US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has sparked widespread concern among defence experts and military officers with an abrupt decision to summon hundreds of generals and admirals to Virginia next week.

Porsche has scrapped the planned launch of a new range of electric vehicles positioned above the Cayenne. An article in last weekend’s FT incorrectly stated that the sports-car maker was abandoning ...

Britain plays host to King Donald” — your editorial on Donald Trump’s state visit (FT View, September 20) — states that Britain has “real kings and queens and knows how to use them”. Sorry — one is ...

Shostakovich certainly had an ear for a catchy tune. Together with Aram Khachaturian, he had collaborated on an entry for the 1943 competition to create a new Soviet national anthem. They came in ...

This characterisation of the “accidental landlord” really does need to stop (“The ‘accidental’ landlords”, House & Home, September 20). Unless you’ve inherited a property inhabited by someone who has ...

It brings to mind a visit to Galignani bookshop in Paris many years ago, and seeing Karl Lagerfeld, a pert, grey ponytail, preceded by wraparound shades, sashaying up and down the book-filled aisles, ...

I was captivated by the FT Lunch with Jean-Philippe Bouchaud (“‘The whole bull run is because of an influx of money’”,). Bouchaud, a physicist, convinced me that markets are of course about movement ...

Looking at the picture now you might think Aunt Gert was in the company of James Bond — her companion a dead ringer for Sean Connery! Gert certainly met many famous people there, including the ...

It was wonderful to read Nilanjana Roy’s thoughtful piece on the nostalgic joy of getting lost in the pages of a physical dictionary — a sentiment that no doubt resonates deeply with fellow language ...

Stephen Bush So Robert Shrimsley had a great line in his column of how, you know, Andy Burnham kind of turns up like a hopeful beneficiary of a deathbed whenever Keir Starmer’s looking like he’s in ...

Heidi Alexander says franchise will expire next May as part of drive to put majority of rail services into public ownership ...

President Donald Trump’s warning on Monday that pregnant women should not use Tylenol, a US brand of paracetamol, came as arguments are pending in Manhattan federal court to overturn the 2024 ...