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  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Upswing — can America reclaim its lost social cohesion?

    Robert Putnam’s history traces the ups and downs of US job security, distribution of wealth and community values

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Scottish National Party
    SNP’s domination of Scotland is under threat

    Concerns about police and education quality rise as former leader faces assault trial

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    ObituaryVladimir Bukovsky
    Vladimir Bukovsky, human rights activist and writer, 1942-2019

    Dissident who shone a light on abuse in the Soviet system

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    FT Books Essay
    The roots of Putin’s power machine

    Four new books examine the leader’s hold over Russia through the lens of history

  • Friday, 15 March, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    What constitutes civilised? The challenge to western values

    Two new books lament the west’s decline and the threat from rival powers

  • Thursday, 31 January, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Merchants of Truth by Jill Abramson — when news goes viral

    A study of the disruption of journalism reveals how traditional lines are being crossed

  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    ReviewPolitical books
    Understanding the populist voter

    John Lloyd considers two valuable books showing that people who are swayed by populist parties aren’t necessarily bigoted and that their fears are real

  • Thursday, 20 September, 2018
    ReviewPolitical books
    Dreaming of England: how to make sense in a time of upheaval

    A profound sense of loss flows through Jason Cowley’s essays on the state of the nation

  • Friday, 22 June, 2018
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Secrets and spies: can espionage ever be justified?

    Civilisations have engaged in espionage since biblical times — but the ethics of spying remain as murky as ever

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    Obituary
    Philip Bassett, journalist, 1954-2018

    Leading chronicler of UK labour and industry at the FT who became Labour government adviser

  • Thursday, 8 February, 2018
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    The invention of Scotland

    John Lloyd finds nationalist certainties dissolving along the byways of literary history and the ‘Debatable Land’

  • Thursday, 28 December, 2017
    Populism in Europe
    2017 saw Europe’s mainstream centre out in cold

    Public spending with broad support for capitalism is a consensus that no longer holds

  • Friday, 27 October, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Dons, donors and the murky business of funding universities

    Oxford University has long relied on deep-pocketed donors, but should some be turned away?

  • Monday, 14 August, 2017
    Books
    A chilling portrait of the world’s mafias

    The forensic account of the world’s mafias, from Japan’s Yakuza to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2017
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    The truth about the post-truth age

    Journalists are rightly worried about fake news and ‘alternative facts’ — but our new world has much in common with the old

  • Friday, 24 March, 2017
    Scottish independence
    The ties that bind Scots to the Union

    May’s stance gives SNP a new call to arms, but the case for independence is unclear

  • Friday, 3 March, 2017
    ReviewHistory books
    Mastering the Past by Ellen Hinsey — the return of history

    How the high hopes of early-1990s central Europe gave way to creeping authoritarianism

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2017
    Life & Arts
    Secrets and lies: intelligence and the media in the Trump era

    Spymasters speak to the FT about truth, transparency and state power

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2017
    Obituary
    John Berger, author and critic, 1926-2017

    Radical communicator of hidden power in art

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2016
    Geopolitics
    The left might be ailing, but it is not dead yet

    There is ground to be regained in the west from the populist right

  • Friday, 18 November, 2016
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Senecans by Peter Stothard review — as the Romans do

    Reflections on Margaret Thatcher and the media through four classicists and courtiers

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2016
    US presidential election
    Social media alone understood the Trump story

    The decline of newspapers puts them level with vast flows of fantasy and leaks

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2016
    Russian politics
    Russia’s dissenters choose passive resistance

    Voters are turning away from society’s truths towards private pursuits

  • Friday, 26 August, 2016
    Books
    What happened to the language of politics?

    Rational political speech is under attack and failing to convince a sceptical public. Should we blame the media?

  • Tuesday, 16 August, 2016
    UK politics & policy
    Populists’ picture of a better future

    The new normal is unlikely to be a return to settled party rule, writes John Lloyd

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