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The best books of the week
The shape of the future of AI; the empires of Britain and Russia in a 19th-century cold war; the ‘krautrock’ of Germany’s 1970s music scene; the murky colonialism of England’s landed wealth; Miranda July
May 10, 2024
HTSI
A glorious time capsule of Tuscan life
...But there are also simple scenes of daily life: young women lazing under the city’s colonnades, men in suits basking in the sun or reading the newspaper at cafés in Piazza della Signoria....
April 26, 2024
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast24 min listen
Life as a chef in the West Bank right now
...Born and raised steps from the Church of the Nativity, Fadi has also been documenting the recipes he grew up with....
May 6, 2024
Working from home
The rise of the supercommuter
...The senior director at RBC Wealth Management is one of a growing breed of “supercommuters”, many of whom moved out of town during the pandemic to increase their living space in more affordable regions, and...
March 31, 2024
Enuma Okoro
Venice and the memory of water
...I immediately think of the waters of life, how clean water nourishes and sustains us....
April 28, 2024
The best books of the week
All Fours — Miranda July on a mid-life reawakening
...The idea of the road trip arises partly from the narrator’s own mid-life questioning; partly because she’s owed time off childcare by her husband....
May 8, 2024
FT Live
The Impact Of Gen AI On The Legal Sector
How are law firms leveraging technology to transform services and operations?
Tuesday, 11 JuneDigital Conference
HTSI
Humberto Campana’s circle of life
...The collection was inspired by the story of Noah’s Ark and, as in much of their work, used South American materials. “In November, we had a heatwave in Brazil,” says Humberto. “All the plants burned....
April 12, 2024
London
South by Southwest heads to London with week-long tech and arts festival
...South by Southwest, the Texan festival of music and tech that regularly attracts the world’s top entrepreneurs and artists, will come to Europe for the first time with plans for a new campus in east London...
May 8, 2024
The Big Read
The young South Africans rethinking Nelson Mandela’s legacy
...One senior technocrat, and life-long ANC supporter, likens the past 30 years to a football match with a strong performance in the first half and a series of own goals in the second....
April 24, 2024
HTSI
Serena Sutcliffe, wine’s original XX factor
...She chaired the Institute of the Masters of Wine and became the first British wine professional to receive the Légion d’Honneur. As honorary chairman, she still consults for Sotheby’s wine department....
May 10, 2024
Janan Ganesh
The myth of the second chance
...But life is path-dependent: each mistake narrows the next round of choices. A big one, or just an early one, can foreclose all hope of the life you wanted....
April 13, 2024
HTSI
How to spot it – on safari with the world’s first smart binoculars
...you to download extra information on the species found in a given region; I installed the South Africa pack of 712 birds.)...
May 8, 2024
News in-depthSouth Korean business & finance
A star producer takes on the K-pop patriarchy
...in the South Korean military....
May 5, 2024
FT Magazine
The life-ruining power of routines
...None of this has allowed me, at 41, to avoid the gradual onset of mid-life melancholy, which I’ve come to believe is a consequence of my overly routinised way of life....
March 8, 2024
Life & Arts
Kristi Noem and the truth about self-destruction
...But maybe we also need to ask the opposite: why are they telling us the truth? Exhibit one: Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota....
May 5, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car 2025
The leading gathering for the automotive industry
Tuesday, 13 May 2025Sancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
South Africa
Burning flag advert divides South Africa ahead of pivotal national vote
...“Under this coalition of corruption, life will only get worse....
May 8, 2024
Stephen Bush
Comment: Do not overestimate the significance of the Blackpool South by-election
...This is true: the Blackpool South by-election is the least “noisy” of the election results — the local elections are driven by a combination of local factors and the national mood....
May 3, 2024
Music
Anita Pallenberg — the Rolling Stones muse who blazed a trail of her own
...“The directors found a poignancy and sadness in my mum’s inability to be in control of her life, for a time. She wasn’t a victim or victimiser....
May 11, 2024
Travel
In search of South Africa’s ‘Marine Big Five’
...High on a hill just outside the coastal town of Gansbaai, it felt like the Marine Big Five and perhaps all South Africa’s coastal megafauna might be visible....
April 17, 2024
David Pilling
The bullish case for South Africa
...economist at Standard Bank, who also thinks South Africa may surprise on the upside....
March 11, 2024
Letter
Letter: Private school porridge — it put me off for life
...The reviewer of Charles Spencer’s A Very Private School (Books, Life & Arts, March 16) asks whether the author could “really remember how bad breakfast was in 1972”....
March 19, 2024
HTSI
Slow Cycling in South Africa
...Inland of South Africa’s famed coastal Garden Route, away from the cars and whale-watching tours, there is a sense of time winding down....
April 3, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Success in five-level contract requires determination, awareness and luck
...With neither major suit offering prospects of establishment, and the defenders already trying to disrupt cross-ruffing opportunities, all looked bleak but South remained curiously sanguine....
May 8, 2024
Rare earths
The rare earths mine becoming a bellwether for US minerals policy
...A site close to Kruger National Park in South Africa is becoming a testing ground for US attempts to fight China’s global dominance in critical minerals....
April 21, 2024
The Big Read
Is South Korea’s economic miracle over?
...Outside the town of Yongin, 40 kilometres south of Seoul, an army of diggers is preparing for what South Korea’s president has described as a global “semiconductor war”....
April 22, 2024

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