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Friday, 10 July, 2020

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway: what my students have taught me about race
In an east London classroom, the realities of racism come sharply into focus
Friday, 15 May, 2020

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway: We will miss the office if it dies
As an FT columnist she skewered office culture — but, she argues, it is something to treasure
Friday, 10 April, 2020

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway: Is it OK to be happy in lockdown?
So long as I don’t look at the news, my stress levels are as low as I can remember
Thursday, 19 March, 2020

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway: tackling coronavirus in the classroom
The FT columnist turned teacher is trying to keep a cool head — but it gets harder by the day
Friday, 27 December, 2019

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway — don’t worry less, worry smarter
Fretting too much is no fun but there’s an upside to feeling anxious
Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

FT CollectionsEnvironment
Best of our weekend letters 2019
From climate change and Kylie Jenner’s wealth to sex strikes and Lucy Kellaway’s maths
Friday, 9 August, 2019

ReviewNon-Fiction
Semicolon by Cecelia Watson — a mark of distinction
Lucy Kellaway reads about how the semicolon has been decried for too long; time for a reappraisal
Friday, 12 July, 2019

Best of FT Weekend long reads 2019
Lucy Kellaway on starting afresh at 60
From work to dating, the life of an ‘aged adolescent’ is neither slow nor predictable
Wednesday, 8 May, 2019

FT Globetrotter
My night as an oligarch, by Lucy Kellaway
At £42,000, the Mandarin Oriental’s new penthouse is London’s most expensive hotel suite — but is it worth it?
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Monday, 4 March, 2019

Career change
How important is social status at a certain age?
When she quit the FT to become a teacher, Lucy Kellaway thought society would view her differently
Friday, 15 February, 2019

House & Home
Townhouses offer more downs than ups
After 55 years of vertical living in townhouses, Lucy Kellaway is loving her new lateral life
Friday, 28 December, 2018

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway: Why I’ve given up on dry January
Alcohol does not only make me more agreeable to my friends. It makes me more agreeable to myself
Friday, 7 September, 2018

Life & Arts
Classics v coding: what should we be teaching our kids?
The FT columnist-turned-teacher reconsiders which subjects are most important for the next generation
Friday, 13 July, 2018

Career change
Lucy Kellaway: ‘I have marvelled at my own hubris’
The FT columnist is now fully qualified — but not everyone has stayed the course
Friday, 18 May, 2018

Lunch with the FTBest of Lunch with the FT 2018
Lucy Kellaway grills the world’s ‘best teacher’
Andria Zafirakou on difficult kids, swearing in the classroom — and how she’s planning to spend her $1m prize
Monday, 9 April, 2018

Career change
‘Teaching is bending us out of shape’ — Lucy Kellaway
Six months into a new career, the former FT columnist grades her performance
Thursday, 5 April, 2018

UK property
‘Do not buy this house’ — Lucy Kellaway bought it anyway
The surveyor warnings were stark but the modern masterpiece was worth the price, whatever the weather
Friday, 12 January, 2018

Beauty
Lucy Kellaway on going grey: ‘The bravest thing I’ve done’
The former FT columnist had hopes of becoming a silver fox. It didn’t go as planned
Thursday, 4 January, 2018

Career change
Lucy Kellaway: how I learnt to love guff
As a trainee teacher, I have developed a new permissive approach to language
Friday, 22 December, 2017

Life & Arts
Lucy Kellaway’s end-of-term diary: my first Christmas as a teacher
I’ve been so deep in Pythagoras’ theorem I’d barely noticed the festive season was upon us
Thursday, 19 October, 2017

Career change
Could do better: my first half term as a teacher
Lucy Kellaway left the FT this year to retrain. Here is her report card
Friday, 8 September, 2017

Travel
Non-golfer Lucy Kellaway pitches up at the new-look Gleneagles Hotel
The grand dame of golf hotels has a new owner, a new look and a mission to attract those who don’t play
Friday, 1 September, 2017

Next Act
Lucy Kellaway: why we went back to school
When the FT columnist announced she would retrain as a teacher, she called on others to join her. So will they be any good?
Tuesday, 25 July, 2017

Listen to LucyListen to Lucy5 min listen
FT readers, I will miss you most of all
After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway
Sunday, 23 July, 2017

Career change
FT readers, I will miss you most of all
After 32 years, you are still an enigma