John Banville on the enduring mystery of ‘Las Meninas’
Beside Mari-Bárbola is the Italian midget Nicolasito Pertusato, who is waking up, or teasing, the dozing mastiff. In the ...
How a stylish crowd celebrates Lunar New Year
These are some of the common emblems of Lunar New Year, a celebration believed to have originated some 3,000 years ago, which ...
Art to order? How the V&A East Storehouse is building a new future for museums
At a time when museums across the western world face falling revenue, a crisis in philanthropy and relentless criticism, the ...
The fugitive prince
A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a shady deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could ...
Brady Corbet on his Oscar-tipped film The Brutalist: ‘I don’t really belong to anywhere’
The director discusses the immigrant experience, his own origins and why America needs a movie about a sympathetic ...
From Mexico to Mongolia: the up-and-coming wine regions of 2025
One of the questions I’m most often asked, along with where my name comes from, is “Which are the up-and-coming wine regions ...
Why Ed Sheeran went back to school
The superstar on his new foundation and the fight for better music funding: ‘There’s nothing in the curriculum for people ...
Investment trusts under fire again — are they finally listening?
Saba, which owns 19-29 per cent of shares in each trust, is seeking to fire the boards, combine the trusts into a larger ...
Insider’s notebook: what the world gets wrong about British cuisine
As I will keep telling my worried family in LA, modern British food is inventive, incredibly international and deserves to be ...
When poetry heralds a new presidential era
Robert Frost improvised, Amanda Gorman became a breakout star — but there will be no inaugural poet for Trump’s victory rally ...
England’s last lacemakers are shutting up shop
In lace country, around Nottingham, there are only a handful of people left who know how to operate machines that have run since the 1800s. Soon there will be none ...
Swamp Notes: Corporate America goes Maga
Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre ...