Henry Mance

Monday, 27 March, 2023

Friday, 17 March, 2023

Life & Arts

#GoWokeGoBroke: really?

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse has reignited arguments over ‘woke capitalism’

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

UK Budget

Hunt passes pensioners on the way to the nursery

Chancellor’s boost for childcare spending marks a revolution for a Tory party fixated on older voters

Monday, 13 March, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century’

Accused of desecrating the French capital, the politician wants more bikes, green spaces and social housing

Saturday, 4 March, 2023

Matt Hancock

The tragedy of Matt Hancock

The UK’s Covid-era health secretary is not so much incompetent as annoying

Monday, 27 February, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Tim Peake: ‘I do not see us having a problem getting to Mars’

The Henry Mance Interview | The British astronaut is convinced that humans will live on the Red Planet

Saturday, 25 February, 2023

FT Magazine

Yana Wernicke’s photographs show the unique companionship of animals

A new book reminds us of the human capacity for connection with other species

Friday, 24 February, 2023

InterviewLunch with the FT

Boris Becker: ‘I’m still in the game. Just have to play better’

The tennis star on his money, his marriages and what he learnt in prison

Monday, 13 February, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Mariana Mazzucato: ‘The McKinseys and the Deloittes have no expertise in the areas that they’re advising in’

The economist argues that consultants are hobbling the state’s ability to perform the role of economic motor

Friday, 3 February, 2023

UK society

The Tate ruling is a victory against rubbernecking

We can’t stop ourselves from filming celebrities or asking for selfies, so we cannot complain when people object

Monday, 30 January, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Shoshana Zuboff: ‘Privacy has been extinguished. It is now a zombie’

The professor who predicted that computers would change our lives demands a right to sanctuary from data ‘theft’

Friday, 20 January, 2023

FT Weekend podcast30 min listen

Surviving US healthcare. Plus: Prince Harry’s 'Spare'

Claire Bushey explores the cost of US healthcare after her treatment for breast cancer. Then, Henry Mance reviews Prince Harry’s autobiography

Monday, 16 January, 2023

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Tyler Cowen: ‘Economists can’t predict the effects of new technologies. Surely that should humble us a bit?’

The libertarian professor is on a mission to inform and educate so that people can make themselves more productive

Tuesday, 10 January, 2023

ReviewBiography and memoir

Spare by Prince Harry — complain and explain

The memoir is arguably the most insightful royal book in a generation, yet still leaves readers with many questions about the monarchy unanswered

Sunday, 25 December, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II

Year in a word: The Queue

The line to see the Queen’s lying-in-state symbolised a nation in mourning

Monday, 19 December, 2022

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Nouriel Roubini: ‘I hope I didn’t depress you too much’

The famously gloomy economist has turned up the dial on dark predictions for 2023 and beyond, but is upbeat about technology and the meaning of life

Friday, 16 December, 2022

ReviewTelevision

Harry and Meghan fail to deliver royal knockout in second half of Netflix series

The couple’s terrible treatment by tabloid media is made clear but the Windsors escape without embarrassment

Friday, 9 December, 2022

The Weekend Essay

Can Just Stop Oil make the case for protest?

The climate activists know their tactics make people angry — and they believe that’s a price worth paying

Thursday, 8 December, 2022

Upstream

Harry & Meghan part one — a Netflix appeal for both admiration and pity

The couple who broke away from the royal family are now talking about it at length — and the tone is hard to get right

Monday, 5 December, 2022

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Louise Richardson: ‘I do wish our students were more resilient about nasty remarks’

Before she steps down this month, the vice-chancellor of Oxford university talks about cancel culture, state schools and why universities should not be businesses

Monday, 21 November, 2022

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Stephen Diehl: Crypto is the ‘commoditisation of populist anger, gambling and crime’

The software engineer has denounced crypto assets as vehicles for pure speculation. But his views have made him a target of harassment — including death threats

Thursday, 17 November, 2022

Autumn Statement

Doctor Hunt tends to an economy in intensive care

New UK chancellor administers tax rises under anaesthetic

Friday, 11 November, 2022

Life & Arts

My week with Elon

Twitter is filled with stupidity and insight — its users now have an overlord rich in both

Monday, 7 November, 2022

InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview

Wanjira Mathai: ‘We’re only at a 1.2C world. Can you imagine how much worse it will get?’

As the COP27 climate talks begin, the Kenyan environmentalist urges the west to win back the trust of developing countries

Friday, 4 November, 2022

UK energy

How I saved energy and stopped worrying about light switches

It would help if more of the choice were taken out of our hands by designing in efficiency

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