David Bowie in 1976 Music from ARTS Sep 3, 2010

The importance of David Bowie

Paul Morley celebrates the golden years of the Thin White Duke, as a deluxe edition of 'Station to Station' is released

FT Magazine

Computer artwork depicting the Big Bang
Scientists are closer than ever to shedding light on the universe’s mysteries
– Clive Cookson
When narcissism becomes pathological, the results can be terrifying. So why is there no cure?
– Adrian Tempany
BOOKS Sep 4, 2010

Big autumn reads

Tony Blair’s memoirs reviewed by Lionel Barber; new works by Stephen Hawking, Jonathan Franzen, DBC Pierre and VS Naipaul

TRAVEL Sep 4, 2010

Forget Paris, have you tried . . . ?

Experts suggest less well-known - but equally rewarding - European city-breaks

Lunch with the FT Sep 4, 2010

Gary Shteyngart

The acclaimed writer and satirist on mortality, genitalia and the niceness of Americans

Nicholas Lander Sep 4, 2010

French chefs go head-to-head in London

How new restaurants from Daniel Boulud and Pierre Koffmann are shaping up

ARTS Sep 4, 2010

Simon McBurney’s leap into opera

The co-founder of Complicite theatre group, who has bridged the avant-garde and the mainstream, is taking his approach to a new art form

Nigel Andrews Sep 4, 2010

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

The FT’s film critic looks forward to a Venice Film Festival packed with promise and pays tribute to Deborah Kerr, subject of a retrospective

Magazine Sep 4, 2010

First person: Dave Ulliott

‘I’ve won more than $5m at the tournament poker table’

ARTS Sep 4, 2010

Edward Albee on his new play

The veteran American playwright’s recent work resonates with the kind of comic absurdity that characterised his early productions

STYLE Sep 4, 2010

The measure of a modern man

Most off-the-peg suits are based on the shape we used to be but tailor Umberto Angeloni has created a more up-to-date approach