Pretend work; bad lawyers; OpenAI; automated war; memories; and otters
Beijing promises to take strong measures to defend its interests
Plus, Dai-ichi Life/M&G tie-up, dollar/Treasury yield correlation, and Daniel Katz at Sotheby’s
Irish designer assumes one of most prestigious jobs in fashion
Also in this newsletter: Drone strikes overshadow next round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks
Matthew Goode plays an Edinburgh cop in Netflix noir thriller ‘Dept Q’; Rose Ayling-Ellis shines as a deaf woman drawn into crime procedural ‘Code of Silence’; Owen Wilson stars as a golf coach in Apple TV comedy ‘Stick’; season 2 of ‘The Rehearsal’ is an ambitious blend of comedy and blurred reality; BBC series ‘Walking With Dinosaurs’ is resurrected from the distant 1990s; Julianne Moore stars as a socialite in class send-up ‘Sirens’ — reviews by Dan Einav
Long-awaited rebound has reversed since ‘liberation day’ announcements, according to Bain & Company
Read a selection of FT articles on parties, voting and interest groups picked by our teacher advisers
Soumaya Keynes talks to Duncan Weldon, economics writer and broadcaster
Five food rites of passage that you can’t experience anywhere else — from coffee at a tiny window to sandwiches at a laundromat
Kasia Broussalian talks to Christian Davies and Kate Duguid
Kouoh, whose vision for the 2026 Venice art biennale is being realised after her death, amplified creative voices across Africa and its diaspora
Or the Spree? Or the Parramatta? Since the Paris Olympics, the movement to make city rivers swimmable has been making waves — but does the idea hold water?
There is an urgent need to rethink financial structures that are failing billions of people
Driving a 100-year-old Type 39 highlights its quality – and the talent of a legendary dynasty
BBC series hears from a man convicted of moving migrants across the English Channel, and from experts on the illegal trade
Decline in carbon capture wells comes as US Energy Department cancels $3.7bn for clean energy grants
Steep fall in energy storage prices proves a game-changer for businesses
Central bank needs to mix playing defence with going on the offensive with a new policy framework and improved communication
A man-made molecule called TFA is seeping into waterways across the continent. But industry executives warn about the cost of EU efforts to eradicate pollution
Economic uncertainty hits sector in first quarter but London, Oxford and Cambridge buck trend, survey finds
Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US
German lender’s retail business told investors it would fall short of long-standing goal for 2025
Our new selection features mind-bending cyber-horror, dystopian thrillers and a supernatural Western
Union Investment sold out of US oil major and smaller peer EOG Resources after review
