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Thursday, 14 October, 2021

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: October edition
From the problems with seeking fulfilment at work to new ways of assessing risk, here are this month’s top titles
Saturday, 2 October, 2021

FT Weekend podcast25 min listen
Behind the scenes with music's biggest mogul
We explore how the music industry has changed and meet its most powerful player, Sir Lucian Grainge
Friday, 17 September, 2021

FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
My biggest financial mistake: FT writers confess
As part of our FT Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign, some of our experts explain how they learnt the hard way . . .
Thursday, 19 August, 2021

FT MagazineLife & Arts
How I topped Duolingo’s Danish charts
‘The more you speak, think, dream in another tongue, the more you can morph into someone else’
Thursday, 5 August, 2021

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: August edition
How we behave at work and is Friday the new Saturday? Here are this month’s top titles
Thursday, 15 July, 2021

Business books
FT business books: July edition
From the power of trust to why women are still taken less seriously than men — here are this month’s top titles
Thursday, 8 July, 2021

ReviewFiction
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz — borrowed time
This literary thriller examines the moral grey areas of plagiarism with wit, prescience and page-turning verve
Thursday, 24 June, 2021

FT SeriesLeaders’ Lessons
Leaders’ Lessons: How will you preserve productivity gains from the crisis?
A global panel of executives share their experiences from the past year - and reveal how they hope to prevent staff burnout
Thursday, 3 June, 2021

ReviewFiction
Animal by Lisa Taddeo — blood and rage
The ‘Three Women’ author moves to fiction, bringing her keen eye for detail and ability to tell a propulsive story
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Tuesday, 11 May, 2021

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: May edition
From the science and data that can help nudge people into better habits to unleashing the power of mid-life women — here are this month’s top titles
Thursday, 15 April, 2021

ReviewBiography and memoir
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym — uncommonly good
In her novels, Barbara Pym wittily chronicled the small dramas of English life — but her own story was far from ordinary
Thursday, 8 April, 2021

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: April edition
From resetting ideas around how we work to productive disagreement — here are this month’s top titles
Friday, 12 March, 2021

ReviewFiction
Hot Stew, by Fiona Mozley — all of inner London life
Sex workers in Soho form the core of a fantastical novel about the city’s messy, mutable nature
Thursday, 4 March, 2021

ReviewFiction
Bright Burning Things, by Lisa Harding — from Rada to rehab
An actor-turned-novelist’s virtuoso monologue is a fully realised portrait of addiction
Thursday, 4 March, 2021

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: March edition
From beating burnout to the lost art of connecting — here are this month’s top titles
Friday, 5 February, 2021

UK
‘The Dig’ brings out the archaeologist in all of us
Popularity of Netflix drama speaks to our need to connect to the ancient past
Thursday, 4 February, 2021

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: February edition
How executive mothers navigate work and inside Amazon — here are this month’s top titles
Tuesday, 12 January, 2021

ReviewFiction
Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan — mediums, misfits and murder
An Edinburgh tenement is the setting for these dark and fantastically funny tales
Thursday, 7 January, 2021

ReviewWork & Careers
FT Business Books: January edition
From the chemistry of connections to the ‘new rules’ of business — here are this month’s top titles
Sunday, 3 January, 2021

Work & Careers
WFA? It’s just the new lexicon of work
Start 2021 by getting to know the words that will define our working lives this year
Monday, 7 December, 2020

ReviewFiction
When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray — climate anxiety
The British writer brilliantly explores the delicate ecosystem of a long marriage
Friday, 27 November, 2020

ReviewFiction
Shirley Hazzard’s Collected Stories — a sparky observer of humanity
The frailty of the human condition is distilled in a posthumous collection from the Australian writer
Thursday, 26 November, 2020

Work-life balance
Our social lives are on the bench this pandemic year
Meeting outside has lent a new resonance to a humble piece of public architecture
Saturday, 7 November, 2020

ReviewBusiness books
FT business books: November edition
From leaders who lust to thriving after redundancy — here are this month’s top titles
Friday, 6 November, 2020

FT SeriesMental health at work
Covid-19 has made it vital for employers to support flexible working
‘I can say now what I didn’t say to my managers years ago: flexible work creates space to breathe’