Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann: ‘I’m a soldier at war’
The 21-year-old player on the cheating allegations that derailed his career — and his strategy for overcoming his rivals ...
Remembering the ‘left tail’
The left “tail” is the unusually bad one. The global financial crisis was a left-tail event. So was the oil-price collapse in 2016. Put simply: Not good! From GS: ...
UK claims management companies to be charged for making complaints
The UK financial ombudsman announced on Friday it would start charging claims management companies for bringing cases only a day after its chief executive quit unexpectedly, having clashed with its ...
The crafted home: ceramic and blown-glass lights inspired by seeds, buds and sealife
In the first in a new series about independent makers creating pieces for the home, London-based Vezzini & Chen’s poetic ...
Should tenants and landlords be friends?
Is socialising the only way to fill in the information gaps left by a tenancy agreement? Currently in England the balance of ...
FT Weekend Quiz: autoimmune disease, Shaka and brimstone
In a 1977 children’s book by Raymond Briggs, what’s the one-word name of the eponymous main character whose job is scaring human beings? What’s the aboriginal name for the land sandstone monolith and ...
Why the EU’s competitiveness push could be good news for the green agenda
Mid-sized European businesses worried about red tape caught a break yesterday with news that most of them are set to be exempted from the EU’s new carbon border tax. EU tax commissioner Wopke Hoekstra ...
Wealthy backers plan basketball shake-up with upstart rival to NBA
Singapore, Saudi Arabia and executives including Maverick Carter plot new global circuit to take on dominant US league ...