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    Turn off your email alerts and settle into the weekend. We explore today's culture, big ideas, nuanced questions and what it means to live a good life. Join our host Lilah Raptopoulos every Saturday for inspiring conversations, in-depth storytelling, a bit of escapism and a lot of fun. Brought to you by the award-winning Life & Arts journalists at the Financial Times.

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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
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      Ukraine one year on, with filmmaker Nadia Parfan

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      ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ author Gabrielle Zevin

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      Surviving US healthcare. Plus: Prince Harry’s 'Spare'

      Claire Bushey explores the cost of US healthcare after her treatment for breast cancer. Then, Henry Mance reviews Prince Harry’s autobiography

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      How AI is changing art. Plus: winter cooking

      AI-generated art is changing human creativity. Plus, Honey & Co share recipes for deep winter cooking

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      The secret lives of MI6’s women spies

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      Travel mini-series: the FT’s travel editor talks tourism

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      Chef Eric Ripert’s secret to outlasting trends

      Chef Eric Ripert has been leading one of the best restaurants in the world, Le Bernardin, for most of its 50-year history. He tells us how it has kept relevant. Plus, we talk comedy

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