Simon Kuper

Thursday, 8 June, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

‘Woke’ and other bogus political terms, decoded

A brief guide to today’s most nonsensical words and phrases

Saturday, 3 June, 2023

The Weekend Essay

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: who was the greatest footballer?

As their ‘beautiful rivalry’ comes to an end, which of these sporting superstars emerges the winner?

Thursday, 1 June, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

The feeling when your passion is also your job

Generalists often do much better in life. But there’s still something beautiful about finding your vocation

Thursday, 25 May, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

There are only two global superpowers left

Outside the local neighbourhood, it’s every country for itself

Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

Gardens

Community gardens: ‘We all come here to heal’

They can help with conditions from obesity to loneliness. No wonder more health professionals are ‘green prescribing’

Thursday, 18 May, 2023

FT MagazineFootball

What Man Utd’s new owner really wants

For thrill-seeking plutocrats, nothing offers an ego trip like football

Thursday, 11 May, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

How to negotiate with someone more powerful

Whether on the world stage or at home, it’s complicated. Here’s how to do it

Thursday, 4 May, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Cities are back. Here’s how to make them work better

London and Paris have never been bigger. But there are endless ways to optimise urban space

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

FT MagazinePolitical espionage

Why are so many soldiers drawn to the far right?

The penetration of armies and spy services worldwide by extremists is a genuine threat to democracy

Thursday, 20 April, 2023

FT MagazineBrexit

How Brexiters live their truth (badly)

You can only lie to yourself and the rest of the country so long

Thursday, 13 April, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

What the mainstream media gets right

The Fox News trial reveals some uncomfortable truths

Thursday, 6 April, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

After 25 years working alone, I tried WeWork

It’s exhausting to be ceaselessly seen and to have your focus broken every time someone starts to chat

Thursday, 30 March, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

It’s morally repugnant, but isolationism on Ukraine makes some sense

Giving in to Putin would have horrific consequences, but the US would prosper regardless

Friday, 24 March, 2023

The Weekend Essay

Is France on the road to a Sixth Republic?

As rage over pension reform spills out on to the streets, it may be time for the country to rethink its all-powerful presidency

Thursday, 23 March, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

We should regulate SUVs out of existence

They’re not only awful for the climate, they’re also killing pedestrians, including children in driveways

Friday, 17 March, 2023

InterviewLeadership

Football’s first female super-agent Rafaela Pimenta on dealmaking and discrimination

After the death of her business partner Mino Raiola, the former lawyer had to fight off rivals trying to poach her clients

Thursday, 16 March, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Why the higher paid should work longer than the rest

If everyone worked 43 years, the garbage collector might retire at 60 and the lawyer at 67

Thursday, 9 March, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Covid-19 turned us into health-obsessed societies. That needn’t be all bad

It’s time to emphasise prevention over cure. We’re currently scrimping on parks and pools to spend more on diabetes

Friday, 3 March, 2023

The Oscars 2023: all you need to know

Michelle Yeoh: ‘Finally we are being seen’

The ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ star on what an Oscar would mean to Asian actors — and why she really, really wants to bring that statue home

Thursday, 2 March, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

France is becoming the new Britain

Brexit and the French ruling class’s superior survival skills are helping it trounce its rival on the world stage

Sunday, 26 February, 2023

ObituaryJohn Motson

John Motson, football commentator, 1945-2023

Over a career spanning a half of a century, he became the bard of English football

Thursday, 23 February, 2023

FT MagazineMarina Ovsyannikova

The Russian state TV journalist who dared challenge the war

Marina Ovsyannikova was a cog in Putin’s propaganda machine. Now she’s a refugee

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

The one per cent are not as clever as they think

The brainiest people and the biggest-earners are two largely separate groups says new research

Thursday, 9 February, 2023

FT MagazineUrban planning

The urban ideal is a 19th-century city with 21st-century enhancements

We now realise that cars, concrete and commuting ruined cities in the 20th century

Thursday, 2 February, 2023

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Retiring at 62? The French have it absolutely right

I used to take the standard Anglo-Saxon view that the French should get with reality. I’ve changed

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