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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · Jul 29
Welcome to FT Edit! When the news is overwhelming, we bring you eight stories a day, chosen by editors, offering clarity, fresh perspectives, insight and inspiration — plus some extra treats! Explore more at www.ft.com/ftedit or, if you're reading on iOS, find us on the FT app: on.ft.com/44SHfGA
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Why are middle-aged people so obsessed with scaffolding? on.ft.com/3XLrb4W #FTEdit
Why are middle-aged people so obsessed with scaffolding?
Along with property prices, these makeshift metal towers are increasingly the subject of dinner-party chat
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November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The one-upmanship driving CEOs on.ft.com/3KekIwi #FTEdit
The one-upmanship driving CEOs
The audience that bosses are often most anxious to impress is their peers
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November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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How China made cities less noisy on.ft.com/3KhA3fr #FTEdit
How China made cities less noisy
Electric vehicles, noise-reducing surfaces and no-honking zones are dampening the din of Beijing
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November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.

An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
A quote card on a beige background. The quote reads: “We’re a member of the EU but we’re not a member of Nato… If you wanted to strike at the European Union without any fear of Nato retaliation, then Ireland is ground zero.” Attributed to Cathal Berry, former second-in-command of the Irish army’s Army Ranger Wing.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Sarah O'Connor | A shrinking world will turn our problems upside down on.ft.com/4ogIcPq

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November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The FT View | What the UK Budget needs to get right on.ft.com/483HjoA #FTEdit
What the UK Budget needs to get right
Reeves must deliver credible savings, calibrated tax rises and a pro-growth signal
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November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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FT exclusive | Iranian nuclear scientists sell products with Croydon-made parts on.ft.com/4ptvgGL #FTEdit
Iranian nuclear scientists sell products with Croydon-made parts
Tehran-based group with military links advertises instruments incorporating equipment from UK’s Centronic
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November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan on.ft.com/3XgYLQc #FTEdit
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Jemima Kelly | In defence of the weird and wonderful Wicked ‘womance’ on.ft.com/48k7tlN #FTEdit
In defence of the weird and wonderful Wicked ‘womance’
It’s all a bit intense but the friendship between Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo moves me
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November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Pilita Clark | The wretched business of smart casual on.ft.com/49B1YS3 #FTEdit
The wretched business of smart casual
The world’s most confusing dress code is even worse in the steamy COP30 tropics
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November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The brokers offering to spirit Palestinians from Gaza on.ft.com/3LPqwwR #FTEdit
The brokers offering to spirit Palestinians from Gaza
People in the devastated enclave are turning to an obscure group offering them new lives — for a price
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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How Ocado’s American dream fell apart on.ft.com/4ieuuuQ #FTEdit
How Ocado’s American dream fell apart
A partnership with Kroger was meant to prove Ocado’s business model — it may instead be the British group’s undoing
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts on.ft.com/3LP1Rse #FTEdit
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
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November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The Big Read | Could the banks revive Britain’s economy? on.ft.com/4oc2s4A #FTEdit
Lex in depth: Could the banks revive Britain’s economy?
If the chancellor can find a way to solve the credit drought that small businesses face, the country’s prospects would get an important boost
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November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Gideon Rachman | Ukraine has no choice but to engage with US peace plan on.ft.com/47Z7mgA #FTEdit
Ukraine has no choice but to engage with US peace plan
The American proposal is biased in favour of Russia. But it is not the final word
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November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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The Trump team’s tortured path to a Ukraine peace plan on.ft.com/4p9csN6 #FTEdit
The Trump team’s tortured path to a Ukraine peace plan
Washington’s mixed signals and shifting proposals unsettle allies as negotiations near a critical phase
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November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Best books of 2025: FT journalists’ picks on.ft.com/4pjZv2O #FTEdit
Best books of 2025: FT journalists’ picks
FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them
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November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Nigella and Tucci are right to love Ratanà — Jay Rayner reviews a cult restaurant in Milan on.ft.com/4iin7mn #FTEdit
Nigella and Tucci are right to love Ratanà — Jay Rayner reviews a cult restaurant in Milan
Hip London wine bars are awash with Italian regional cuisine, but they can’t match the real thing for atmosphere
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November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Lunch with the FT | Economist Philippe Aghion: ‘Macron’s legacy will be better than people think’ on.ft.com/3LKzECS #FTEdit
Economist Philippe Aghion: ‘Macron’s legacy will be better than people think’
France’s new Nobel laureate on stimulating growth, the power of creative destruction — and why Karl Lagerfeld helped him with his homework
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November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Janan Ganesh | The Anglo-Australian drift on.ft.com/4a7v4IM #FTEdit
The Anglo-Australian drift
Two increasingly different countries are contesting the Ashes
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November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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The Weekend Essay | The new politics of autism on.ft.com/48kqUuS #FTEdit
The new politics of autism
As contentious claims over rising diagnoses get a presidential platform, Simon Baron-Cohen explains where talk of an ‘epidemic’ goes wrong — and why we need more recognition that autism comes in different forms
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November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Rachel Reeves’ gambit on.ft.com/4inz7mr #FTEdit
Rachel Reeves’ gambit
A year after her last bombshell Budget, the chancellor is once again mired in political chaos. Could the fallout consume both her and Sir Keir Starmer?
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November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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China’s risky challenge to Japan — and the US on.ft.com/3XGPPn8 #FTEdit
China’s risky challenge to Japan — and the US
The diplomatic rift between Beijing and Tokyo is also a test of Washington’s appetite for engagement with the region
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November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Gideon Rachman's best books on politics to read this year on.ft.com/43CIQiM #FTEdit
The best books on politics to read this year
Gideon Rachman selects his must-read titles
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November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Undercover Economist | Don’t trade where you tweet on.ft.com/4o6H8xm #FTEdit
Don’t trade where you tweet
Online conversations about hot meme stocks or cryptocurrencies are the source of some very bad decisions
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November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM