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Thursday, 22 September, 2022

Populism isn’t over. It’s getting an upgrade

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FT MagazineGender politics

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At the top and the bottom of society, new definitions of masculinity can help all to thrive

Thursday, 8 September, 2022

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We’re moving into a more optimistic era for climate action

Policymakers are finally moving from stick to carrot, and good ideas will spread fast

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Truss will only make the UK more miserable. That could be good

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Splendid isolation? Most people prefer globalisation

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Thursday, 21 July, 2022

FT MagazineWorkplace diversity & equality

Why Swedes get better jobs than Lithuanians

We’re familiar with gender and racial discrimination, but a hierarchy of nationalities is also holding many back

Thursday, 14 July, 2022

FT MagazineUK universities

How Johnson finally sabotaged the Eton-Oxford establishment

Could the prime minister’s fall be a turning point for Britain?

Thursday, 7 July, 2022

FT MagazineNato

Is the west’s increased defence spending even necessary?

Every day, Putin is depleting his army against a non-Nato country, burning his assets like a narcissist-run start-up

Thursday, 30 June, 2022

FT MagazineConservative Party UK

Why the Tories don’t care about the future

An ageing electorate has all but killed off the very notion of transformative change

Friday, 24 June, 2022

Summer Books 2022

Best summer books of 2022: Sport

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Thursday, 23 June, 2022

FT MagazineClimate change

My hot take on the future of heatwaves

With scorching temperatures becoming increasingly severe, some places will simply fail to cope

Thursday, 16 June, 2022

FT MagazineWar in Ukraine

Western Europe’s cynicism about Ukrainian suffering

Putin’s threat is existential for eastern Europeans. But in western European history, Russia isn’t the chief villain

Thursday, 9 June, 2022

FT MagazineFootball

Elite football is a meritocracy. Why can’t politics be?

Failure in sport is clear-cut and gets punished, unlike in government

Friday, 3 June, 2022

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Thursday, 2 June, 2022

FT MagazineUrban planning

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Thursday, 26 May, 2022

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Thursday, 26 May, 2022

FT MagazineSport

What supporting Real Madrid really means

Plenty is known about the club’s stars and triumphs. But what of its fans?

Friday, 20 May, 2022

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Chums by Simon Kuper — the Oxford breed of political bluff and banter

An elegant, occasionally black and white, critique of the elite UK university that nurtured a generation of anti-European Tories

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

FT MagazineLife & Arts

How we quietly ditched the idea of progress

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Thursday, 12 May, 2022

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Democracy might be in crisis. But autocracy certainly is

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Sunday, 1 May, 2022

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He was a born trader and hardball negotiator who prided himself on his small stable of players

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FT MagazineLife & Arts

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Follow these simple public-speaking rules and you could improve the experience of tens of thousands of people

Thursday, 21 April, 2022

FT MagazineFrench presidential election

Why the French think they’ve never had it so bad

Politicians like Marine Le Pen perpetuate the gloom by indulging in fantasies of national decline

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