The Diary illustration ©Luke Waller May 17, 2013

The Diary: Jonathan Fenby

The author of ‘Tiger Head, Snake Tails’ witness the results of the property boom that could bring China to its knees

Food & Drink

Illustration showing how global warming affects wines ©Ingram Pinn
How climate change is transforming reality - and reputations - in the Hautes Côtes, an area once shunned by fine wine lovers
Gustu, financed by Noma co-founder Claus Meyer (below) ©Reuters/David Mercado
Claus Meyer, co-founder of Noma, is bringing his famed restaurant’s principles to the Andes
Risotto primavera ©Andy Sewell
A riot of vibrant colour that encapsulates, as Botticelli’s painting of the same name does, the vibrancy of spring
Illustration showing a football manager as a puppet master ©Luis Grañena Simon Kuper from FT MAGAZINE May 17, 2013

Simon Kuper: What David Moyes and Sir Alex really do

A fascination with football managers coexists with romantic misconceptions about what their job actually consists of

Illustration by Shonagh Rae of ducks and a farmer seen on a plate ©Shonagh Rae Gillian Tett from FT MAGAZINE May 17, 2013

The ducks are coming home to roost

The issue of farm labour cuts to the heart of much bigger ideological divides in America

Tyler Brule: The Fast Lane Tyler Brule Tyler Brule May 17, 2013

Tyler Brûlé: Fast fashion’s home truths

Somehow crooked governments don’t give a stuff about crumbling factories

Harry Eyres: The Slow Lane Harry Eyres May 17, 2013

Harry Eyres: The essence of artistry

The communication of the deepest and strongest emotions requires both technique and ‘duende’

peter aspden Peter Aspden from ARTS May 17, 2013

Peter Aspden: Curiosity didn’t really kill the cat

A new exhibition at Margate’s Turner Contemporary gallery celebrates the wonder of the wandering mind

Illustration by Lucas Varela of people landing on Mars ©Lucas Varela Robert Shrimsley from FT MAGAZINE May 17, 2013

Robert Shrimsley: I’m a celebrity … get me outer space

A mission to colonise Mars will be funded through a reality TV series. They may be doomed and lonely but at least they’ll be on TV

Susie Boyt May 17, 2013

Susie Boyt: Why I’m wild about the city

I am completely urban: I like traffic, litter, cafés, bus lanes, protest marches, caffeine and alcohol

Vanessa Friedman at The Modern Vanessa Friedman from STYLE May 17, 2013

Vanessa Friedman: Clothes can remake the man

Why the maverick fashion designer needs to dress down

Image of the giant, active galaxy NGC 1275 was taken using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in July and August 2006. It provides amazing detail and resolution of fragile filamentary structures, which show up as a reddish lacy structure surrounding the central bright galaxy ©Getty From FT MAGAZINE May 17, 2013

On the origin of universes

How Darwin’s theory of natural selection is helping cosmologists to refine the idea that universes produce daughter universes via the formation of black holes