FT Series

The millennials

They came of age around 2000, but what will they do next? Millennial writers, illustrators and photographers on the ambitions, attitudes and art of their generation

Quiz: How much do you know about millennial pop culture?

From Kardashians to K-Pop, Nollywood to memes, it’s time to test your knowledge

Podcast: Sincerity or self-branding — what defines millennial music?
Paint the moment: why millennials are turning to oil and canvas

Young artists are depicting the blurring of online and offline life

Snapshot special: ‘One day of my life’

We asked some of the best young photographic talent around the world to document 24 hours in their lives

Across the generations: why millennials are teaming up with the elderly

How the young and old are sharing the benefits of their experience, energy and ideas

‘How to speak millennial’

A user’s guide to the new lexicon of the young

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Léonor Serraille on Jeune Femme, ‘the French Frances Ha’

The French writer-director has won acclaim for a debut feature that shines fresh light on ‘what it is to be a woman today’

Letter from Nairobi: ‘It’s not about money but your dream’

A young would-be tycoon discusses relying on WhatsApp and shoe-leather to deliver on his entrepreneurial dream

The vain quest for the great post-Lehman novel

The absence of such definitive texts could be proof of a generation that has found power before finding its voice

Tokyo’s labcoat speakeasy

Meet the new generation of sci-fi-inspired biohackers committed to mass producing slaughter-free, cheap and tasty cultured meat

Goodbye Girls: is TV done with the millennial?

Television is remoulding itself around a rapidly changing world — and the future is more ‘woke’ still

Chinese cult writer Chen Qiufan on pushing the boundaries of sci-fi

The prizewinning author is one of the bright stars of China’s burgeoning science fiction scene

The new language of precarity

The more we speak of ‘luck’, the more we do to uphold the socio-economic conditions in which precarity is normal

Yaa Gyasi: ‘Racism is still the drumbeat of America’

The Ghanaian-born author of ‘Homegoing’ talks about the narrative of race in the US and why it is easier for her generation to address the slave trade

Where to go — now everywhere looks the same

Even Airbnb, which was supposed to be a shortcut into the heart of local cultures, has ended up fostering a creeping sameness

Norn, the millennial members’ club

Part members’ club, part house share, Norn hopes to offer an ‘in-person social network’ for millennial frequent flyers

Meet Miquela: virtual fashion influencer

Enter the unreal world of the style icon, musician and internet sensation

Why don’t millennials dress like their idols?

My friends and I look up to women who express feminine power through their clothes — so why don’t we do the same?

Comedian Naomi Watanabe on luxury, loneliness and being plus-size in Japan

The Instagram star on how self-esteem is at the heart of her brand

Can grime help heal London’s divisions?

From Dizzee Rascal to Stormzy, the music is a celebration — of youth culture, collaboration and black British identity

Is #selfcare a salve or a sham?

Self-care evokes a fraught tangle of wealth, aesthetics and politics, but it also has a radical intellectual lineage

Third of UK’s millennials will ‘rent into retirement’

Radical tax changes, extra funding and reform of private sector needed, says report

How to build a hype brand

Planning to launch a white hot fashion label? We asked the experts to tell us how it’s done

Millennial Money: Gambling via apps drains my friends’ finances

More than one-fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds confessed to gambling at work last year

Young gallerists move from Instagram to IRL

Plus: online growth slows down; Warhol’s family sells ‘Marilyn portrait’; Marina Abramović at Masterpiece; late female artists recognised

Breaking up (in the Facebook era) is hard to do

Text has become an irrefutable part of the way we live, but has also changed the way we love

Wild Thoughts: how DJ Khaled encapsulated the millennial generation

The song leans on the melody and mood of Santana’s 1999 hit Maria Maria