend It: The Travel Issue

A fine romance in New Orleans

...When I say the name of the city I attempt a graceful compromise between “New Oar leens”, which is wrong, and “N’awlins”, which is affected....

May 21, 2021

Uber Technologies Inc

Uber vows to make N America and Europe fleets fully electric by 2030

...tremendous pressure in a lot of places to have a lot more congenial relationship with government and the public,” said Professor Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis...

September 8, 2020

The Future of Money

Regulators battle over US fintech charters Premium

...Amount of money raised so far: $70m Valuation at latest fundraising: N/A Major shareholders: Helios Investment Partners, GGV Capital and Checkout.com There are lots of fintechs out there — what makes...

October 12, 2020

InterviewMusic

Igor Levit: a pianist in tune with the times

...I am much more rock ’n’ roll than I am rock. More Earl Hines than Art Tatum....

September 1, 2020

Travel

Final call for the in-flight magazine?

...There are also big changes at Ink, the world’s biggest in-flight magazine publisher, where I worked between 2012 and 2017, first as the editor of Norwegian Air Shuttle’s N by Norwegian and then as an editorial...

July 16, 2020

ReviewMusic

A gripping take on jazz standards from Anthony Braxton

...Neil Charles was impressively firm on bass, Stephen Davis eloquent on drums. Free jazz followed walking-bass swing, there were all manner of duets, and solos for all....

January 20, 2020

ReviewTheatre

Best new London theatre: The Boy Friend, Cinderella and White Christmas

...There’s great work too from Danielle Hope as serious singer Betty and Brenda Edwards as the concierge, both holding this vast house with their solo numbers....

December 6, 2019

FT Live

Business of Entertainment Summit

Capitalizing on Disruption

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly

A $100m ICO being sued by the SEC wants more of your money

...It's great:If you too are fed up with this I N N O V A T I O N, we encourage you to stop buying ICOs and IEOs (as well as donating to crypto ““non-profits””) put forth on behalf of a myriad of young idiots...

June 5, 2019

InterviewMusic

Don Was on running Blue Note without a business background

...“They reminded me of the Miles Davis quintet in the mid-1960s, when everybody was quick to respond and had total control of their instrument.”...

August 12, 2019

News in-depthThe Big Read

Facebook’s fake numbers problem — Lex in depth

...Her account is a fake bought by the Financial Times as part of an investigation into the millions of bogus accounts littering the social media network i n spite of efforts to better verify users....

November 18, 2019

FT AlphavilleDan McCrum

The SEC takes executive compensation seriously

...Davis Polk, in a note to clients of the law firm, read it as a reminder of just how seriously the US stock market regulator takes compensation....

July 5, 2018

Special ReportRethinking Energy

Less is more as domestic energy consumption falls

...“It is very largely due to European regulation,” says Brenda Boardman, an emeritus fellow at Oxford university’s Environmental Change Institute....

September 25, 2018

Beauty

2019’s best spring beauty buys

...Dior Vernis Pop ‘N’ Glow 310 Tutti Frutti, £22, Dior.com Forget boring fire-engine red or coral pink for your summer polish and try something new....

April 26, 2019

US & Canadian companies

Week ahead: ECB, Pakistan vote, US GDP and earnings

...To borrow from Bette Davis: Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy err week....

July 20, 2018

FT CollectionsEurope’s political cycles

How the Irish border backstop became Brexit’s defining issue

...Days after the December deal Mr Davis said it was not “a legally enforceable thing”....

October 30, 2018

Brexit

David Davis promises no special Brexit status for N Ireland

...But Mr Davis replied: “The red line for me is delivering the best deal for Brexit.”...

December 5, 2017

Letter

Just relax and let Davis get on with the job

...Mr Wolf and others should calm down, relax, enjoy the summer sunshine and allow David Davis and his team to get on with the job at hand. Stephen McKeever Belfast, N Ireland...

July 18, 2017

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