Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Palantir and Anduril, two of the ...

Traditionally hung as signs in the country’s shop doorways, these delicate textiles are being adopted and adapted by ...

Written in the 19th century, the story of the Magi has been jazzed up, folkified and adapted for the playground ...

Of course there is a fiscal gap to be bridged and debt levels need to be contained, yet it is increasingly clear that the Budget’s changes to national insurance taxation (in particular) were misguided ...

Re “Health chiefs ‘confused’ over Starmer’s priorities” (Report, December 12), there is no confusion. All governments want a Rolls-Royce NHS service on a Morris Minor budget. With an ageing, ...

“2025 is going to be a tough year for pubs because of the layering of the costs coming our way . . . It is likely that we ...

Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. The holiday season is upon us — in today’s newsletter we’ll cover: Sweden has criticised China for refusing to allow the Nordic country’s main ...

The photo accompanying your article “Does the UK have enough workers to get Britain building” provides a perfect illustration of the productivity problem in construction (The Big Read, December 13).

Artificial intelligence is threatening the North American electricity grid, according to your story (Report, December 18). The piece says that thanks to the fact the grid needs to service such worthy ...

Last Monday’s resignation of Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland wasn’t shocking (Report, December 17). Poignantly, her letter illustrated and validated reports of rising tensions due to ...

While the holiday spirit will dominate the news agenda, there are notable developments to watch across the world, as the three defining themes of 2024 — elections, war and inflation — continue to hum ...

Investors poured record amounts into global bond funds this year as they bet on a shift towards easier monetary policy by major central banks. Bond funds attracted more than $600bn in inflows so far ...