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Celebrating 10 years in the job, he talks about newspapers and getting the magazine onlineSat, 12 Jul 2008 02:13 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0c523a2-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0c523a2-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThe former president, dissident writer and anti-communist revolutionary is fascinated by the US, but has reservations about globalisation and consumerismSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d6c6920-43e8-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d6c6920-43e8-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThis year marks the 20th anniversary of 'Around the World in 80 Days', the successful BBC programme that marked the launch of Palin's second act as a travel journalistMon, 30 Jun 2008 07:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/569a70ae-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/569a70ae-3e64-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe irreverent billionaire co-founder of buy-out firm TPG says the strength of private equity is patience and explains why it does better in bad markets than in good onesSat, 21 Jun 2008 02:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfd74f34-38df-11dd-8aed-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfd74f34-38df-11dd-8aed-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe fashion designer and industry mogul has a female empowerment agenda. She creates clothes that let women become the women they should be, writes Vanessa Friedman Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:57 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fff6c54a-3364-11dd-8a25-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fff6c54a-3364-11dd-8a25-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe creator of the tragic TV series 'The Wire' tells Peter Aspden why he finds it the funniest drama ever written about AmericaFri, 6 Jun 2008 19:59 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/296a018c-2de6-11dd-b92a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/296a018c-2de6-11dd-b92a-000077b07658.htmlThe author of the best-selling memoir 'Eat, Pray, Love', accepts that she is flaky – if the word is taken to mean a representative, 21st century, educated woman, writes Rose JacobsMon, 2 Jun 2008 08:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d4b5fb8-285a-11dd-8f1e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d4b5fb8-285a-11dd-8f1e-000077b07658.htmlAs the controversial statesman nears 85, he recalls his role in key events and examines the challenges facing US foreign policy. He remains a dedicated historianSat, 24 May 2008 03:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7515bb90-22d7-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7515bb90-22d7-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlThe outspoken former archbishop of Cape Town, also a Nobel Peace Laureate, has stepped up as South Africa's moral conscience – and he readily admits to liking the attentionMon, 19 May 2008 05:10 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74deef8e-1d55-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74deef8e-1d55-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlThrough all of the author's novels, his characters are thinkers, not killers; it's the inner life that fascinates him. Is he really the right man to pen a thriller about the hard-living secret agent 007?Mon, 12 May 2008 06:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd7205b4-17da-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd7205b4-17da-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlUnderneath the pink tulip-skirt dress of this transvestite is a Turner Prize winner and an intellectual artist who has made some of the most exquisitely crafted pots of our timeMon, 5 May 2008 05:25 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/360de9dc-125a-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/360de9dc-125a-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.htmlPresident Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's president, tells Gideon Rachman he wants a cultural transformation in his countryFri, 25 Apr 2008 20:57 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/789f09e4-09bc-11dd-81bf-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/789f09e4-09bc-11dd-81bf-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe Berkshire businessman and philanthropist has placed his money on his passions: football, education and Reading, writes David OakleyFri, 18 Apr 2008 20:12 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ea04a74-05cd-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ea04a74-05cd-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe veteran venture capitalist tells Michael Skapinker how business can bring about a lasting peace in the Middle EastFri, 11 Apr 2008 18:15 BST