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Who will voters choose in the race between a progressive Democrat and a Trump acolyte?
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
How did the villainous buccaneers become the stuff of playrooms and storybooks?
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The fall of the once-mighty SPD holds lessons for socialist parties across Europe
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‘Once you become truly obsessed, you cannot accept that a dissenting view might have been rationally reached’
The Paralympics is the world’s third biggest sporting event after the Olympics and the football World Cup
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‘Kohlrabies look a bit like aliens — but these are aliens worth knowing’
‘The humanities are under siege. We need to fight for them’
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‘I never had any ambition. One thing led to another’
The formidable songwriter is also a comics nut. She shows the FT her collection
‘On one hand, inhumane levels of animal cruelty; on the other, cheeseburgers’
Edward Burtynsky reveals natural landscapes profoundly changed by mankind
Facebook group has 3.7m members — and is mobilising for November’s midterm elections
‘Britain’s intellectual dominance has been extraordinary for a mid-sized country with mostly mediocre schools’
Celebrating this great grape from America to Asia
‘I want, with all my heart, to say I love it but I can’t. The food is competent, on-brand but soulless’
Where to find the best laksa and a neighbourhood spot with a good wine list
If the ‘exhausted majority’ of voters could find a voice, politics might start to rebalance
France’s highest hotel; the Alps’ smartest train; Switzerland’s Magic Pass; Arapahoe Basin’s expansion — and ‘the most expensive ski holiday ever’
A new lodge in a remote, deserted village offers glorious scenery, untracked descents and deep, deep snow
For those happy to leave the lifts behind, the Troll Peninsula offers a raw, remote alternative to the Alps
The latest from around the world of winter sports
From a ground-breaking binding and high-tech goggles to the best boots for après-ski
Little, laid-back Champoluc could soon find itself at the centre of the world’s second-largest ski area
Recent years have seen the upper-crust resort fall into the shadow of flashier rivals. Can a new property help rouse the ‘sleeping beauty’?
As negotiators prepare to meet again, could civil servant Olly Robbins prove Brexit’s unlikely hero?
This is our version of ‘votapiatto’ — sweet, meltingly soft squid in a crisp golden shell
With a pseudonym, what you say and do becomes more important than who you are
