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Once again she thought she could distantly understand the urge to revolution, and wished she could’ve seen some nobleman’s ...
Garvey grew up as one of seven kids in Bury, and mealtimes were always a bit of a scrum. “It could be intense and it gave me a sense that eating in public is in some way shameful. That stays with you, ...
The balloons were supposed to be buoyant, joyous. Instead all 40 pointed heavily toward the floor, like ripe fruit, testicles, cartoon bombs’ ...
At the ‘Wimbledon of jousting’, Simon Usborne finds historical re-enactment is becoming big business — and meets the knights and tourists partying like it’s 1499 ...
The Alaska summit exposed the flawed history and personal vanity that fuel the conflict with Ukraine, argues Timothy Snyder ...
An exhibition at the world’s oldest psychiatric hospital delves into visions of the unconscious mind — and suggests a disturbing idea ...
Big tech has assumed a dominant position in global public markets because of a winner-takes-all dynamic that has created a handful of almost unfathomably enormous and successful listed corporate ...
When it comes to tax policy, the UK government is in kite-flying mode. In recent weeks, a litany of new tax ideas have been floated in the press — from the potential closing of “generous” inheritance ...
Rebecca Watson is the FT’s assistant arts editor and author of the novels “I Will Crash” and “little scratch”. Barbara Probst, “Exposures”, September 20 to November 22 is at Hartmann Projects, ...
I wonder how much of Britain’s economic sloth, its resistance to reform, comes from being able to coast on the pre-eminence of English In other words, having the world’s dominant language can be a ...
Learning a foreign language is hard, using AI is easy . . .  but Henry Mance thinks the rewards are worth the effort ...
Excuse me, is that a lentil on your Fondant Fancy? Premier Foods, the maker of Mr Kipling’s cakes and Ambrosia custard, this week ventured down a healthier path with the £48mn purchase of microwave ...