Elliott’s bookshop gamble is turning into a page-turner
A private equity bet on physical books and bricks-and-mortar stores looks like the happier kind of plot twist
Gold funds shine after year of record highs
Top performers all had one thing in common: precious metals
EU plan to relax petrol car ban dismissed by Fiat maker
Stellantis says Brussels’ rule change on climate policy fails to deliver ‘roadmap for growth’, making investment boost difficult
How a failed baseball player and ex-stock broker became a major arms dealer
And what Will Somerindyke’s company, Regulus Global, means for the future of conflict
SpyGPT will shake James Bond’s world
Open-source data and machine learning tools mean the challenge is not information scarcity but information overload
Director Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme and the ‘urgency of dreaming big’
The maker of ‘Uncut Gems’ discusses casting Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow in his Oscar-tipped new ping-pong drama
Leather tabards. Pork scratchings. Flaming desserts — Jay Rayner reviews Rosi, London
The food of the 1970s could sing, and here it does so with indulgent flair
The case for denial
In a darkening world, burying one’s head in the sand is a rational strategy
Can a sacramental winery in New York get its groove back?
Meet the maverick Catholic winemaker trying to get his all-American communion wine to the Vatican
What wines are worth cellaring?
Suitable candidates to squirrel away now
Here comes the sun: light amid the UK gloom
It may be hard to remember in the depths of winter but this has been a miraculously bright twelve months
Struggling vintage champagne market begins to fizz again
After several glum years, interest is picking up ahead of the new year
Year in a word 2025
Editors and correspondents at the Financial Times reflect on the words of the year
‘An Unexpected Volume of Calls’, a short story by Denise Mina
A family gather for an uneasy Christmas dinner . . . an unwelcome guest appears at the door
My sherry amor – a love affair with Spanish wine
Exploring the wine that slaked an empire, inspired Shakespeare and sparked an obsession that lives on to this day
Three TV addicts on the best (and worst) shows of 2025
From ‘Adolescence’ to ‘Pluribus’ and the Seth Rogen-aissance — FT writers talk through the hits and flops of the year
Have we reached a tipping point on public debt?
An intolerable burden is being placed on future generations that will result in financial crises and political instability
Katherine Rundell on the secret history of unicorns
The ‘Impossible Creatures’ author explains what these magical beasts reveal about human imagination — and why they were once a feature of the nativity
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
Neom Wellbeing founder: ‘The entrepreneurial skill is to defer to other people’s expertise’
Business that started in a kitchen taps into the wellness trend
What to give to Richie Rich
A replica fighter-bomber, a Le Mans legend and more things for people with bottomless pockets
Pitting Nimbys against Yimbys is a bad idea
Popular political assumptions misread the public by attacking nature as the block to building more housing
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are getting a glow up
Age, neglect and vandalism had spoiled the original Jurassic park, imagined into existence by a gang of visionary Victorians
FT writers on their musical discoveries of 2025
Beethoven through new eyes, a jazz saxophonist with a rock bent, restless Rosalía and more