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ReviewHistory books
Rites of Passage — death as ceremony in Victorian Britain
...Albert died in 1861. In 1897, the queen still forbade her maids of honour from wearing mauve (too close to a cheerful pink)....
February 14, 2024
Camilla Cavendish
What ‘Kate-Gate’ tells us about the Faustian royal pact
...Catherine and William’s advisers have not been quite so shrewd. The poor woman deserves some privacy — not least as a mother of three....
March 15, 2024
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s on in our cities
Melbourne in 2024: FT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s happening
...March 7 and 9; further information and tickets here Sport Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park Albert Park will play host to the best drivers in the world — and a slew of Formula 1 fans pinning their hopes...
February 5, 2024
Non-Fiction
Can we really live forever?
...Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan Hodder Press £25/ William Morrow, $32.50, 320 pages How We Age: The Science of Longevity by Coleen T Murphy Princeton...
March 26, 2024
FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s on in our cities
London in 2024: FT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s happening
...Acts announced so far include Andrea Bocelli and Robbie Williams — with plenty more to come. 2023’s line-up included Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Guns N’ Roses....
January 30, 2024
ReviewVisual Arts
South Asian miniatures in Milton Keynes — a chronicle of empire, power and art
...William Morris and the avid Indian miniature collector Howard Hodgkin hymned the Persian epic the Hamzanama....
November 6, 2023
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Joy Lo Dico
Who gets to keep the castle?
...Once one of the grandest in Scotland, the 18th to 19th century castle is crenellated, featuring a west wing designed by William Adam, a heraldic ceiling that took 10 years to paint (the Sistine Chapel only...
August 30, 2023
FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s on in our cities
What’s on in NYC: a month-by-month guide to 2024
...Last year’s event included dancers styled by Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon and guest vocalists such as Vanessa Williams and Patti LuPone....
January 30, 2024
The Weekend Essay
Simon Schama: can Charles III’s coronation speak to modern Britain?
...After that interregnum, the only period in modern British history when republicanism became a genuine threat were the years of Victoria’s seclusion following Prince Albert’s death....
May 6, 2023
InterviewArts
Gary Lineker and his Goalhanger teammates on their podcast empire
...Campbell and Stewart have been on tour with a live show, and tickets to their appearance at the 5,000-seat Royal Albert Hall in December sold out in a day....
July 10, 2023
David Bowie
David Bowie’s vast archive donated to V&A Museum
...David Bowie’s vast collection of personal items — including flamboyant Ziggy Stardust costumes, handwritten lyrics and the Stylophone used in “Space Oddity” — has been donated to the UK’s Victoria and Albert...
February 23, 2023
ReviewMusic
BBC Proms — opening weekend brings assured performances of Verdi and Vaughan Williams
...Although her voice is not quite of mighty Royal Albert Hall dimensions, much was radiantly sung, including the final “Libera me”. She also blended well with Jennifer Johnston, the firm mezzo....
July 18, 2022
Anjana Ahuja
What quantum physics tells us about reality
...The EPR paradox, published by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen in 1935, argued that quantum physics clashed with reality and was therefore nonsensical or incomplete....
October 11, 2022
InterviewLunch with the FT
William Kentridge: ‘The history of the 20th century shows us the danger of all claims to certainty’
...I am happy to learn that William Kentridge, the South African artist whose new exhibition at London’s Royal Academy is one of the undisputed highlights of the cultural year, has chosen a lunch venue that...
October 21, 2022
Architecture
The V&A’s joyous celebration of the British mosque
...It was in Kew Gardens, designed by William Chambers in 1762.”...
March 16, 2023
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
House & Home
Coronation ceramics: are they iconic — or ironic?
...The highest is a late-17th century portrait plate of William III in English Delft (£1,400-£1,800); among the lowest is an 1831 jug featuring a portrait of William IV (£30-£50)....
April 28, 2023
Europe Express
Conservatives scent victory in Spain Premium content
...As William Chislett observes in this piece for the Elcano Royal Institute, “schoolchildren nationwide [in Spain] do not have a shared history to draw on”....
June 3, 2023
King Charles III
King Charles pays tribute to those who help others in times of hardship
...The King referred to his eldest son, Prince William, in his speech, saying that “the prince and princess of Wales” had recently made a successful public visit to Wales....
December 25, 2022
Live news updates from July 21: ECB ends 11-year interest rate freeze, Mario Draghi resigns
ADB slashes 2022 growth forecasts for the third time on China lockdowns
...“The economic impact of the pandemic has declined across most of Asia, but we’re far from a full and sustainable recovery,” said ADB chief economist Albert Park....
July 21, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II
Mourners face 17-hour wait in queue for Queen’s lying-in-state
...The King and the Prince of Wales joined well wishers on the Albert Embankment on Saturday afternoon, shaking hands with members of the public and thanking them for their time....
September 17, 2022
ReviewMusic
BBC Proms review — two offbeat evenings of choral works
...Smyth’s Mass was being given in the Royal Albert Hall, where it premiered in 1893, though this was its Proms debut....
August 22, 2022
ReviewNon-Fiction
A Book of Days — windows on to Patti Smith’s world
...And death is a refrain in other ways: there are still-life compositions of objects created in the style of shrines, and cemetery visits to see the graves of Albert Camus and Sylvia Plath....
November 9, 2022
The Big Read
China truce with business — for now
...Top chief executives, from Apple’s Tim Cook and BHP’s Mike Henry to Pfizer chair and CEO Albert Bourla, attended the forum....
March 31, 2023
HTSIInside 15 extraordinary homes
Amanda Feilding – the first lady of LSD
...Although Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesised the compound derived from the ergot fungus in 1938, he only appreciated its properties five years later when he ingested 250mcg and had an interesting cycle...
April 28, 2023
HTSI
How the pearl became jewel of the century
...Their association with mourning came from Queen Victoria, who eschewed coloured gems after Prince Albert’s death, so their prevalence could be read as a hard pivot away from bling....
November 22, 2022

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