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Boris Akunin

Russia’s dissident detective novelist talks about oligarchs, angering the Kremlin and why even peaceful revolution could lead to Russia’s collapse

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Richard Gere ©Jerome Bonnet
Yes, the actor is happy to talk about his new movie. But other topics prove trickier...
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Sixty years after the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure, an astonishing genetics archive is to be placed online by the Wellcome Library
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An illustration depicting heritage acts from the pre-download era ©Toby Whitebread ARTS Mar 1, 2013

D-day for downloads

Ten years after iTunes opened for business, technology has reanimated the back catalogues of old rockers. So why are they unhappy about selling more records? By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

A boat off the Canaries TRAVEL Mar 1, 2013

Sail of the century

Andrew Eames gets a glimpse of the Canary Islands rarely seen by tourists on an adventure aboard a 100-year-old tall ship

An illustration depicting fallen heroes including Oscar Pistorius, Hansie Cronje, Zola Budd ©James Ferguson Mar 1, 2013

The Diary: Alec Russell

The FT’s news editor and author of ‘After Mandela’ is surprised by the ANC Youth League and meets President Jacob Zuma

Prada, Roberto Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana ©Catwalking Vanessa Friedman from STYLE Mar 1, 2013

Milan Fashion Week 2013

The key autumn/winter trends, straight from the runways

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Cloud atlas

For advocates of ‘big data’, the answers to many pressing problems lie in the very questions we ask online. But, asks James Harkin, will evidence from the servers of Google and its peers always send us in the right direction?

Michelle Obama ©AFP STYLE Mar 1, 2013

Bangs on trend

A fringe instantly updates your look – and anyone can wear one, says Anna-Marie Solowij

Canis lupus, the Iberian wolf ©Plain Picture TRAVEL Mar 1, 2013

Ahead of the pack

Paul Richardson joins a wolf-watching tour in Spain, where attitudes towards the species are changing

Sunn O))) playing live ©Sarah Doone ARTS Mar 1, 2013

Attack of the drones

With guitars and amps on full blast repeating the same chord for an entire track, drone music is not for everyone

Illustration of messages in a bottle by Adam Hancher ©Adam Hancher BOOKS Mar 1, 2013

Messages in a bottle

Edith Pearlman’s remarkable short stories deserve to be discovered. Sam Leith reviews ‘Binocular Vision