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Best of the Big Read 2017

From Zelda Perkins revealing why she kept quiet about Harvey Weinstein to the real price of Brexit, questions over green technology and the big stories in charts. Here’s the best of the year’s long-form reportingReturn to the Best of 2017

Zelda Perkins worked as an assistant to Harvery Weinstein during Miramax's 1990s run of hit movies © FT montage; Charlie Bibby; Reuters

A year in charts: From bitcoin to Trump and chess playing robots
The data set that illuminates the best stories of 2017
The real price of Brexit begins to emerge
FT research shows that the weekly hit to the British economy could be the same £350m that Leave campaigners promised to claw back
The Big Green Bang: how renewable energy became unstoppable
The shift to cleaner power is disrupting entire industries. Will the 21st century be the last one for fossil fuels?
FT Person of the Year 2017
Former Uber employee Susan Fowler spurred a wave of allegations that could change the way the women are treated at work
Toshiba: Shrinking to survive
After a disastrous nuclear deal, the company could be forced to sell off its best assets
Podcast: How Beijing wields its soft power
President Xi Jinping will be in power until at least 2022 with a mandate to spread China’s influence globally

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