It is crucial to promote social capital but it will not be delivered by civil servants sitting in London hundreds of physical miles and millions of cultural miles away from disadvantaged communities.

Ivan Krastev ( Opinion, FT Weekend, December 21) notes the consequences of the fall of the Soviet Union and its impact on ...

Think of every life-changing invention of Big Tech in the past decades, from Uber to Facebook. What happens is first they break the law — just remember the problems Uber created — and then they start ...

From Sheila Hayman, Advisory Board, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK ...

From Andrew Wigley, International Development and Partnerships Director, University of Cape Town, South Africa ...

Andy Haldane’s article (“Society counts the cost of decades of bowling alone”, Opinion, FT Weekend, December 7) reminds us that “the single best indicator of someone’s longevity . . . is the quality ...

From Sean Perrott, Mousehole, Cornwall, UK ...

The International Canoe Federation explains the difference: “In a kayak, the paddler is seated and uses a double-bladed paddle pulling the blade through the water on alternate sides to move forward.

This is an audio transcript of the Political Fix podcast episode: ‘2025 — Labour’s year of pain?’ Lucy Fisher Right, ...

The trend is a decisive shift in the balance between two cities that have long vied to be the world capital of the stage ...

Strong purchase data to end the year reverses downward trend as lower interest rates and better deals lure buyers ...

A top Federal Reserve official has warned about the threat of resurgent US inflation after Donald Trump takes power, even as he forecast solid growth for the world’s largest economy overall.