Henry Mance

Monday, 5 June, 2023

Thursday, 25 May, 2023

ReviewFiction

Whips by Cleo Watson — a Westminster ‘bodice-ripper’

A Downing Street inspired satire by Boris Johnson’s former adviser pales in comparison with political reality

Monday, 22 May, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Economist Daniel Chandler: ‘Shareholders have all the power. It doesn’t have to be that way.’

The author of ‘Free and Equal’ makes the case for workplace democracy

Monday, 8 May, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli: ‘We should have the freedom to choose how we die’

The 90-year-old Swiss lawyer says assisted dying should be available to almost everyone

Saturday, 6 May, 2023

King Charles III

Coronation of Charles III: an irresistible spectacle

Seven decades in the making, the ceremony at Westminster Abbey was a splendid and strange ritual

Saturday, 15 April, 2023

Travel

Fritton Lake: part rewilding project, part holiday camp

A growing collection of lakeside cabins in East Anglia makes the ideal base for a back-to-nature escape

Monday, 10 April, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Mayor Sadiq Khan: ‘You don’t make the UK more level by making London poorer’

The former MP warns against ‘bashing’ the capital as he seeks a record third term

Thursday, 6 April, 2023

FT Magazine

What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?

What lessons young men are learning from YouTube, TikTok and influencers like Andrew Tate

Monday, 27 March, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Matthew Desmond: ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’

The sociologist believes the US is stacked against the poor and decisions by the rich are to blame

Friday, 17 March, 2023

Life & Arts

#GoWokeGoBroke: really?

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse has reignited arguments over ‘woke capitalism’

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

UK Budget

Hunt passes pensioners on the way to the nursery

Chancellor’s boost for childcare spending marks a revolution for a Tory party fixated on older voters

Monday, 13 March, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century’

Accused of desecrating the French capital, the politician wants more bikes, green spaces and social housing

Saturday, 4 March, 2023

Matt Hancock

The tragedy of Matt Hancock

The UK’s Covid-era health secretary is not so much incompetent as annoying

Monday, 27 February, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Tim Peake: ‘I do not see us having a problem getting to Mars’

The Henry Mance Interview | The British astronaut is convinced that humans will live on the Red Planet

Saturday, 25 February, 2023

FT Magazine

Yana Wernicke’s photographs show the unique companionship of animals

A new book reminds us of the human capacity for connection with other species

Friday, 24 February, 2023

InterviewLunch with the FT

Boris Becker: ‘I’m still in the game. Just have to play better’

The tennis star on his money, his marriages and what he learnt in prison

Monday, 13 February, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Mariana Mazzucato: ‘The McKinseys and the Deloittes have no expertise in the areas that they’re advising in’

The economist argues that consultants are hobbling the state’s ability to perform the role of economic motor

Friday, 3 February, 2023

UK society

The Tate ruling is a victory against rubbernecking

We can’t stop ourselves from filming celebrities or asking for selfies, so we cannot complain when people object

Monday, 30 January, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Shoshana Zuboff: ‘Privacy has been extinguished. It is now a zombie’

The professor who predicted that computers would change our lives demands a right to sanctuary from data ‘theft’

Friday, 20 January, 2023

FT Weekend podcast30 min listen

Surviving US healthcare. Plus: Prince Harry’s 'Spare'

Claire Bushey explores the cost of US healthcare after her treatment for breast cancer. Then, Henry Mance reviews Prince Harry’s autobiography

Monday, 16 January, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Tyler Cowen: ‘Economists can’t predict the effects of new technologies. Surely that should humble us a bit?’

The libertarian professor is on a mission to inform and educate so that people can make themselves more productive

Tuesday, 10 January, 2023

ReviewBiography and memoir

Spare by Prince Harry — complain and explain

The memoir is arguably the most insightful royal book in a generation, yet still leaves readers with many questions about the monarchy unanswered

Sunday, 25 December, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II

Year in a word: The Queue

The line to see the Queen’s lying-in-state symbolised a nation in mourning

Monday, 19 December, 2022

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Nouriel Roubini: ‘I hope I didn’t depress you too much’

The famously gloomy economist has turned up the dial on dark predictions for 2023 and beyond, but is upbeat about technology and the meaning of life

Friday, 16 December, 2022

ReviewTelevision

Harry and Meghan fail to deliver royal knockout in second half of Netflix series

The couple’s terrible treatment by tabloid media is made clear but the Windsors escape without embarrassment

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