Susie Boyt | Financial Times

Friday, 12 July, 2019

ReviewFiction
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson — detective with a purpose
Loveable Yorkshire sleuth is drawn into a case worth fighting for
Friday, 19 April, 2019

ReviewFiction
Things In Jars — the worst place to get in a pickle
Jess Kidd’s detective heroine inhabits a Victorian London that is revealed in all its stench and glory
Friday, 1 March, 2019

ReviewFiction
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi — elegant but complex
Family history and mythical lands pervade a rich, clever, rueful and sometimes maddening work
Friday, 1 February, 2019

ReviewFiction
Graceland by Bethan Roberts — Elvis and his mother
A surprisingly sober fictionalised recreation of the King’s early life with Gladys
Friday, 19 October, 2018

ReviewBiography and memoir
The mirthful, austere Bill Cunningham
A delightful memoir by the fashion photographer about his troublesome, flamboyant boyhood — and a later passion for hats
Friday, 5 October, 2018

ReviewFiction
In the City of Love’s Sleep by Lavinia Greenlaw — not for public display
Two heartbroken people seek out a shared life in this ambitious, refined novel about attraction, disappointment, loss and care
Friday, 7 September, 2018

Fiction
Fiction, home of the good deed
Susie Boyt on why kindness in literature, from Austen to Bellow, should be cherished and treated with caution
Wednesday, 29 August, 2018

ReviewBiography and memoir
William Miller recalls life in the gene pool of competitive typing
A memoir of an upbringing in an intellectual elite full of clashes and strictures
Friday, 24 August, 2018

ReviewFiction
All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison — farm hands
A girl’s imagination adds colour to rural life in 1930s England in this evocative tale
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Friday, 13 July, 2018

Life & Arts
Why laundry sheets never looked so chic
Susie Boyt unfolds the immaculate allure of the linen cupboard
Friday, 11 May, 2018

FT Best ofNovels to read now
Mothers by Chris Power — strange tales of maternal deprivation
A daring collection of short stories with an aura of cool and featuring dislocated characters
Friday, 27 April, 2018

FT Best ofNovels to read now
All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J Church — loss and glamour
A moving and involving story about a Las Vegas showgirl attempting to conquer past demons
Thursday, 12 April, 2018

Style
No present — and incorrect
The ‘no presents’ edict sadly de-skills me. It somehow makes me feel deprived
Friday, 23 March, 2018

FT SeriesBring on spring: a Food & Drink special
Party-giving is an extreme sport. Here’s how to do it well
Susie Boyt, herself a devotee of extreme entertaining, shares her tips: from lavish food to fragrant flowers and the vital importance of “a bit of theatre”
Friday, 16 March, 2018

Fashion
In search of springspiration
When the winter seems endless, could a seasonal dress put a spring in your step?
Friday, 16 February, 2018

ReviewFiction
Sal by Mick Kitson — born survivors
Two sisters in flight from a troubled home find solace in the Scottish wilderness
Friday, 9 February, 2018

Style
Why do teenage girls love drag queens?
‘There is something about watching drag queens that lets teenagers off the sharp hooks of themselves’
Friday, 12 January, 2018

Next Act
What should I wear to travel in?
‘I tried to concoct a contemporary-ish version of Marlene Dietrich’s splendid yacht attire’
Friday, 15 December, 2017

Style
Judy Garland has shown me how to have a don’t care Christmas
Sometimes it takes a museum-quality gown to give us permission to spend Christmas in bad clothes
Friday, 1 December, 2017

FT SeriesBooks of the Year 2017
Best books of 2017: Fiction
Rebecca Rose selects her must-read titles
Friday, 17 November, 2017

Fashion
Spruce up: the allure of the green dress
What to wear for a book launch: something elegant, unexpected and with a hint of elf
Friday, 10 November, 2017

ReviewFiction
Love & Fame by Susie Boyt — a different stage
A funny tale about the effects of grief on a family and the wider repercussions of the death of a celebrity
Friday, 3 November, 2017

ReviewFiction
Heather, the Totality — Manhattan projects
‘Mad Men’ creator Matthew Weiner’s dark debut novel explores the collision of privilege and hardship
Friday, 13 October, 2017

Life & Arts
The ghost in the wardrobe
Still haunted by the dress that got away? A resale site is here to help
Friday, 15 September, 2017

Style
Top of the class: Susie Boyt on her love of school uniform
‘I never saw the Ready Brek kids as fashion icons but it’s good to keep an open mind’