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The French emperor has long exerted a magnetic pull over artists. What is it that tempts so many to risk a creative Waterloo?
Lea Ypi on her family’s flight across the Adriatic — and why framing migration as a problem endangers democracy
As the World Cup enters its concluding stages, historian Ramachandra Guha explores how the prime minister is shaping a sport in his image
Squeezed budgets, stormy resignations and a forced move out of London have left the company in a fight for artistic survival
Today’s super-rich govern countries, set agendas — and thrive in times of turmoil. Simon Kuper on how oligarchs diversified
What can be done to improve the family courts and the lives damaged when parents go to battle over custody of their children?
Military force cannot succeed without a plan for what comes next, writes historian Lawrence Freedman
From Disney to Netflix, a look at the costly legacy of a gold rush — and the endgame for the content wars
In the small community of Ichinono, the first birth in more than two decades has focused minds on a demographic crisis
Whitehall’s former War Office is reopening as a £1.4bn temple to luxury, and FT travel editor Tom Robbins was its first guest. What does the biggest hotel launch in a century mean for the city?
The revolutionary painter who gave us Impressionism transformed the art world forever. But what, asks the author of Monet’s first English-language biography, about his inner life?
As we approach what would have been the singer’s 40th birthday, the lurid tales are giving way to a more considered appreciation of her work
Donald Trump likes to dismiss rivals as ‘Republican In Name Only’. But, argues Simon Schama, it is the former president’s own MAGA movement that most deserves the label
Machines are getting better at making us laugh — and challenging our notions of humanity in the process
As a depleted Church of Scotland prepares to make deep cuts, John Lloyd explores the social consequences of religious retreat
From challenging children and unhinged bus drivers to relationship meltdowns and kitchens from hell, Lucy Kellaway, Martin Wolf and other FT writers share their worst travel moments
They hold global businesses to ransom and seem to act with impunity — but behind them lies a tangled geopolitical web
After David Grusch’s testimony to the US Congress this week, is it OK to talk about aliens? Henry Mance looks at the evidence
As the controversial accommodation barge arrives in Dorset, Horatio Clare reports on a strange encounter between polarising refugee policy and British maritime tradition
Complaints about overcrowding and cultural insensitivity are getting louder. Now some destinations have decided to act
Dr Margaret McCartney argues for an end to political quick fixes — and more power to general practice
A diminished Putin may have survived Prigozhin’s mutiny. But, argues Robert Service, history gives him little ground for optimism
Why do people pay small fortunes to risk their lives?
Helped to power by mainstream conservatives, this is a movement whose leaders cannot be expected to self-destruct
Tim Hayward on the inflation fear stalking restaurants — and whether we should pay more for our food
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