FT Weekend Magazine

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The UK's tax system is riddled with loopholes and inconsistencies that leak revenue, hurt economic growth and are simply unjust, says Tim Harford. Why have successive governments been so hesitant to clean it up?

Tap here for his column: https://t.co/BtGlL3fnwj

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The apocalypse may be coming, but first there’s the question of where to store all the tinned tomatoes and bog roll, says Robert Shrimsley: https://t.co/fPzT2GEc3I

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At this intimate counter restaurant, excellent British ingredients meet Japanese technique — and handrolls come with a personal style of service.⁠

Tap here for Jay Rayner's latest restaurant review https://t.co/td2q3v4hke

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In 1982, Lebanon became the crucible for a conflict between Israel, Iran and the US — and the arena for a cycle of proxy war and hostage diplomacy that still shapes the region: https://t.co/BZoGhYqK3s

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Donald Trump helped bring UFC — the world's biggest mixed martial arts organisation — into the heart of American political power. Its chief executive Dana White, in turn, helped the US president reach young male voters. https://t.co/xkgMPhyGnv

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The oft-overlooked women from the French author’s life and novels converge to weave an inventive narrative of multiple viewpoints.

Tap here to read our book review: https://t.co/fYy9NiEZK1

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For a digitally minded profession, the jargon known as journalese is still strangely rooted in the past, says Jo Ellison: https://t.co/oX5I8Swkif

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Marina O'Loughlin will eat cheap white bread, greasy-spoon sausages and microwave-baked potatoes. But caring about provenance, quality and how our food is produced shouldn’t be dismissed as elitist, she says: https://t.co/CP48BHsM6t

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Warm water, missing dishes and interminable waits: our critic found little luxury in the spectacular Mayfair dining room of RH London https://t.co/lr8rLJZc6J

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People are not drinking wine the way they were. Winemakers are going bust. If Napa becomes another California town abandoned after a gold rush, then an economy based on wealth inequality and thousands of years of alcohol consumption might be over: https://t.co/DDOfiMVN7p

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Labradors were recently singled out as belonging to a nostalgic ‘far-right fantasy’. But all owners need to be vigilant, says Robert Shrimsley: https://t.co/0x0dhydRG9

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Unflattering portraits await all three tech titans — but while filmmakers vilify AI, studios are investing in it hungrily, says FT film critic Danny Leigh: https://t.co/XsvRDunZDF

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In a private group chat, an elite crew of prediction-market bettors turn elections, wars and disasters into ‘free money on the floor’: https://t.co/UJXj7xLv2G

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'There are doubtless multiple forms of passive aggression where you don’t quite tell people to remove their footwear but behave sufficiently boorishly to make clear to all but the most inattentive visitor that this is a shoeless household' https://t.co/7c61m7lhVg

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Simpson’s Tavern served City diners for more than two and a half centuries.

After months of delays, difficult discoveries and a £1.3mn renovation, the opening of Cloth Cornhill has brought the historic site back to life: https://t.co/S8mSdAqCFv

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Sertaç Dirik’s new restaurant Kid, in Soho, is lively, stylish and often delicious, but its best ideas still owe much to the Turkish grill culture it refashions, says Jay Rayner.

Tap here to read his review: https://t.co/psJzNHpR5V

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Colour photography transformed food writing — and left magazines forever trying to brighten the roasts, stews, cakes and sauces that need no apology: https://t.co/9ZjxBQ8HVV

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Caramelised onions, browned meat, glossy gravy, slow-cooked curries: the richest food on earth tends to come in the shades the algorithm ignores.

But which one steals our critic’s heart? https://t.co/XJugOVQ4Vc

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Artists, galleries and restaurants have remade the Kent seaside town, but its real appeal is in the collision of old resort pleasures and new coastal cool, says Marina O'Loughlin: https://t.co/6mpciTD7ns

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Theo Clench’s live-fire restaurant Igni, in Mayfair, has discipline, drama and serious flavour, says Jay Rayner.

Sit at the counter and lean in for the show: https://t.co/Q0jOXFjD71