FT Best ofFT Weekend’s best long reads of 2017Here’s the pick of our long-form stories published this year. If you missed them, now’s the time to catch upMurdoch & Sons: Lachlan, James and Rupert’s $62bn empireAs the world’s most influential media mogul nears his 86th birthday, his sons have stepped up to steer the family business. But can they ever escape their father’s shadow?Left behind: can anyone save the towns the UK economy forgot?Soaring antidepressant usage, falling life expectancy: Blackpool embodies much of what is going wrong on the fringes of BritainHas science cracked the peanut allergy?Amid the rise in food allergies, two new treatments are on the verge of approval. David Crow on how they work and why our food has turned against us How Deutsche Bank’s high-stakes gamble went wrongOver two decades, the institution went from sleepy German lender to the world’s largest bank — only to plummet into a downward spiral that some claim has left it ‘beyond repair’The problem with factsTim Harford on how today’s politicians deal with inconvenient truthsHollywood’s masculinity problem — the full pictureRevelations about Harvey Weinstein are just one sign of how movie culture is fuelled by a ‘tanker of testosterone’More from this SeriesIvanka Trump: ‘I will not be distracted by the noise’In a rare interview, the controversial first daughter talks expectations, criticism and what comes nextGrenfell Tower, June, 2017: a poem by Ben Okri‘If you want to see how the poor die, come see Grenfell Tower.’ The Nigerian writer’s impassioned poem on the fireSpies, lies and the oligarch: inside London’s booming secrets industryThe battle over fugitive billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov stretches from Kazakhstan to KnightsbridgePanda politics: the hard truth about China’s cuddliest diplomatThe animals have done wonders for the country’s image — but is panda diplomacy harming the species? ‘I don’t talk. I just drive’: the inner life of London’s Uber driversThe people who keep the app going — and see the city at its best and worstReturn to the Best of 2017
