Big Four’s shrinkage at the top presages weakness at the bottom line
Professional service firms appear to be braced for flatlining growth
FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 790
The Mandelson Starmer saga stumbles on
Plus: Electricity prices, deportation plans, and dodgy degrees
FT Weekend Quiz: Patti Page, All-American Prophet and Consignia
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
Mandelson row is a cold shower for civil service relations
The fallout from an ambassadorial appointment like no other threatens even worse procedural ‘sludge’ in Whitehall
FT Weekend Quiz solutions
Why do I have so much in UK equities?
British pension schemes will soon be forced to support my portfolio
The Mandelson Starmer saga stumbles on
Plus: Electricity prices, deportation plans, and dodgy degrees
The best books of the week
From Mary Beard’s love for the classics to the dynasty behind Fidelity and the dynasty that rules North Korea. Plus fiction by Lucy Caldwell, Amitav Ghosh and Suzi Feay’s pick of debuts
Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? — an unsettling story of art and ageing
A romance scam takes an unexpected turn in Martina Hefter’s German Book Prize-winning novel, her first translated into English
Attorney-general Richard Hermer: ‘I’m optimistic we’re going to win the next election under Keir’
The UK government’s chief legal adviser on the Starmer people don’t see — and why the Chagos deal is about security not surrender
How quickly can Gulf oil start gushing again?
Schrodinger’s Strait
Underlying inflation remains on track for Bank of Japan rate normalisation
But the central bank will pause in June amid Iran uncertainty
Lotus unveils plug-in hybrid in latest luxury car pivot away from electric
British sports-car maker to launch Chinese-made Eletre X in Europe in June
BP’s ‘relentless simplification’ drive sparks transparency concerns
Also in today’s newsletter, development finance in an age of ‘trade over aid’
Collapsed Century Capital lacked approvals, administrators find
Report into bridging lender finds 2 vehicles did not have anti-money laundering registrations
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor and composer, 1944-2026
His musical open-mindedness and gift for communication made him the natural heir to Leonard Bernstein
Lolo Zouaï: Reverie — a melodic album for a multilingual music market
The French-Algerian singer, who has written for K-Pop acts like New Jeans, explores her roots in these dreamy tracks
Binary Puzzle Number 106
Is it time to pave over London’s golf courses?
Often underused green spaces are being targeted as a creative solution for sclerotic housebuilding rates in the capital. But environmentalists are calling the plan a duff
Mini Crossword Number 106
Word Circle Number 106
The best theatre shows to see in London and beyond
White House accuses China of ‘industrial-scale’ theft of AI technology
Trump official Michael Kratsios says Chinese entities stealing from American labs