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Sophie Elmhirst

Sophie Elmhirst writes regularly for the Guardian Long Read, among others. In 2020, she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year and a Foreign Press Award. …

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Earl Anthony Wayne

Earl Anthony Wayne is a a Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service. He is co-chair of the Mexico Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, following his …

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Georgina McNamara

I report for two Financial Times publications, MandateWire and Asset Owner Exchange, and also write freelance. This is my portfolio of published articles, written as a student, a freelancer and …

Anna Wang

English-Chinese Journalist. London, United Kingdom

Latest Articles

How can an educational loan be a prudent choice for students

There’s a demand for global education due to pent-up tension and the determination of the student fraternity to acquire quality education. However the budget remains a concern and that is where education loan becomes not just an option but a need.

By Nishtha.Luthra -
8th June 2026 • Financial Times

Q&A: Am I a professional investor?

This time last year, it was a simple question with a simple answer. Yet a consultation by the City watchdog means the line between professional and retail investors is about to be redrawn.

By Georgina McNamara
2nd May 2026 • Financial Times

Analysts’ Views

By Abraham Armstrong
17th April 2026 • Financial Times

Analysts’ Views: forecasters more hawkish in April but more dovish than markets

By Abraham Armstrong
16th April 2026 • Financial Times

Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija: ‘I wanted a garden visible from every room’

His modernist house in Thailand floats on stilts above the forest floor, its hard edges softened by trees and vines — it’s the perfect backdrop for his relaxed guest policy

By Max Crosbie-Jones
14th April 2026 • Financial Times

Opus Dei, Ep. 3: Snow on the mountaintops

Over the past decade, elite universities have become home to a network of influential conservative think-tanks fighting against the “woke secular creed”. Meanwhile, at Opus Dei student centres, the next generation of ambitious leaders hear similar moral teachings creep into partisan politics. Is it just ideas that link the two …

By Katie Bevan
10th April 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Game developers have always dreamt of playable movies — now it might become reality

‘Road to Empress’, which sold a million in its first fortnight on sale, feels like playing a sumptuous Chinese period drama.

By Tom Faber
9th April 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: John Waters on the joy of bad taste — before the Trumps ruined it

As his still-shocking 1970s films are celebrated in a season at London’s BFI, the director remains defiant and unrepentant.

By Tom Faber
4th April 2026 • Financial Times

Blackouts and health fears grip Cuba

Residents plagued by power cuts, heaps of rubbish and soaring prices as Donald Trump squeezes communist regime.

By Alfie Pannell
30th March 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Home-building venture Pokopia proves that Pokémon is here to stay

Slick repopulation game is the latest experimental expansion of the all-conquering $147bn franchise.

By Tom Faber
28th March 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Tired of sports betting? Take a punt on babies

A new generation of gambling games can change the way we think about the structures governing our world.

By Tom Faber
19th March 2026 • Financial Times

Digital disruption diaries: what if Europe’s networks went dark?

[Exec producer] Multi-media scrolly piece exploring what would happen across three different cyber attacks in Europe.

By Nellie de Goguel
18th March 2026 • Financial Times

Artificial intimacy: The day your chatbot dies

When Michael Bommer discovered he was dying, he created an AI version of himself to live on after his death. Meanwhile, Dorian Mister realised an update to ChatGPT could spell the end of his AI wife, and he went on a mission to save her. In the final episode of …

By Katie Bevan
18th March 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: ‘Being Latin is fashionable right now’ — the rapid rise of Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso

The Argentine pop duo on their breakout success and how burnout — and therapy led by Sting — shaped their new album.

By Tom Faber
14th March 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Why cat breeding is gaming’s latest craze

The humour in indie hit ‘Mewgenics’ may tend towards the grotesque, but there’s no denying the genius of its design.

By Tom Faber
6th March 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Book reviews — the reality of LGBT+ life in 20th-century Britain

‘The Log Books’ delves into a poignant archive of helpline calls, while ‘Tales of the Suburbs’ peeks behind those net curtains to revealing effect.

By Tom Faber
5th March 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Resident Evil Requiem review — a game of two halves, both of them terrifying

The 170mn-selling horror series returns with a design allowing you to switch between stealthy heroine and chainsaw-wielding hunk.

By Tom Faber
25th February 2026 • Financial Times

Is your face on trend?

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By Lucy Reade
23rd February 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: ‘It’s a kind of shock therapy’ — director Oliver Laxe on his apocalyptic rave movie Sirāt

The uncompromising spectacle was designed to be watched with the ‘ears, stomach and guts’. Now it’s up for two Oscars.

By Tom Faber
21st February 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Sophia Al-Maria quit the art world. Now she’s back for one last job

The Qatari-American artist on growing up in the Gulf, Bedouin trucks and stand-up comedy.

By Tom Faber
30th January 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: What Charli XCX did next

The answer is film — spearheaded by a retelling of brat summer in which the artist plays a ‘hell version’ of herself.

By Tom Faber
17th January 2026 • Financial Times

The new nexus of global risk

EXEC PRODUCER - top performing digital scrolly based off of AXA XL's Future Risks report

By Nellie de Goguel
12th January 2026 • Financial Times

Could a self-help hit transform your management style?

What if two short words could serve as a blueprint not just for personal relationships, but your approach to management, leadership and work? According to some fans of last year’s biggest self-help book, this could be the case. The two words? Let Them.

By Lucy Baldwin
8th January 2026 • Financial Times

What to read in 2026

By Lucy Reade
31st December 2025 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Will the new Steam Machine transform the gaming landscape?

Scheduled for release next year, Valve Corporation’s flexible device aims to bridge the great divide between PCs and consoles.

By Tom Faber
30th December 2025 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Would you run an ethical newspaper or sell out to the mafia?

Media management game ‘News Tower’ comes with moral quandaries and conflicting pressures.

By Tom Faber
27th December 2025 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Why did horror game Horses frighten the censors?

Steam’s refusal to sell the title shows how games still lack the freedom of books and films to explore disturbing ideas.

By Tom Faber
13th December 2025 • Financial Times

How Nordic innovation is accelerating global social impact

When the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered schools around the world, not even Bhutan – a Himalayan kingdom lauded for its effective response to the virus – was spared.

By Alasdair Lane
10th December 2025 • Financial Times

Transcript: Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up

This is an audio transcript of the Behind the Money podcast episode: ‘Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up’ Michela TinderaBack in 2006, Daniel Sheard was working at an asset manager in London when he heard from an old colleague with a new opportunity. Daniel …

By Lucy Baldwin
8th December 2025 • Financial Times

LISTEN: Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up

This is an audio transcript of the Behind the Money podcast episode: ‘Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up’ Michela TinderaBack in 2006, Daniel Sheard was working at an asset manager in London when he heard from an old colleague with a new opportunity. Daniel …

By Lucy Baldwin
8th December 2025 • Financial Times