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Trump picks Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary

Hedge fund manager will be responsible for implementing president-elect’s pledges to cut taxes and raise tariffs

FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them

Do male midlife challenges bear comparison with those experienced by women?

Calverley Old Hall in Yorkshire is a spectacular marriage of contemporary design and seven centuries of history

In windowless labs in Colorado sit the 20 atomic clocks the world sets its watch by. They’re barely keeping up

Make an entrance with an outsize stone

Owner of Sunday title as well as Guardian will discuss providing funding after staff mount opposition

His invention of the Basic programming language paved the way for the personal computer revolution

Power cuts and shortages of basic items plague Communist-ruled island’s vital sector

The region’s wine woes are multiplying

The tech billionaire’s backing of Donald Trump is part of a worldview that draws on Silicon Valley’s wildest frontiers

Want an exclusive luxury handbag or the latest iPhone at a cheaper price? Send someone to buy it for you via an app

The parks and gardens where the author heads to take in her hometown’s natural beauty

A sense of the challenges ahead mean primary and secondary schoolchildren are eager for financial literacy

I’m just an American, standing in front of a maître d’, asking for not the worst table in the house

Budget measure allows anyone staying abroad for 10 years to avoid death duties on global wealth

Chip woes and labour unrest test the mettle of third-generation leader of South Korea’s most valuable company

Ahead of their top-secret new London show, the creators discuss making the audience the star — and changing lives

Both have joined the elite world of useless objects that get desirable as they get pricier

Built as part of the recovery effort, the Michinoku Trail is driving the discovery of a long-overlooked region

As the Finnish artist’s vast murals go on display, her niece discusses her $700mn legacy

What Somaya Critchlow sees

I know the benefits of agricultural relief

She has shown extraordinary strength as a court hears how she was drugged by her husband and raped by strangers