FT SeriesThe millennialsThey came of age around 2000, but what will they do next?Quiz: How much do you know about millennial pop culture?Podcast: Sincerity or self-branding — what defines millennial music?Paint the moment: why millennials are turning to oil and canvasYoung artists are depicting the blurring of online and offline lifeSnapshot special: ‘One day of my life’We asked some of the best young photographic talent around the world to document 24 hours in their livesAcross the generations: why millennials are teaming up with the elderlyHow the young and old are sharing the benefits of their experience, energy and ideas‘How to speak millennial’A user’s guide to the new lexicon of the youngMore from this SeriesLéonor Serraille on Jeune Femme, ‘the French Frances Ha’The French writer-director has won acclaim for a debut feature that shines fresh light on ‘what it is to be a woman today’Letter from Nairobi: ‘It’s not about money but your dream’A young would-be tycoon discusses relying on WhatsApp and shoe-leather to deliver on his entrepreneurial dreamThe vain quest for the great post-Lehman novelThe absence of such definitive texts could be proof of a generation that has found power before finding its voiceTokyo’s labcoat speakeasyMeet the new generation of sci-fi-inspired biohackers committed to mass producing slaughter-free, cheap and tasty cultured meatGoodbye Girls: is TV done with the millennial?Television is remoulding itself around a rapidly changing world — and the future is more ‘woke’ stillChinese cult writer Chen Qiufan on pushing the boundaries of sci-fiThe prizewinning author is one of the bright stars of China’s burgeoning science fiction sceneThe new language of precarityThe more we speak of ‘luck’, the more we do to uphold the socio-economic conditions in which precarity is normalYaa Gyasi: ‘Racism is still the drumbeat of America’The Ghanaian-born author of ‘Homegoing’ talks about the narrative of race in the US and why it is easier for her generation to address the slave tradeWhere to go — now everywhere looks the sameEven Airbnb, which was supposed to be a shortcut into the heart of local cultures, has ended up fostering a creeping samenessNorn, the millennial members’ clubPart members’ club, part house share, Norn hopes to offer an ‘in-person social network’ for millennial frequent flyersMeet Miquela: virtual fashion influencerEnter the unreal world of the style icon, musician and internet sensationWhy don’t millennials dress like their idols?My friends and I look up to women who express feminine power through their clothes — so why don’t we do the same?Comedian Naomi Watanabe on luxury, loneliness and being plus-size in JapanThe Instagram star on how self-esteem is at the heart of her brandCan grime help heal London’s divisions?From Dizzee Rascal to Stormzy, the music is a celebration — of youth culture, collaboration and black British identityIs #selfcare a salve or a sham?Self-care evokes a fraught tangle of wealth, aesthetics and politics, but it also has a radical intellectual lineageThird of UK’s millennials will ‘rent into retirement’Radical tax changes, extra funding and reform of private sector needed, says reportHow to build a hype brandPlanning to launch a white hot fashion label? We asked the experts to tell us how it’s doneMillennial Money: Gambling via apps drains my friends’ financesMore than one-fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds confessed to gambling at work last yearYoung gallerists move from Instagram to IRLPlus: online growth slows down; Warhol’s family sells ‘Marilyn portrait’; Marina Abramović at Masterpiece; late female artists recognisedBreaking up (in the Facebook era) is hard to doWild Thoughts: how DJ Khaled encapsulated the millennial generation
