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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    InterviewFood & Drink
    Chef Ruth Rogers: ‘The hardest thing for managers is telling somebody they’re wrong’

    The River Cafe co-founder on adapting in a crisis, changing food culture— and why collaborating is key in a kitchen

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    InterviewMedical science
    Christian Happi: ‘With pathogens, we need to play offence’

    The scientist who helped beat Ebola in Nigeria on Africa’s success against Covid-19 — and his trailblazing plans to preempt future pandemics

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    InterviewLife & Arts
    Defector Tae Yong-ho: ‘A very small spark could topple Kim Jong Un’

    The former North Korean diplomat on life under the Kims — and how the world should counter the regime

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    InterviewCyber Security
    Cyber chief Chris Krebs: ‘You find out who your friends are’

    The tech security expert on being fired by Trump — and why we are struggling to keep up with the hackers

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins: ‘We’re on the precipice of the misinformation age’

    The internet investigator on his ‘people’s intelligence agency’, unmasking Navalny’s poisoners — and why he isn’t another Assange

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Life & Arts
    Richard Flanagan: ‘Art was something that happened elsewhere’

    The Australian novelist on his country’s ‘toxic’ approach to climate change, the Murdochs — and the Booker win that saved him from ruin

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    InterviewSarah Cooper
    Sarah Cooper: ‘Trump is the most dangerous man to ever hold the office’

    The comedian on the power of satire — and what the president really thinks of her lip-sync TikTok videos

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    InterviewJulian Assange
    Jennifer Robinson: ‘Assange had information. That made him dangerous’

    The barrister on representing the WikiLeaks founder — and the vitriol faced by her client Amber Heard

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    InterviewSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
    Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: ‘They were sure I was a nobody’

    The exiled Belarus opposition leader on a year of protest — and why she believes Lukashenko’s days in power are numbered

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    Lunch with the FT: top 10 interviews from 2020

    Who called an FT writer a liar — then invited him to lunch? Who sold 1m copies of her debut book? Who is known as the ‘Darth Vader of Wall Street’? Savour the best of this year’s Lunches . . .

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Satirist Craig Brown: ‘You have to have some prickle in you to get going’

    Britain’s beloved — and feared — writer on skewering the famous and being threatened by Harold Pinter

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Lunch with the FT: top 10 interviews from 2020
    Sir Martin Sorrell: ‘What temper? I’m a cuddly teddy bear’

    The WPP co-founder on his acrimonious exit from the company he built — and whether biggest is always best

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
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    Erno Rubik: ‘The Cube has his own voice’

    The Rubik’s Cube creator on getting rich in cold war-era Hungary and the nature of invention

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    Lunch with the FT: top 10 interviews from 2020
    Ahdaf Soueif: ‘I have a lot of friends in prison’

    The Egyptian novelist and activist on taking on the military government and why she resigned from the British Museum

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Life & Arts
    McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski: ‘Our menu is very Darwinian’

    The chief executive on comfort food in a crisis — and why he eats at his own chain twice a day

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    ‘There will be shocks’: Yngve Slyngstad, Norway’s $1tn man

    The investor on his time at the helm of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai: ‘At least we fought, we showed our dignity’

    Tycoon who angered Beijing talks about Hong Kong’s uncertain future, backing Trump and never giving in

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Fiona Shackleton: ‘Divorce is either quick torture or slow torture’

    The lawyer for royals and the ultra-rich on the pandemic boom in break-ups — and why she still believes in marriage

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Eddie Hearn: ‘Without me, people wouldn’t be talking about boxing’

    The promoter on growing up in his father’s shadow and doing business with the Saudis

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Emily St John Mandel: ‘There’s something taboo about talking about money’

    The ‘Station Eleven’ author on pandemics, Ponzi schemes and making art in a crisis

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    InterviewLife & Arts
    Atul Gawande: ‘It’s not just about keeping people safe’

    The surgeon and ‘Being Mortal’ author on fixing US healthcare — and the battle to beat Covid-19

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Life & Arts
    IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva: ‘The fund needs to have a big bazooka’

    The Bulgarian economist on spending in a pandemic — and what queueing for milk taught her about austerity

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Alex Younger: ‘The Russians did not create the things that divide us — we did that’

    The outgoing MI6 head tells Roula Khalaf about new global threats — and why we still need  ‘garage shed’ spycraft

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
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    Fatou Bensouda: ‘It’s about the law. It’s not about power’

    The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor on hunting war criminals and facing US sanctions

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Lunch with the FT: top 10 interviews from 2020
    Marcus Rashford: ‘The system is broken — and it needs to change’

    The England striker on the risks of becoming an advocate, playing without spectators — and how passion for the beautiful game spills into ugly abuse

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