Richard III Person in the news 7:39pm

Richard III, a king in Machiavellian mode

The twisted cynic of literary legend is still irresistible five centuries on, says Simon Schama

The A-List

Regime change has left a trail of destruction remarkable in its scale, duration and futility
– Jeffrey Sachs
UK chancellor’s speech contained sensible plans for change but nowhere did the word ‘capital’ appear
– Philipp Hildebrand
Instead of telling others what they should do, the EU should decide what it wants to do and pay for it wherever it is needed
– Jean Pisani-Ferry
John Gapper from COLUMNISTS 7:22pm

Wave of money eludes the real economy

The spate of dealmaking contrasts oddly with sluggish economies and risk-averse banks

OPINION 8:30pm

London unites the world but splits the UK

The capital’s property market is a national challenge, writes Jim O’Neill

OPINION 6:52pm

Huhne case highlights the end of privacy

It might be wise to pause before pressing the send button, writes Julian Baggini

Undercover Economist from OPINION 6:56pm

A terrific windfall for the big spenders

Kuwait’s debt plan illustrates oil’s mixed blessings, says Tim Harford

Christopher Caldwell from COLUMNISTS 5:22pm

Drone policy: naive but not illegal

The US is killing suspected terrorists, not people on their lunch breaks in Tuscaloosa

FT Editorial
An illustration of a weathervane by Shonagh Rae ©Shonagh Rae Gillian Tett from LIFE & ARTS 7:46pm

Go west, east, north or south, young man

Big macroeconomic stories are now creating millions of little tales of microeconomic change

John Hopkins OBITUARIES 5:46pm

John Hopkins, Olympic park cultivator

Landscape designer who resisted pressure to create an icon of design for London 2012

Martin Wolf from COLUMNISTS Feb 7, 2013

A case to reset basis of monetary policy

The current regime is meant to stabilise inflation and help stabilise the economy. It has failed

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Philip Stephens from COLUMNISTS Feb 7, 2013

Intervention: the US won’t, Europe can’t

Europeans have caught the bug just as the US has shaken it off – but they lack the means