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The Diary: Caroline Daniel

The editor of FT Weekend takes part in some armchair warfare in London and travels to Edinburgh to hear the collective wisdom of the TED crowd

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Jancis Robinson: Wine
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Jura wines are the height of fashion in New York and well loved in France. Now they are being enjoyed increasingly in Britain
Nicholas Lander: Restaurant
Hank’s Oyster Bar near Capitol Hill ©Greg Powers
Three chefs in Washington DC are united not just by their culinary talent but also by a sense of humour
Rowley Leigh: Recipe
Quails with chickpeas, pimenton and almonds ©Andy Sewell
This Catalan dish comes from a region rooted in a great culinary tradition
Illustration by Luis Grañena of a US dollar sign over a map of Paris ©Luis Grañena Simon Kuper from FT MAGAZINE Jun 14, 2013

Simon Kuper: Priced out of Paris

Our great, global cities are turning into vast gated citadels where the elite reproduces itself

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Subjects of desire

In an age of economic challenge and technological change, why do students choose humanities rather than sciences?

Tyler Brule: The Fast Lane Tyler Brule Tyler Brule Jun 14, 2013

Tyler Brûlé: The quest for liveable cities

For readers in Chicago, yet again your appalling homicide rate knocked you out of the running

Harry Eyres: The Slow Lane Harry Eyres Jun 14, 2013

Harry Eyres: Don’t despair on climate change

Expecting any sort of altruism from politicians has come to seem a tall order, but it is absolutely necessary and not impossible

peter aspden Peter Aspden Jun 14, 2013

Peter Aspden: Stories waiting to be told

If newspapers are the first draft of history, it is art that begins to refine the argument for posterity

David Tang: Agony Uncle

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It is dumb to think complicated gadgets for basic habits could improve on simple manual labours

Robin Lane Fox: Gardening

Rosa ‘Mary Rose’, one of David Austin’s best ever roses ©GAP Gardens

A standard rose can offer height and colour to any garden, as well as a steady supply of buttonholes

Illustration depicting maternity wear ©Scott Garrett Robert Shrimsley from FT MAGAZINE Jun 14, 2013

Robert Shrimsley: The mother of all scare stories

The RCOG’s paper on the ‘potential but unproven’ risks to child health could send a shudder up the spine of a woman

Susie Boyt Jun 14, 2013

Susie Boyt: The sweet scent of being adored

The delicate fragrance of adoration may be cloying to others, but on ourselves it smells gorgeous

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Vanessa Friedman: What to wear at the revolution

Clothes have the power to provoke a whole set of assumptions and personal reactions on the part of a viewer

Gannet ©Tom Warlow From FT MAGAZINE Jun 14, 2013

Science: the creed of the gannets

Studies show that these huge seabirds respect the boundaries of each other’s feeding territories

Mrs Moneypenny

Illustration by James Ferguson of Mrs Moneypenny looking at a note on a door ©James Ferguson

Tedious papers and a hotbed of illicit sex? Not the experience of this conference attendee

The Innovator

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The same frenzied pace of innovation that characterises the internet is coming to the hardware market

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