Historian Simon Schama wants to make truth sexy again
Historian Sir Simon Schama is one of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. So when he replied to our invitation to come on the show ahead of the US presidential election by saying he ...
28 Loka 202427min
Halloween Chat: ‘Beetlejuice’ and the lost art of soft horror
Today we are pulling on our striped demon ghost suits for a special Halloween episode: a deep-dive on Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice. It persists in our cultural memory, remade as an animated ...
25 Loka 202429min
Chef Victoria Blamey is giving the tasting menu new life
In recent years, critics and jaded diners have deemed the multi-course tasting menu dead. It’s gotten repetitive, the argument goes, with chefs serving luxury courses like caviar at the expense of any...
21 Loka 202427min
Culture Chat: The FT takes on ‘Industry’ season 3
This week, we’re talking about the HBO finance drama Industry, which follows the lives of London bankers as they navigate frantic careers and make chaotic life choices. The third season is out, and sn...
18 Loka 202427min
Fashion loves Ozempic. Should we talk about it?
Before she was the editor of our luxury magazine HTSI, Jo Ellison was features editor at British Vogue, which means that throughout her career she’s had a front-row view of the fashion industry’s love...
14 Loka 202420min
Culture Chat: why is everyone so mad at Katy Perry?
Today we’re sexy, confident, intelligent, heaven-sent – and taking on Katy Perry’s disastrous new album, 143. Featuring the lead single ‘Woman’s World’, this album has gone viral for all the wrong rea...
11 Loka 202429min
In the age of AI, what counts as art?
The FT’s innovation editor John Thornhill writes a lot about the dangers of artificial intelligence, but when he recently saw a movie about the musician Brian Eno, created with the help of an algorith...
7 Loka 202420min
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is a mess worth seeing
Today, we are stopping time to discuss Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola's controversial passion project, which took him 40 years to make. The film was entirely self-financed for $120mn and has an all...
4 Loka 202434min
