Manchester United: a fate worse than debt
Also in today’s newsletter: a big shake-up in US college sport angers fans
House & Home Ski Living Special 2026
A slalom across the buzziest ski resorts, from Big Sky, Montana, to Åre, Sweden. Which has the edge, Verbier or Val d’Isère? Does a home below 1,500 metres have hidden highs? How to get Gstaad glam — and more
Transcript of an interview with Huw Pill
Bank of England chief economist talks to the FT
Milburn review to call for tens of thousands of further education places
Plan to be targeted at under-25-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training and could cost more than £1bn a year
BoE chief economist says further rate rises needed to combat inflation
Huw Pill calls last week’s quarter-point increase to 4% a ‘significant step’ but that there was ‘further to go’ with borrowing costs
Italy rebuffs German bid to enter joint fighter jet project
Rome rejects push to explore inviting Berlin to enter UK-Japan-Italy next-generation aircraft programme
Hedge fund woes expose the dangers of hot money once again
Recent stumbles have come about as a result of the pursuit of heady growth without the risk management capability and structures to deal with it
Transcript: Martin Wolf on the US midterms — Trump loses. European populism lives on.
Martin Wolf speaks with historian Timothy Garton Ash
Record polar vortex breakdown raises cold weather risk
The early collapse of wind system that traps Arctic air is latest extreme atmospheric event
A Vinted ban would sell young entrepreneurs short
Selling online is a great opportunity for teens to learn, earn and spend their money
The Nvidia board’s artificial independence
Bored of governance
Treat prediction markets like futures trading
Critics say these sites are just a form of gambling — but they said that about the Chicago Board of Trade too
Does your child have a side hustle?
Enterprising young people are coming up with smart moneymaking ideas. FT Money wants to hear about them
China’s beaten-down tech stocks could offer AI with a little less drama
Opportunities in China lie as much in the picks and shovels of the AI supply chain
Nvidia’s cult of personality was bound to end badly
It is worth paying attention to the warning signs of corporate hubris — they often mean something bad is about to happen
The citizens of nowhere won in the end
People might not vote for liberal individualism, but they live it
Where jazz goes to church
For a decade, an east London church has hosted some of the world’s most adventurous jazz musicians. Now Church of Sound is taking its worship to the Barbican for this week’s London Jazz Festival
$500mn Hindu epic Ramayana targets global success on a wing and a prayer
The most expensive film in Bollywood history favours CGI spectacle over spiritual impact — but it may take a miracle for it to recoup
Burnham thinks Britain should talk about Brexit — but are his constituents keen?
Fresh from a council by-election victory for Labour, Makerfield voters give their views on the prime minister as he heads to Brussels with plans for an initial EU ‘reset’
Marilynne Robinson: America’s new dawn
The acclaimed novelist on why the US midterm elections represented a ‘spectacular’ affirmation of people power
UK housing wealth owned by over-65s tops £2.25tn
Research shows how ‘boomer’ property owners have benefited from an exceptional stretch of house price growth — underlining the UK’s generational divide
New pooled pension scheme does nothing to solve finance’s ‘nastiest’ problem
The government has promised to ‘make pensions, pensions again’ — intergenerational risk sharing is not the answer
Beware the sycophantic divorce bots
AI is affecting the family justice system in disturbing new ways by convincing both sides that they are right
Will we soon cure cancer?
A recent revolution in drug-based prevention and treatment has brought scientists tantalisingly close to defeating these most feared diseases — but stubborn challenges remain