I'm on holiday so as a little treat the first 300 clicks on this are free: Help! The Superyachts! They are dying! By the FT's brilliant investigative correspondent Miles Johnson on.ft.com/46h4Q2O
[FREE TO READ] Swift action to impound palatial boats became a symbol of western resolve after the invasion of Ukraine. Now the costs are mounting for owners and governments alike
Learnt a lot from this @jderbyshire.bsky.social column. I didn't realise that the difference between the two nationalist rightwing groups in the European parliament on Russia was quite so stark!
Groups outside the conservative mainstream may prosper in the EU’s June elections, but they disagree on key policy issues
@dickiebielenberg.bsky.social welcome to one half of the genius pair behind the brilliant Maremma restaurant!
Our FT Books of the Year round-up is ready for your perusal 👇 - happy reading! t.co/bGNVPKvgwO
Has been a huge honour to be one of the judges of this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. We enjoyed reading and discussing so many wonderful books but in the end there had to be one winner: Fire Weather is a brilliant, terrifying book for our times. Do read it! t.co/Q1s83PfSE0
‘Fire Weather’ named winner of UK’s leading award for non-fiction at ceremony in London
From caddie to billionaire - the remarkable story of Rat Dalio, the creator of the hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater - read Robin Wigglesworth’s excellent review of The Fund The Fund — blowing apart the mystique of Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater on.ft.com/3ss5fQk
So according to this Richard Waters col, Bluesky has about 2% of X’s audience. So we are early adopters. But Richard points out that signs that journos and other influencers are posting more actively suggest the threat to X could be greater than the current numbers suggest www.ft.com/content/57df...
Upheaval has left trophy purchase of social network seriously impaired
When book reviews make news! Top class reporting - and reviewing - from the excellent @soumayakeynes.bsky.social
IT'S OUT - AND FREE TO READ My first newsletter is on what I told Ben Bernanke (former Fed chair) about how the broken Bank of England needs to change its forecasting and communication Sign up to the newsletter here t.co/9W1LiN2e7awww.ft.com/content/913d...
In my first newsletter: advice for Ben Bernanke, former head of the US Federal Reserve