Listener question: Should the UK cut arts funding?
Nato is to agree an overhaul of its battle plans to offer better protection to the alliance’s eastern flank, and there is some debate on how to soften the economic blow of the UK leaving the European ...
27 Juni 202212min
FT Weekend: A Strange Loop, the Tony-winning queer black best new musical
This week we speak with Michael R. Jackson, playwright of A Strange Loop, which just won the Tony award for Best Musical and Best Book. Jackson is a queer, black writer whose musical is about a queer,...
25 Juni 202233min
Ukraine in the EU?
The EU recognizes Ukraine as an official candidate for membership, Russian businessmen look to work with Iran to skirt US sanctions, and the FT’s Hot Money podcast reveals Visa and Mastercard are the ...
24 Juni 202214min
Can all of Africa get access to electricity?
US stocks stay fairly flat after Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies in Congress, a Ukrainian-made drone hits an oil refinery in Russia, and the International Energy Agency says investing $25 billion an...
23 Juni 20228min
Schrödinger’s dead cat bounce
The S&P 500 rose by 2.4% on Tuesday, Russia is threatening Lithuania over enforcing EU sanctions, and the global food shortage reignites the debate on using crops for biofuel. Plus, Kellogg is Read a ...
22 Juni 20229min
Jeff Bezos vs the bridge
China is the leader in initial public offering fundraising this year, Jeff Bezos’s superyacht ignites a debate about who cities are for, and New Zealand’s housing market could hold some clues for what...
21 Juni 202210min
Tim Sweeney on Epic's metaverse
Passively managed index funds have overtaken actively managed funds’ ownership of the US stock market for the first time and Brazil is cracking down on fake news on social media sites in the run-up to...
20 Juni 202210min
FT Weekend: What Warhol’s Marilyn tells us about the art market
Last month, Andy Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" sold for $195mn, making it the second most expensive piece of art to sell at auction, ever. And as prices keep going up, the art market — auction hou...
18 Juni 202234min
