China steps up campaign for single people to date, marry and give birth
Women receive cold-calls about family planning and universities asked to offer ‘love courses’ to tackle demographic crisis ...
Jeremy Hunt warns Reeves against ‘declinism’ on UK’s prospects
Hunt said Rachel Reeves, his Labour successor as chancellor, had been too gloomy and had fuelled a mood of “declinism” but he ...
UK government art collection should be more visible to public, says minister
Founded in 1899, the Government Art Collection displays works of art in UK government buildings, including Downing Street, ...
De Beers amasses biggest diamond stockpile since 2008 financial crisis
De Beers Group has amassed its biggest stockpile of diamonds since the 2008 financial crisis, laying bare the group’s ...
Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses
Slate Money hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss a few things that have been circulating in the news ...
US drugstores vanish as pressures mount on business model
Retrenchment in industry has led to concerns about the spread of ‘pharmacy deserts’ with limited access to medicines ...
Eni fires up €100mn supercomputer in race to find oil and gas reservoirs
Italian energy giant Eni is firing up the world’s most powerful supercomputer outside the US this Christmas as it races rivals to build the technology infrastructure needed to better explore for new ...
Births, deaths and piano recitals — classical music to look forward to in 2025
Celebrations of Pierre Boulez and Dmitri Shostakovich, a festival of Mahler and a Mark-Anthony Turnage twist on a cult Danish classic ...
Chess champion Magnus Carlsen leads gambit to capture ancient game
Magnus Carlsen has a vision to transform the ancient game of chess. The grandmaster, a contender to be the greatest player in history, is convinced that a revamped version complete with heart rate ...
Year in a word: Bro-caster
The manosphere’s podcasting heroes are the natural successors to radio shock-jocks ...
Games console makers will get a power up in a slower market
Sales of Sony’s subscription service to access games, network services and online content have also been growing. Cloud streaming and digital distribution of games offer much fatter margins than the ...
12 Days of Stories to Share
Your favourite FT journalists, including Gideon Rachman, Claer Barrett, Simon Kuper and more, select the stories that have stayed with them from the past year ...