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    Henry Mance

    Chief features writer

    Henry Mance is the FT's chief features writer. He writes features for the FT Weekend, and The Henry Mance Interview with leading figures, which appears every other Monday. He was previously a political correspondent and the FT's media correspondent. He is a past winner of Interviewer of the Year at the Press Awards, and the author of the book How to Love Animals and Protect our Planet.

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Friederike Otto: ‘The climate backlash is the last attempt by those who don’t want change’

      Scientist uses detailed modelling to alter public perception of extreme weather

    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Celebrity lawyer David Sherborne: ‘I regard myself as on the side of the angels’

      The barrister on acting for Johnny Depp and Prince Harry, his battle over phone hacking — and why the super-famous are human beings too

    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Litigation proves limited in curbing Big Oil emissions

      Campaigners fear effect on climate of cases dragging on for years, though energy groups risk complacency, analysts warn

      Campaigners in the Netherlands protesting against Shell, holding up banners
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      FT Series
      The Henry Mance Interview
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier: ‘The EU is not the same one the UK left’

      French politician says British ministers did not know the consequences of leaving the bloc

      Michel Barnier
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Work WatchOffice life
      Office recycling bins turn us into monsters

      There are psychological reasons why people fail to do this basic task at work

      FT montage of flames coming out of a recycling bin
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Philosopher Susan Neiman: ‘I hate the words pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian. I’m pro-peace’

      American commentator criticises tribalist politics and pushes for Jewish universalism

      Philosopher Susan Neiman
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      The Weekend Essay
      Trouble at English National Opera — will the drama ever end?

      Squeezed budgets, stormy resignations and a forced move out of London have left the company in a fight for artistic survival

      A woman in red dress stands singing in front of red curtains, one arm outstretched
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast41 min listen
      Bonus: Michael Lewis on FTX & Sam Bankman-Fried

      Hear a live recording from the FT Due Diligence Forum

    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Thomas Heatherwick: ‘The look of modern buildings is a catastrophe’

      Celebrated and at times controversial British designer warns our cities are gripped by ‘epidemic of boringness’

      Thomas Heatherwick
    • Monday, 9 October, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      China expert Matt Pottinger: ‘Even with a weak economy, Xi is feeling emboldened’

      Former Trump adviser says upheaval could increase Chinese leader’s appetite for risk 

      Matt Pottinger
    • Saturday, 7 October, 2023
      Life & Arts
      Is it selfish to run a marathon?

      Let’s be honest, we’re not doing it to raise money for charity. We’re doing it because we want to

      A marathon runner in a costume among a crowd of onlookers
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      The activist sued by Elon Musk: ‘We have to show we will not be cowed’

      Imran Ahmed uses his Center for Countering Digital Hate to campaign against social media abuses

      Greg Kahn portrait picture of Imran Ahmed
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Does Rory Stewart know how to fix politics?

      The anti-Brexit former cabinet minister is an advocate of citizens’ assemblies and of giving money directly to the poor

    • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
      The Big Read
      The science of forecasting ever more extreme weather

      The UK Met Office’s predictions have become much more accurate, but some dramatic events remain elusive

      Chene weather station, a red advisory logo, two women out in torrential rain in the UK on August 2 and an Arctic weather satellite, set against the backdrop of a Met Office map of a storm
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast19 min listen
      Wildfires are getting worse. Here's how we fight them now

      Henry Mance describes his experience training at a firefighting camp, and the impact that climate change is having on wildfires

    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      The Weekend Essay
      The UFO whistleblower and the search for extraterrestrial life

      After David Grusch’s testimony to the US Congress this week, is it OK to talk about aliens? Henry Mance looks at the evidence

      curious citizens scan the night sky
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Cait Hewitt: ‘I hope the era of aviation exceptionalism is over’

      The campaigner challenges the economic case for airport expansion in the UK and the industry’s sustainability ‘hype’

      Cait Hewitt, policy director at the Aviation Environment Federation
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Transport
      E-bikes should be exploding, just not literally

      I’m a believer in this mode of transport but the batteries that power some cycles need checking out

      A woman rides an e-bike in south London
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Extreme wildfires are here to stay. Can human beings really fight them?

      Fighting for survival, and hope, on a permanently hotter planet

      A fire fighter and truck are seen against a terrifying backdrop of giant orange flames as a bushfire rages in New South Wales, Australia.
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Economist Kate Barker: ‘To tackle inflation we should put taxes up for the better-off’

      Former Bank of England MPC member worries high interest rates will not be enough to solve the current crisis

    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Mustafa Nayyem of Ukraine’s reconstruction agency: ‘We have great goals, we will achieve them’

      Country’s head of restoration urges allies to provide immediate support to rebuild infrastructure even as war rages

      Mustafa Nayyem
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      Lunch with the FT
      Nadine Dorries: ‘I’m actually smarter than these guys in No 10’

      The former UK cabinet minister on being blocked from the House of Lords, losing faith in Rishi Sunak — and Boris Johnson’s painting

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Henry Mance Interview
      Anti-monarchist Graham Smith: The British royals are ‘tax-funded Kardashians’

      Head of the campaign group Republic on why the monarchy should be abolished and the government’s protest laws revoked

      Graham Smith
    • 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

      The author walking in a street in Westminster near Downing Street
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