Illustration by James Ferguson of Lucian Grainge ©James Ferguson Lunch with the FT Mar 8, 2013

Lucian Grainge

With the £1.2bn takeover of EMI, a 52-year-old Londoner has emerged as ‘the music industry’s most powerful man’

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Nigel Farage celebrates with Ukip candidate Diane James at the Eastleigh by-election, February 28; James beat the Tories to take second place ©Getty
Is it time for Ukip’s maverick leader to be taken seriously? By George Parker
James Mallinson at the Kumbh Mela ©Cambridge Jones
This weekend, Hinduism’s greatest gathering draws to a close. James Mallinson and Dominic West joined the millions who converged to bathe in the Ganges
Eimear O’Donovan sings at the convention ©Mary Furlong Mar 8, 2013

Ireland calling

The country’s vast diaspora has been invited home as part of a year-long ‘gathering’. But what will they find there?

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

Beluga whales in the Hudson Bay, close to Churchill ©Robert Harding TRAVEL Mar 8, 2013

A sub-aqua serenade

Every summer, thousands of beluga whales converge in the waters off Churchill, Canada, giving tourists the chance to swim – and sing – alongside them

Outfits by Chanel, Balenciaga, Hermès and Céline from autumn/winter 2013 collections at Paris Fashion Week ©Catwalking.com Vanessa Friedman from STYLE Mar 8, 2013

Black and white

Key trends for autumn/winter 2013, straight from the runways

The Norman Foster-designed events pavillion, known as the Ombrière ©Nigel Young TRAVEL Mar 8, 2013

Marseille’s year in the sun

Can ‘capital of culture’ status and a €7bn regeneration project transform the city’s earthy image?

Globe ©Corbis BOOKS Mar 8, 2013

All together now

For David Cannadine, historians should look beyond the clash of religions, classes and civilisations to what unites us – but there are problems with an appeal to common humanity. Mark Mazower reviews ‘The Undivided Past’

An illustration of a boy in a desert ©Stuart Kolakovic BOOKS Mar 8, 2013

JM Coetzee’s ‘The Childhood of Jesus’

Henry Twidle, winner of the Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize, reviews a novel that works on the imagination in unexpected ways

Cosmina Stratan, centre, stars as a novice in ‘Beyond the Hills’, the latest film from Cristian Mungiu Nigel Andrews from ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Courting controversy

Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu believes that having audiences boo his latest film is a good sign

Edouard Manet’s portrait of Nina de Callias ARTS Mar 8, 2013

Costume drama

The Metropolitan Museum boldly juxtaposes couture and art in its latest show