An illustration of a happy scene in Rio ©Luke Waller 7:02pm

The Diary: Tony Hall

The BBC’s incoming director-general on what Britain is teaching Brazil about art and culture

Food & Drink

Illustration by Ingram Pinn of two competing rowing teams ©Ingram Pinn
The Oxford v Cambridge wine tasting is the most extraordinary match – always held well before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously
The enticing decor of Kimchee
Now that Kimchee is serving more than 800 customers a day, the memories of its difficult initial three months’ trading are almost forgotten
A plate of salambôs ©Andy Sewell
Profiteroles are the most obvious way to serve choux buns but Rowley Leigh prefers salambôs with a simple caramel top and a good cream filling
Illustration by Luis Grañena showing two talking heads that suggest the French tri-colour flag ©Luis Grañena Simon Kuper from FT MAGAZINE 7:33pm

Business à la française

A routine meeting or an ‘intellectual orgy’? A new bilingual guide tries to ease the stresses of Anglo-French business relationships

Illustration by Shonagh Rae of Britain being cut in half by a letter A ©Shonagh Rae Gillian Tett from FT MAGAZINE 6:18pm

Where austerity really hits home

The next time that a market analyst blithely demands yet more austerity, they should visit the backstreets of a northern town

Tyler Brule: The Fast Lane Tyler Brule Tyler Brule 7:27pm

When less really is more

What happened to subtlety? Just because a channel is available, do we have to come across as being constantly available?

Harry Eyres: The Slow Lane Harry Eyres 7:27pm

Players in a game of diplomacy

Cliburn and Gagarin were victims as well as heroes of the cold war they helped to thaw

Leo Robson Leo Robson from ARTS 7:26pm

Overtaken by the future

It rarely takes long for the newfangled to become the new normal

Illustration by Lucas Varela of two parents carry their child riding a sedan chair ©Lucas Varela Robert Shrimsley from FT MAGAZINE 7:35pm

Hovering parents, unite!

Claire Perry MP says we devote too much time to parenting. But isn’t that better than not enough?

Susie Boyt 7:27pm

Groping for standards

Eccentrics are like that, we tried to tell ourselves. Important men will always bend the rules. Maybe we’ve just no sense of humour

From STYLE 7:10pm

Tanzanian shopping safari

In Arusha, a chock full of promising small shops

Different varieties of tomatoes ©Dreamstime From FT MAGAZINE 7:34pm

In pursuit of the perfect tomato

Scientists are using genetics to satisfy consumers’ demand for flavour and growers’ need for shelf life