An illustration of a happy scene in Rio ©Luke Waller Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

Hovering parents, unite!

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

Susie Boyt Mar 8, 2013

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 Mar 8, 2013

Tanzanian shopping safari

In Arusha, a chock full of promising small shops

Different varieties of tomatoes ©Dreamstime From FT MAGAZINE Mar 8, 2013

In pursuit of the perfect tomato

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