Financial Times UK (Weekend) - 30 Aug 2025
Bank shares fall on fears of tax raid
Ban on asylum hotel reversed
Middle East KFC operator goes cold on American brands as Gaza boycott bites
Giorgio Armani at 91
Low tax and the dolce vita draw rich expats to Milan
Interview with Arundhati Roy
How to live life’s third quarter
Fania Oz-Salzberger
The biggest job in theatre
Rayner under fire on stamp duty saving
Musk-backed party aims to outflank Farage
Wide access was sought to Apple users’ data, suggests legal filing
Court overturns asylum hotel ban
Reeves turns to Bell for ideas on reforming tax
Israel’s war in Gaza casts shadow over bidders for MoD training contract
PM appoints Shafik as top economic adviser
EU antitrust chief urges defiance of US
Trump touted Chinese troops for Kyiv
Lebanon calls for more funds to help it disarm Hizbollah
Canada’s GDP shrinks more than expected as tariffs hit
Russia uses cultural treasures and military tours to lure Gulf tourists
French PM puts unpopular budget to the test with confidence vote
EU arms scheme fully subscribed after 19 states apply for funding
Mexican drug cartel chief pleads guilty to trafficking crimes in US
Cook’s showdown with Trump likely to have broad implications for Fed
Kennedy tightens grip on health agency after clearout
White House removes Secret Service protection for Harris
US launches small packages tariffs as duty exemption ends
Xi makes pitch for new world order
Egypt bets on $1bn museum of pharaohs for tourism revival
Smaller nations to launch trade grouping
Thai court dismisses PM over call with Cambodia’s former leader
Indonesia urges calm after protests over MP allowances
A calculated silence
Broadway stalwart who pivoted from backstage to big screen
Why progressives should care about falling birth rates
How economists lost traction
Pompeo is not the first to engage in fruitless flattery
Vision favoured by crypto elites is extreme and dystopian
Jazz pianist’s rendition was another key influence
Washington’s role in the history of Ukraine crisis
‘Jaws’ plus a beach holiday did not go swimmingly
Slovenly attire in summer still deserves short shrift
Recycled building blocks? Stick to mud and straw
Success is the real X factor
Crime has shifted away from personal grievances
How this nonagenarian remembers to slow down
French PM’s cheese joke fails to see the hole picture
Correction
France’s isolated PM puts his job on the line
America’s new ‘patriotic’ capitalism
It’s time to shut up and get on with it
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Ambani outlines plans to list India’s largest mobile network
Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel reverses rebrand after Maga backlash
BYD earnings miss after slow-payment crackdown
Meta’s goal of AI dominance hit by exits of top-level staff
Red lines
‘Cable cowboy’ talked with Murdoch on Fox-Warner tie-up
Trump’s Intel deal deters sale of chip unit, CFO says
Stablecoin fears
UK watchdog casts doubt on five more rate-manipulation convictions
Buzzing — and cheaper — Milan attracts the rich seeking a new life and lower tax
Women left behind in corporate law
EasyGroup loses legal battle with Premier Inn over branding
Inflation and ‘risk premium’ help keep UK borrowing costs high
Indian rupee tumbles to fresh record low on growing Trump tariff worries
There are more ETFs than individual stocks
The day in the markets
US tech shares drop after chip designer results feed doubts about AI’s growth
Meddling with the Fed pushes investors closer to a red line
Bad bitcoin treasuries could make good returns
Luxury ‘blingflation’ creates opportunity for cheaper challengers
New York Times activist might be the bearer of good news for investors
The battle for the soul of Israel
The actor on joining ‘The Thursday Murder Club’
Taylor Swift takes her biggest career risk
Among the dunes and lagoons of Brazil
All that we inherit
The battle for the soul of Israel
‘If I wasn’t scared, I wouldn’t be doing my job’
Indian brands on a quest to go global
Why a big family is the ultimate status symbol
Do luxury shoes have to be so uncomfortable?
Inside the resurrected Waldorf Astoria
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What the man from the Pru did next
True blues
The best of enemies
Death at the hands of the Stasi
Depths of redemption
Lessons for would-be ministers
Inputs and outputs
Neighbourhood watch
Seasonal tales
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Uneven keel
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BRIDGE
Excerpt from Gilbert White’s diaries
Solution 18,141
Solution 1,349
‘Cosy crime? No, I call it Chekhovian’
Dennis Potter’s daring disruption of TV drama
How to design the perfect playground
THE LIFE OF A SONG
Back to the future
The rare beauty of the Korean moon jar
‘Music is a fountain of youth’
Why Beethoven is good for your brain
Suede
King and Conqueror
I Fought the Law
The Great Art Fraud
The Roses
Caught Stealing
The Thursday Murder Club
Paul Cornish
As You Like It
Houston Grand Opera
Young Mothers
Taylor Swift is entering her conservative era
Lessons from the fall of Manchester United
Self-portraits (1970s/2008) by Samuel Fosso
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