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Come and say hello to FT books editors Frederick Studemann and Maria Crawford in a live Ask an Expert Q&A on Friday 5 December at 1pm GMT.⁠ Post your question ahead of time via the box in the article, or submit one as the conversation unfolds on.ft.com/4pLYMHZ
The Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award returns, celebrating its legacy of recognising the very best in business writing from around the world. on.ft.com/4pLS2tB
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi’s revenge drama is the work of a master on.ft.com/442CI3y
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi’s revenge drama is the work of a master
Illegally made Iranian film about the kidnapping of a suspected torturer is filled with twists that double as ethical dilemmas
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December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Come and say hello to FT books editors Frederick Studemann and Maria Crawford in a live Ask an Expert Q&A on Friday 5 December at 1pm GMT.⁠ Post your question ahead of time via the box in the article, or submit one as the conversation unfolds on.ft.com/4pLYMHZ
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Inside the Burberry bounceback on.ft.com/49VF08d
Inside the Burberry bounceback
An American CEO and a fresh cast of faces have set the British luxury brand on a new course. Is it blue skies ahead?
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December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The Abandons — Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey face off in Netflix’s overblown western on.ft.com/49UUklF
The Abandons — Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey face off in Netflix’s overblown western
The pair play warring matriarchs in a grandiose series that feels like watching a soap opera at its most heightened
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December 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The FT Style Holiday Gift Guide 2025 on.ft.com/443KpXg
The FT Style Holiday Gift Guide 2025
Anya Hindmarch, Paolo Carzana, Merlin Labron-Johnson, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Campbell Addy and more share the best gifts for fashion, beauty and the home
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December 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
FT Crossword: Number 18,230 on.ft.com/4oJwCN2
FT Crossword: Number 18,230
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December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Zara-owner Inditex is the anti-fashion fashion house on.ft.com/48OiPjc
Zara-owner Inditex is the anti-fashion fashion house
The Spanish group has powered its way through a choppy consumer environment
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December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Pelican Child — stories to reignite the sense of wonder on.ft.com/4ryWwFN
The Pelican Child — stories to reignite the sense of wonder
In beguiling short stories with an undercurrent of ecological doom, Joy Williams finds the sweet spot between madness and genius
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December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Is sea moss a modern superfood? on.ft.com/49OGK38
Is sea moss a modern superfood?
The experts debate the benefits of the gut-health supplement
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December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sean Combs: The Reckoning — and why his lawyers didn’t want you to see it on.ft.com/48OxLxR
Sean Combs: The Reckoning — and why his lawyers didn’t want you to see it
Damning Netflix mini-series documents the allegations against the music mogul and includes new footage
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December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The boombox is back on.ft.com/4ivYna2
The boombox is back
Tech for music lovers on the move
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December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Vinted transformed second-hand fashion — now its creator has his eye on the art world on.ft.com/3KnfePY
Vinted transformed second-hand fashion — now its creator has his eye on the art world
Justas Janauskas’s new art foundation connects curators in the Baltic states and the UK
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December 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
FT Crossword: Number 18,229 on.ft.com/4pOpaRG
FT Crossword: Number 18,229
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December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On stage and screen, the writer turned the weightiest of topics into dazzling, humane drama: on.ft.com/48uQrBt
Tom Stoppard, playwright, 1937-2025
On stage and screen, the writer turned the weightiest of topics into dazzling, humane drama
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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The War Between the Land and the Sea — can Doctor Who work without the Doctor? on.ft.com/4ouWY5e
The War Between the Land and the Sea — can Doctor Who work without the Doctor?
Frothy spin-off series casts Russell Tovey as a regular Joe caught in the middle of an inter-species dispute
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December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Unusual lead blamed for defensive error, but thinking lead itself is poor on.ft.com/4pJgifN
Unusual lead blamed for defensive error, but thinking lead itself is poor
Understand declarer’s plan, then try to counter it
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December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Carole King — the genius and hard-won wisdom of a great American singer-songwriter on.ft.com/4pdAlDn
Carole King — the genius and hard-won wisdom of a great American singer-songwriter
Jane Eisner’s compelling, compassionate biography explores the forces that shaped the artist behind ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow?’
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December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In 2022 he believed he had made his last film — this year he won Cannes’s top prize with political kidnapping drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’: on.ft.com/3KlLbYU
Iranian director Jafar Panahi on why he must return to the country that imprisoned him
In 2022 he believed he had made his last film — this year he won Cannes’s top prize with political kidnapping drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025 and St John wins the Judge's Choice. Find out who else triumphed at the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards, hosted in London by our critic Jay Rayner on.ft.com/4q2YCMH
St John and Bouchon Racine among winners at the FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards
Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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No review from me today cos it’s the @ft_weekend.com CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, edited by @harrietfl.ft.com. It’s a banger and ever better in print. A top team including @nigella.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social @jancisrobinson.com and, er, me nominate the Christmas food must haves.
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The experts’ guide to the Christmas food and drink that really matters — and how to get it right
If you could only choose one festive treat, what would it be? Nigella Lawson, Jay Rayner, Jancis Robinson and more share their non-negotiables
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November 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Boxes of chocolates as decorative as they are delicious on.ft.com/4iAQd0j
Boxes of chocolates as decorative as they are delicious
With painted packaging, and boxes bedecked in grosgrain ribbons, gilt trims and Liberty prints, who needs tinsel?
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December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Designer Paul Smith: ‘Beautiful houses are best left alone’ on.ft.com/3XuqKfo
Designer Paul Smith: ‘Beautiful houses are best left alone’
His 19th-century west London home has perfect doll’s house proportions and is filled with missives, mementoes and trinkets — a joyful testament to a lifetime of curiosity and collecting
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Fantasy home: the drama and beauty of Quasimodo’s bell tower on.ft.com/4pdPUv1
Fantasy home: the drama and beauty of Quasimodo’s bell tower
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December 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
FT Crossword: Number 18,228 on.ft.com/4anlgKO
FT Crossword: Number 18,228
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December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM