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Latest Articles

Why more young workers are leaving the UK behind

Since Ben Russell emigrated from London to Vancouver, he no longer requires a lodger to help cover the bills — he also expects to double what he was earning as a newly qualified GP in the UK. As his roster of patients increases in Canada, he estimates his salary will …

By Georgina McNamara
22nd August 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Why our messy digital lives make for great video games

‘Desktop Explorer’ and ‘Unhinged’ turn everyday tech into compelling stories.

By Tom Faber
31st July 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Humans are making games for AI to play. Is it madness or kindness?

An influential designer says games show us how our minds operate — and could also give us a deeper insight into the ‘mind’ of an LLM.

By Tom Faber
16th July 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: The death of physical games — and why it matters

The industry’s move towards a digital-only future signals a waning regard for fans and the preservation of cultural memory.

By Tom Faber
14th July 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: What happens when an online game dies?

Games such as ‘Destiny 2’ are more than entertainment products. They are social spaces where friendships, identities and rituals are built.

By Tom Faber
4th July 2026 • Financial Times

Using AI for financial advice? Proceed with caution

Danilo McGarry highlights a problem with outsourcing your financial planning to artificial intelligence. The strategic adviser on AI for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says that when one user asked a chatbot how to reduce their tax bill, the tool suggested a move to Monaco. Though this is …

By Georgina McNamara
20th June 2026 • Financial Times

Bolivian blockades strangle economy, pressuring centre-right leader

By THOMAS GRAHAM
17th June 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Mina the Hollower is a retro game that feels utterly fresh

This indie hit draws on classics such as Zelda and Castlevania, but has a modern sensibility all its own.

By Tom Faber
16th June 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Oliver Beer - the artist who makes ancient cave paintings sing

For his new show in London, Beer has explored the resonance of a subterranean world containing hundreds of Palaeolithic artworks.

By Tom Faber
15th June 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: The bitter disputes blighting gaming

Big titles ‘Subnautica 2’ and ‘Zero Parades: For Dead Spies’ have arrived under a cloud of lawsuits, labour rows and boycotts.

By Tom Faber
11th June 2026 • Financial Times

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

Financial Times: James Turrell – master of light

As he debuts a new Skyspace in Denmark, the artist discusses Quakers, Kanye West and his volcanic ambitions.

By Tom Faber
5th June 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Who was Bond before 007? New game First Light has the answer

While his movie counterpart takes a break, the spy returns with a youthful look, a promoted Moneypenny and Lenny Kravitz as villain.

By Tom Faber
27th May 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: When games play you — how the best new indies subvert expectations

‘Titanium Court’ and ‘Forbidden Solitaire’ twist familiar formats to reveal unexpected depths.

By Tom Faber
19th May 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Pragmata and Saros — these sci-fi shooters are enormous fun to play

Two of the year’s biggest and flashiest games offer gruesome, tentacular monsters and robots hell-bent on extermination.

By Tom Faber
7th May 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

Financial Times: Lawrence Abu Hamdan: the ‘private ear’ who investigates government cover-ups

The Turner Prize winner’s forensic work is fuelled by a belief that sounds can reveal hidden violence.

By Tom Faber
27th April 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: Esoteric Ebb and how games gave in to the joy of reading

Just as many struggle to find the time for books, the year’s best role-playing title highlights the power of the written word.

By Tom Faber
23rd April 2026 • Financial Times

Financial Times: You don’t watch Punchdrunk’s latest show, you play it

Audience members are the main characters in a ‘live-action video game’ from the pioneers of immersive theatre.

By Tom Faber
18th April 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