Bridge: Resist the automatic, and think deeply about your plan
A brow-beaten South opened 1S, and his opponents reached 4H. North led 3â™  and, when his partner won, eyeballed him to ensure ...
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A terrific roof-top tent – and four other folding gadgets
The idea of pitching a tent on the roof of your car has been knocking around since the 1950s, but has only latterly begun to ...
Roméo et Juliette opera review — slick but empty gestures in Berlin staging
Director Mariame Clément did such a good job with The Tales of Hoffmann this summer in Salzburg that it was fair to expect a ...
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Traders took charge at the FT Alphaville Pub Quiz — can you do better?
Are high-frequency traders simply a superior class of human being? Their pay certainly suggests so, and unfortunately their ...
The long lunch blamed for Spain’s flood alert failure
Survivors accuse regional government of errors as experts warn climate change is creating volatile natural disasters ...
Advertisers set to return to X as they seek favour with Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump is set to boost X’s flagging business, with some marketers poised for a return to the social media platform in order to seek favour with the incoming ...
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The rush to shape UK industrial strategy
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Days after being hit with a hefty ...
US CPI ticks back up, but will not stop another Fed cut in December
The main driver of CPI continues to be shelter, which comprises more than a third of the overall inflation basket. Shelter ...
Silkroad Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens release album inspired by the American railroad — review
For her first major project as artistic director of Silkroad and its titular Ensemble, which brings together classical and ...
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RWE’s lean away from green should satisfy the sceptics
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If the world is to reach climate goals, vast swaths of the industrial landscape will need to transform. Yet, ...
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Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol 1 — Cuarteto Casals delivers pace, attack and emotion
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When a major musical anniversary is ...
Assisted dying would be funded ‘at expense of’ NHS services, warns Streeting
Asked about the possibility of assisted dying laws saving the NHS money, if the law permitted patients to end their lives sooner, Streeting said: “You do touch on the slippery slope argument, which is ...