The HTSI guest edit: filmmaker Celine Song’s ‘beautiful inconveniences’
Meet the people adding edge to a frictionless world
Drone start-up Helsing set for $18bn valuation as investors pile into defence
German company backed by Spotify’s Daniel Ek set to raise $1.2bn in latest funding round
Iowa pension chief resigns amid concerns about performance figures
Former risk officer alleges executives used misleading benchmarks and risk measures to improve results
US wildfires surge to decade high as drought fuels fears of brutal summer
Areas that historically have not been considered fire-prone are now experiencing more wildfires
Gordon Brown returns to No 10 as global finance envoy
British prime minister’s team has been accused of lacking experience and depth
Tory election losses cast doubt on Badenoch’s confidence
The wide electoral appeal that once propelled Boris Johnson to power continues to be dismantled by Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats
New York Stock Exchange to open private members’ club on Wall Street
Exclusive social hub planned for renovated vault as NYSE competes with Nasdaq for lucrative tech IPOs
Labour MPs battle over Starmer’s future after election rout
Lucy Powell warns challengers not to provoke a ‘bloody’ internal contest
The narrow ceasefire rally
Little love for the S&P 500’s gains
Wales and Scotland favour independence parties
Plaid Cymru set to govern Senedd while SNP is poised to extend 19-year rule at Holyrood
NBA Europe’s path to profit
Also in today’s newsletter: what a boutique bank takeover says about sports
Britain’s elections in maps and charts
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK made sweeping gains in northern England, with a Brexit divide still clear
Photo London 2026
To mark this year’s fair, we invited four artists to show us the capital through their eyes. Plus: feminist photo collage, Thomas Duffield on father-son relations and an interview with The Photographer’s Gallery director
The glory of low expectations
They are the key to happiness — and not a matter of choice
Hendrix and the curse of the charismatic frontman
A recent court case over the rights to the rock star’s catalogue highlights the struggles of musicians seeking their due
Modi’s extraordinary comeback
Two years after losing its majority, the BJP is taking opposition strongholds, paving the prime minister’s way for a fourth term
WHSmith’s new owner makes a contrarian bet on the UK high street
Modella Capital plans to cut as many as 150 WHSmith stores out of the 480 it acquired and bring in new goods and services
The Iranian ‘mosquito fleet’ taking on the mighty US Navy
Tehran’s hundreds of small, fast boats are vital in maintaining its stranglehold on global energy markets
Standard Life and CVC square the circle on defined-benefit pensions
There are more than £1tn of assets sitting in UK retirement schemes that could be picked up in risk transfer deals
Who are the tastemakers now?
Few influencers have the same cultural gravitas as the late American heiress Bunny Mellon
Europe’s €14tn cash pile benefits banks not retail investors, BlackRock warns
World’s largest asset manager says governments must address under-investment of retail money in capital markets
Retail investors turn away from commercial property holdings
Rising interest rates and lower demand have hit returns in the past decade
Trump, Xi and the bid for a ‘grand bargain’ between superpowers
As the US president prepares to visit Beijing, America no longer holds all the cards — but China knows it must tread carefully
Hannah Barry on turning a Peckham car park into a cultural hotbed
Ahead of a new season of the Bold Tendencies festival, its founder reflects on its impact for artists and communities