How is it that Orwell has become the single answer to so many questions, in so many different subjects, for so many people? His name conjures an amorphous idea of fair play and “common sense”; his ...
The Burren in County Clare is a landscape unlike any other. The chalky grey karst topography was formed beneath the sea then thrust upward, sculpted by a collision of tectonic plates to form a lunar ...
Artichoke, duck and eel are staples of the city’s cuisine — a glorious union of land, water and air. Here’s where to find them at their most delicious ...
King Conker — known, in civilian life, as David — is 82 years old. He is the man who prepares the conkers before the event; he selects them for competition, drills the holes, affixes the strings. But ...
Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Increasingly motorists are comparing car insurance to highway robbery. The average price of a new quote rose by ...
In December last year the practice of opera singing in Italy was inscribed on Unesco’s list of “intangible cultural heritage of humanity”. The directors of the five Lombard theatres are doing their ...