Cordelia Jenkins

Telegram, Pavel Durov and the shaky future for tech’s libertarian princelings [FREE TO READ] The messaging app’s founder has become a poster boy for the backlash in Europe over CEO accountability — and a target for Russia

And this look inside Telegram and Pavel Durov's world by @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social and Adrienne Klasa is also fab. as.ft.com/r/19adf82c-6...

A year on a cancer vaccine trial at London’s oldest hospital [FREE TO READ] This 21st-century centre of cutting-edge science is also a medieval site of celestial auguries, of miracle cures performed and witnessed

I love this essay by Rosie Dastgir on a year spent in and around St Bartholomew's hospital while undergoing an experimental vaccine trial. Beautiful. as.ft.com/r/8dfbcae8-8...

The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders [FREE TO READ] The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition

it's all great but this is, i swear, true as.ft.com/r/cc9aae3a-b...

Ping! The WhatsApps that should have been an email [FREE TO READ] If your instant message requires immediate attention, fine. But many don’t — they’re just inconsiderate

Or emails???? @ftweekend.com @data.ft.com as.ft.com/r/f6fc1bc7-9...

Maps remade An FT Magazine special feature on how to map a changing world

Happy Valentine’s Day to all FT magazine readers. The only question is which do you love more… Maps? www.ft.com/content/efab...

FT journalists pick their favourite non-FT articles of the year Everything you should read that we didn’t write

The FT's favourite non-FT articles of 2025 www.ft.com/content/72d0...

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(It's the being right that's most delicious)

‘It’s just a bomb’ [FREE TO READ] The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage

Two strangers sit on a bench outside a Leeds hospital. One is carrying a homemade bomb in a bag. He plans to set it off inside. The other makes the extraordinary decision to try to talk him out of it. A brilliant, brilliant piece by Ravi Somaiya, edited by Neil O’Sullivan as.ft.com/r/153da9db-e...

Equator Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.

Equator Magazine just launched today. It’s the sort of venture we need like we need air- erudite, cosmopolita, merciless and brave. Congratulations my brilliant friends

@equatormag.bsky.social

www.equator.org

An unlikely couple, a doomed affair and their €64mn ransomware scam [FREE TO READ] How a mysterious tip-off led investigators to uncover the inner workings of a highly unusual hacking operation

This is such a great read from the FT's @courtneyweaver.bsky.social and Laura Du Bois.... Enjoy. on.ft.com/4n8I2sF

Will Zohran Mamdani’s rise mark a new dawn for American socialism? [FREE TO READ] Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left

In which I explore the history of socialism in America from Eugene Debs to DSA and the Milwaukee ‘sewer socialists’ to Zohran Mamdani on.ft.com/47quBib

A group of high-profile writers is launching a new magazine called Equator “to challenge the reigning assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West,” according to a description shared with Semafor. Its founding team includes Pankaj Mishra, Mohsin Hamid, Nesrine Malik, Samanth Subramanian, and Suzy Hansen, with editing by Guardian long reads creator Jonathan Shainin. “In a post-American era, the task of a new magazine is to engage the rich variety of this historical moment on its own terms, without compulsively asking ‘What does it mean for the US?’” the nonprofit outlet, which is primarily based in London, will ask.

Our new magazine, Equator, is officially out in the world — and here @equatormag.bsky.social
Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event in London: equator.org

Had a few conversations recently that make me think, for the first time in ages, there are some exciting things happening in media. This is one of the highlights: Equator, a new magazine set up by Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra, Jonathan Shainin and others. Sign up for info here: www.equator.org

The crumbling seaside palaces at the centre of Britain’s asylum crisis [FREE TO READ] How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration

I think this fascinating piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social is one of the best things we've published all year. Don't miss it! on.ft.com/48e4qwP

How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class An aspirational generation of Chinese arrivals are beginning to shape Japan’s demographic, social and perhaps even political destiny

Best read of the week

How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class - on.ft.com/4n1dSs7 by Leo Lewis of the FT

The age of the distracted mother [FREE TO READ] There is a child. There is a phone. And there is an endless struggle with the bonds of love

Link here for non subscribers: on.ft.com/4nc8Icy

The age of the distracted mother There is a child. There is a phone. And there is an endless struggle with the bonds of love

Really happy to have this essay by @hzeavin.bsky.social in this weekend's magazine. I've been thinking about it non-stop for months. www.ft.com/content/a248...

This is so good...

Why can’t I stop cleaning fake dirt off fake objects? [FREE TO READ] In praise of ‘PowerWash Simulator’, part ponderous game, part dreamlike state

This column by @okr.bsky.social has made me laugh a lot today... on.ft.com/45cFT8t

The polarising power of Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s other wartime leader President Zelenskyy’s right-hand man is fuelling concerns over creeping authoritarianism

@christopherjm.ft.com is so far ahead of any other non-Ukrainian journalist on what is happening in that country
on.ft.com/414Z2b2

In search of a diagnosis How my son’s autism assessment sent me on an investigation into my own past

After my son was diagnosed with autism, I've been thinking about my own relationship to this strange, highly contentious condition. During a sabbatical this spring, I spoke to some experts about it. My essay based on all that has just gone online on FT.Com: on.ft.com/4kKdCfe

The inimitable queen of country house opera [FREE TO READ] In the UK, summer productions in stately homes have helped keep the art form alive. For that you need donors and, for them, what you really need is Wasfi Kani

Very delighted to have this profile of the dauntless Wasfi Kani, the woman who sold country house opera to the English establishment by John Phipps in this week's magazine. Have a read! on.ft.com/40NVEBf

How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler [FREE TO READ] The boss’s macho makeover shocked liberals at Meta, but his closest allies say this is who he was all along

The brilliant @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social has gotten to the bottom of Zuckerberg's macho makeover. I love this piece... on.ft.com/3TB0kq0

Who’s in charge, me or the Devil? The agony and the ecstasy of elite darts Premier League Darts is making its top stars multimillionaires. Pressure to perform is intense

Who’s in charge, me or the Devil? The agony and the ecstasy of elite darts

https://www.ft.com/content/9a28a3d9-a439-4109-a0fc-284c01af3f03

How the ’90s shaped Donald Trump’s politics of national despair [FREE TO READ] The best way to understand Trump is to look at his brush with failure at this earlier moment of American crisis

Really happy to have @lioneltrolling.bsky.social in the FT Magazine this weekend - with a great essay on what the '90s taught Donald Trump on.ft.com/458jISv

Sweet of you not to include my disdainful replies

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.

Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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A brilliant and bizarre story here from @christopherkay.ft.com