Letter: Let’s also give due credit to the remarkable illustrator
In his review of the 30-year record of “Lunch with the FT” Henry Mance fails to give due credit to James Ferguson for his remarkable portraits of the FT’s guests.
Letter: Route to redemption that keeps ticket touts at bay
A potential solution or compromise to the issue of dynamic pricing, highlighted by Oasis ticket sales ( FT View, September 7), is for all monies spent (dynamically) over and above the stated ticket ...
Letter: I devour the FT with my lunch almost every day
I have “Lunch with the FT” almost every day. It might be with Gillian Tett in Geneva, Janan Ganesh in Jaipur or Maria Shollenbarger, almost anywhere, even old Yangon. For 50 kyat, 100 swissies or 200 ...
Letter: Polymath’s pet preferences
Jo Ellison (Opinion, Life & Arts, September 14) quotes Jean Cocteau, the French librettist, novelist, actor, film director and painter on his love for cats: “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and ...
Letter: Like his gardening tips, less so his weather forecasting
I regularly follow Robin Lane Fox’s gardening advice and after reading his column (House & Home, September 7) made a point of stocking up on plant food to keep things going into late autumn — noting ...
Can Nike veteran Elliott Hill turn ‘the swoosh’ around?
Nike’s outgoing chief executive, John Donahoe, is an Ivy League-educated former tech executive and Bain consultant. The man ...
Secret Service says US faces heightened threat after Donald Trump assassination attempts
The US Secret Service on Friday said the country was in a “hyperdynamic threat environment”, as it admitted “complacency” ...
Ursula von der Leyen, the politician tightening her grip on Brussels
The European Commission president has pitched herself as the answer to the question: ‘who do I call if I want to speak to ...
Live news: US Secret Service says it faces ‘heightened’ threat environment before election
In a ruling that was welcomed by victims, the High Court found that rules on disclosure of information to the Independent ...
Tory brand is ‘bust and broken’, Nigel Farage tells Reform conference
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the Conservative brand was “bust and broken” as the party’s leadership pledged to fight the next general election bashing believers in the green transition and “net ...
Did central banks get the inflation crisis right?
Policymakers are lowering rates and signalling new confidence that a ‘soft landing’ is possible. But few are ready to declare victory ...
Climate graphic of the week: Deadly flood losses mount as insurers and governments tally costs
The pledge by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to make up to €10bn of recovery funds available for the deadly European floods this week followed estimates that insurers would face up ...