The balloons were supposed to be buoyant, joyous. Instead all 40 pointed heavily toward the floor, like ripe fruit, testicles, cartoon bombs’ ...

An exhibition at the world’s oldest psychiatric hospital delves into visions of the unconscious mind — and suggests a disturbing idea ...

One of the things that has made Emma Thompson such an enduringly popular figure is that she doesn’t act like a movie star. Having long ago given up wearing high heels (“torture things”), she accepted ...

Replacing stamp duty with annual levy on homes over £500,000 ‘would support economic growth’ — but impact London and south-east hardest ...

After decades of global expansion and a turbulent stint as a public company following a 2021 stock market listing in New York, Soho House is returning to private ownership in a $2.7bn deal announced ...

While the game’s knife duels and gunplay are entertaining enough, it’s the dreamy Mediterranean locales that impress most. It’s hard not to linger in these sumptuous environments, to observe the ...

Rebecca Watson is the FT’s assistant arts editor and author of the novels “I Will Crash” and “little scratch”. Barbara Probst, “Exposures”, September 20 to November 22 is at Hartmann Projects, ...

I wonder how much of Britain’s economic sloth, its resistance to reform, comes from being able to coast on the pre-eminence of English In other words, having the world’s dominant language can be a ...

The world trade order is being remade. US President Donald Trump has led that charge with tariffs and trade deals that have upended the past 30 years of advancement towards global free trade. If that ...

This is an audio transcript of the Swamp Notes podcast episode: ‘How to rebuild global trade’ ...