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FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023
Best books of 2023 — Literary non-fiction
...Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder (Viking/Knopf) Funder, author of Stasiland, her prizewinning account of the East German secret police, takes six letters written by Eileen O’Shaughnessy, George...
November 16, 2023
ReviewFashion accessories
The best waterproof men’s boots for town and country
...When I slip them on, I imagine this was how the Duke of Wellington felt slipping on the first pair of boots made to his specifications by cobbler George Hoby on St James’s Street in the early 1800s — and...
November 27, 2023
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
News in-depthUK Budget 2024
Tories hope ‘subtle’ Budget will help them avoid electoral ‘oblivion’
...There is also hope in Downing Street that at least one flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda can take off next month, something Labour accepts will be greeted by Tory supporters as a feat akin to “the...
March 6, 2024
Conservative Party UK
Sunak braced for further rightwing rebellion after resignation call
...has sought to capitalise on the latest drama engulfing the Tories, using prime minister’s questions in parliament on Wednesday to declare that Sunak was being “bullied” by Conservative MPs in a spectacle akin...
January 24, 2024
Summer Books 2023
Best summer books of 2023: Literary non-fiction
...The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life by Clare Carlisle (Allen Lane/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Carlisle’s magisterial biography explores the many facets of George Eliot’s radical life and work...
June 20, 2023
FT Magazine
Keir Starmer and big business, a love story
...Carl Ennis, chief executive of Siemens UK, praised the “very professional” event....
February 15, 2024
FT Live
Innovation in Wealth Management Summit
Augmented intelligence for client-centric services
Thursday, 2 May9 Montague Close, London, UK
Transcript
Transcript: Who’s behind the Tory plots?
...He’s called it, you know, akin to a plot line in EastEnders. It’s obviously a gift for Labour in many ways....
January 26, 2024
ReviewVisual Arts
Gavin Jantjes, Sharjah Art Foundation — fierce artworks defied apartheid’s absurdities
...bloodied corpse in a protester’s arms was deconstructed in Jantjes’ anti-apartheid posters, and in screen-prints such as “City Late” (1976) he collaged news cuttings with shots by the photojournalists George...
December 16, 2023
HTSIThe HTSI wedding special 2024
The freshest new tailors in London
...Of course, some may still prefer something akin to Savile Row, without the risk of stuffiness....
April 18, 2024
News in-depthSuella Braverman
‘She’s toast’: Braverman dares Sunak with provocative rhetoric
...For Braverman, an exit from government could be akin to jumping from a sinking ship: a YouGov poll released on Thursday put the Tories 24 points behind the opposition Labour party....
November 9, 2023
Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
Big money dispute shows value of ‘hired gun’ economists
...It is a legal wrangle that is akin to the messy pay disputes for top bankers, lawyers and hedge fund traders that have been common for decades....
January 1, 2024
ReviewBooks
Alphabetical Diaries — a self-revelatory quest with Sheila Heti
...Read in a sustained burst, it’s akin to encountering a social media feed or Nasdaq screen updated with ’grammable aphorisms: “For there is only one pleasure that doesn’t fade, and that’s not love — that’...
February 5, 2024
Alec Russell
Nato needs to prepare for Trump’s unilateralism on steroids
...In short, it is a transactional philosophy that makes the unilateralism of George W Bush seem akin to the globalism of the UN....
February 12, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
Britain’s pointless diplomatic faux pas with Greece
...Asked about them by the BBC, Mitsotakis said having part of the sculptures in London was akin to cutting the “Mona Lisa” in half....
November 28, 2023
ESG investing
Why investors failed to embrace Jeff Ubben’s Inclusive Capital
...“To us, that would be akin to calling a sweetened soda, doughnut or potato chip company as ESG friendly.”...
December 6, 2023
FT Live
Evolving retirement strategies in an ever-changing world
What new regulatory developments mean for IFAs
Tuesday, 30 April1 Friday Street, London
ReviewTheatre
Five stars for a glorious La Cage aux Folles at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park — review
...Based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 play, the musical tells the story of Georges (Billy Carter), owner of a Saint-Tropez nightclub, and drag queen Albin (Carl Mullaney), the club’s star attraction and Georges’ partner...
August 14, 2023
Dear JonathanJonathan Black
Can I do a finance PhD without a relevant degree?
...George Horsington Only do a PhD if you know it might be entertaining in some way. Otherwise, never do it. Carl Hodge Jonathan Black is director of the Careers Service at the University of Oxford....
November 1, 2023
UK financial regulation
Opaque practices await UK regulators in private asset valuations probe
...Academics at business school Edhec wrote in a consultation paper submitted to the UK government last month that some of those methods for valuing infrastructure are “akin to fraud”....
October 27, 2023
Due Diligence
Five big finance questions for 2024
...Dealmakers are also beginning to envisage greater fundamental change to the industry, akin to the years around the 2008 financial crisis when Blackstone, KKR and Apollo all went public....
January 2, 2024
Due Diligence
Icahn regrets losing $9bn on short bets Premium content
...Calpers signals ‘appetite’ to increase bets on private equity (FT) Sony considers partial spin-off and listing of financial services unit (FT) Alameda seeks millions of dollars from firms including George...
May 19, 2023
News in-depthFood & Beverage
Losses on meat alternatives leave investors with sour aftertaste
...In February 2021, Whole Foods’ former co-chief executive Walter Robb described consumers’ gradual shift from meat to plant-based alternatives as a “megatrend akin to digitisation” — potentially “the biggest...
June 8, 2023
Due Diligence
The Wall Street bank cosying up to superstar lawyers Premium content
...Red Flags Studios and video platforms lined up to finance a sci-fi project made by little-known filmmaker Carl Rinsch....
November 28, 2023
Due Diligence
SoftBank’s real life problems in 2024 Premium content
...Job moves Linklaters has hired veteran dealmaker George Casey, a global managing partner at Shearman & Sterling, as UK “magic circle” firms seek a stronger footing in the US....
January 9, 2024
FT Globetrotter
FT readers: your favourite independent hotels in the world’s great cities
...A stay in this riverside hotel is akin to being a guest in a wealthy Thai family’s sprawling home complete with excellent service and surrounded by Asian antiques....
January 24, 2024
Style
When it comes to Prince Harry’s beard, I’m team hairy
...Since then there have been a number of high-profile weddings featuring bearded grooms: Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip wore a beard when he married Sofia Hellqvist in 2015, as did Ben Affleck when he tied the...
January 11, 2023

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