The world’s best record stores: the readers’ choices
Finances

The world’s best record stores: the readers’ choices

The FT commenting names of readers have been given in bold type at the end of each entry. Where readers gave details about what they

Why Hong Kong has become the art world’s enigma
Finances

Why Hong Kong has become the art world’s enigma

As Art Basel Hong Kong opens its 2025 edition this week, the region’s art market looks fragile amid China’s economic woes, stringent laws against subversion

Growing green: How sustainable farming can feed the world’s expanding population
Business

Growing green: How sustainable farming can feed the world’s expanding population

Meeting the food needs of a growing global population is a significant challenge. The UN data projects that the production of food from plants and

UK’s red tape cut should follow business world’s dotted lines
Finances

UK’s red tape cut should follow business world’s dotted lines

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Not chainsaws, but bonfires. That’s

Five of the world’s best penthouses and lofts for sale with roof terraces
Finances

Five of the world’s best penthouses and lofts for sale with roof terraces

By Daisy Dawnay A Parisian penthouse with views of the Eiffel Tower This modern two-bedroom apartment in the 16th arrondissement, listed at €10.95mn, has sliding

More than half of world’s most populated cities are getting wetter, research finds
Finances

More than half of world’s most populated cities are getting wetter, research finds

This article picked by a teacher with suggested questions is part of the Financial Times free schools access programme. Details/registration here. Read our full range of

How America weaponised the world’s economy
Finances

How America weaponised the world’s economy

Dollar hegemony has long enraged governments around the world. In the 1960s the French complained of America’s “exorbitant privilege”. Forty years later, as the global

More than half of world’s most populated cities are getting wetter, research finds
Finances

More than half of world’s most populated cities are getting wetter, research finds

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