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    Henry Mance

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    Henry Mance is the FT's chief features writer. He writes features and interviews for the FT Weekend, as well as a weekly satirical column on politics and culture. He was previously a political correspondent and the FT's media correspondent.
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    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Michelle O’Neill: ‘What I won’t allow is the unravelling of the Good Friday Agreement’

      Northern Ireland’s would-be first minister is frustrated by political stalemate but has one consolation — her goal of Irish reunification is becoming more likely

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Tom Tugendhat: ‘I will serve in whatever capacity I’m asked to serve’

      He was eliminated from the Tory leadership race, but the former soldier still wants to help British politics make a clean break with the Boris Johnson era

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Corinne Le Quéré: ‘Could we just adapt to climate change? The answer is no’

      The Canadian-born climate scientist stays cool as politicians fail to act, saying we have the solutions we need — we just have to use them

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      The Weekend Essay
      Is Britain tiring of the culture wars?

      Brexit was supposed to have left the country bitterly divided. But Henry Mance finds identity battles losing their grip on the national conversation

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Boris Johnson
      The entertainer who tried to defy political gravity

      UK prime minister once united people in amusement but ended up uniting them in contempt

    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Michael Lewis: ‘The thing that really works for Trump is: the system’s rigged’

      One of the greatest chroniclers of America’s financial crisis takes aim at the former president — and at the US response to Covid

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Managing yourself
      We should have limited empathy for the Big Boss resignation

      Despite their best attempts to appear relatable, our overlords are not just like us

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      FT GlobetrotterThe joy of tennis
      The A to Z of tennis

      From Alcaraz to Zverev, stopping by ‘junk balls’, temper tantrums and the wind en route: a lexicographical take on the game

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      The Henry Mance Interview
      Mikhail Khodorkovsky: ‘Putin has embarked on a route that is going to lead to his demise’

      Russia’s once-richest man, now one of its most prominent dissidents, believes regime change will happen — but only by force

    • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
      FT Weekend podcast30 min listen
      The rich interior lives of pigs

      Henry Mance on new scientific research on pigs. Plus, what a new style of skyscraper says about how our cities are designed

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      ‘This might be a watershed for American feminism’: Amia Srinivasan on repealing Roe vs Wade

      The philosopher has emerged as one of today’s most innovative feminist thinkers, analysing how women are constrained by politics, culture and technology

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Queen Elizabeth II
      Queen Elizabeth II, 70 years of duty without drama

      The discreet monarch has presided over decades of change while remaining largely an enigma

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      University of Oxford
      Oxford college hits back at former dean over ‘untrue’ claims in bitter feud

      Christ Church issues statement as dispute with Martyn Percy continues despite £1.2mn settlement

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      House & Home
      Marble Hill: coming to terms with the troubled history of a Palladian mansion

      Sir Tim Laurence, head of English Heritage, on the challenges of conservation in the 21st century

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      ‘A bonfire of the decencies’: Peter Hennessy on Boris Johnson’s government

      The British political historian has been observing Westminster since the 1970s, but he has never been this furious

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      FT Magazine
      Smart, co-operative, emotional: what cutting-edge science tells us about pigs

      A more rounded view of their interior lives would have huge commercial implications — as Carl Icahn’s battle with McDonald’s suggests

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      ReviewBiography and memoir
      The Palace Papers by Tina Brown — monarchy and misbehaviour

      This very readable account of an institution in flux is entertaining but light on revelations

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      Travel
      My trans-European rail adventure

      Can the train really rival the plane for a journey across the continent? Henry Mance travels from London to Budapest to find out

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Life & Arts
      Life begins at 40? No, that’s just denial

      It was once considered a milestone, but as many in the west live longer and have children later, what does it really mean?

    • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
      Tennis
      Blame Putin for Wimbledon ban on Russian tennis players

      It is understandable that Ukrainian sports stars think silence on Moscow’s invasion is betrayal

    • Friday, 8 April, 2022
      Lunch with the FT
      Police watchdog Tom Winsor: ‘I’ll arbitrate pretty much anything’

      The outgoing chief inspector of constabulary on kicking out bad cops, getting his own back on the bullies — and why he keeps 29,970 press cuttings in his shed

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      UK Government
      Partygate shows Downing Street sees transparency as a nuisance

      Collectively we need to remember the benefits of open justice and open government

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Working It podcast19 min listen
      Are dogs the key to workplace happiness?

      Pandemic puppies expect to be with their humans all day — including in the office

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Lunch with the FT
      Suzanne Simard: ‘I say to the trees “I hope I’m helping”’

      The Canadian ecologist on protecting imperilled forests, the limits of science — and why trees and humans are more similar than we might think

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Sport
      Retiring at 25? It almost makes sense

      Ash Barty fulfilled her dream of winning Wimbledon — now she wants to start again with something else

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