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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When Emily Campbell received an email from a stylist on a…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.At nearly 90, Steve Reich is in the autumn of his…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the House & HomemyFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Every spring in South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do province, local…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.During the past few weeks, I have had Covid (claimed by…

Latin is a dead language, as dead as dead can be.First it killed the Romans. Now it’s killing me.This mutinous mid-20th century classroom doggerel will chime with generations of…

Beyond the reach of any ski lifts or souvenir stalls there is a shimmering wilderness in the heart of Switzerland, and through it runs a frozen river more than a mile wide. For…

One rain-soft evening in May, about 80 wealthy donors arrived at West Horsley Place, a 15th-century manor house in the south of England. They had all been invited for dinner with…

When Jacqueline White moved to the banks of the Guadalupe River in Comfort, Texas, two years ago, she could not imagine living in a more picturesque spot. On July 4, catastrophic…

In the first painting, the baby is one week old, mottled and skinny, his clenched fists raised to his shoulders in what is known as a newborn’s startle reflex. In the second, he is…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Life & ArtsmyFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Recently, while I was catching up with a friend who works in…