The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs
The man from Mozambique, who was unable to give his name as he collapsed on the ground, was the latest survivor of a ...
Savage Theories — love and violence in post-revolutionary Argentina
Pola Oloixarac’s debut novel is an ambitious, if flawed, attempt to process political brutality through philosophy ...
UK Help to Grow SME productivity scheme hits 10,000 users
Some 62 per cent of owner managers who have completed the Help to Grow programme reported increased sales, according to Ipsos ...
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Meta to add display to Ray-Bans as race over smart glasses intensifies
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta plans to add displays to its ...
AI phones could sustain chip sector if data centre spending slows, says Nvidia supplier
Doug Lefever, who leads Nvidia supplier Advantest, said he was watching for any sign of slower spending on AI by big US tech groups. Meta, Google and Microsoft have been heavy investors in data ...
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale review — farewell takes fans on a teasing emotional ride
And so, once more unto the beach of Barry Island and the suburban sprawl of Billericay. Seventeen years since Gavin & Stacey ...
US drugstores vanish as pressures mount on business model
Retrenchment in industry has led to concerns about spread of ‘pharmacy deserts’ with limited access to medicines ...
Giotto’s genius blooms afresh in Padua
Restoration of the biblical frescoes in the Scrovegni chapel reveals the Italian painter to be not just the maestro of human ...
Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses
Slate Money hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss a few things that have been circulating in the news ...
Number of Londoners moving out of UK capital falls to lowest since 2013
London residents purchased 5.7 per cent — or 57,020 — of the homes sold outside the capital this year, the lowest share since 2013 and nearly half the Covid-era peak in 2021, according to research by ...
‘Waste of time’: how Keir Starmer fumbled his first months of power
Starmer’s backers believe he can turn things around in 2025. Tom Baldwin, the prime minister’s biographer, said that “in ...
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Berlin cries Kulturkrise as cuts hit arts scene
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A performance of Verdi’s Macbeth last month at the Deutsche Oper briefly turned into a political protest, as a ...