The FT Mag's America at 250 edition is out today, featuring the thoughts of Stephen Breyer, Nicole Krauss, Yiyun Li @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Simon Schama, @okr.bsky.social Harlan Bozeman @jayrayner1.bsky.social @nigella.bsky.social Jancis Robinson & more www.ft.com/content/3265... @ftweekend.com

In Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, a white mob murdered Black men in the street and  overthrew the city’s democratically elected biracial government. North Carolina would not elect another Black person to Congress until 1992. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/SBU6sA

Brilliant must-read piece on Andy Burnham’s Manchester years. Great job again by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social and FT Mag editor @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social 👍 www.ft.com/content/9949...

Absolutely terrific magazine piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social. You can read it here, or in the FT Mag in the @ftweekend.com on Saturday:

Our own @pilitaclark.bsky.social is on indomitable form here, tracking the dogged fight to build an alliance outside the COPs to make a plan for phasing out fossil fuels.... as.ft.com/r/7dd2eaf9-0...

One of my favourite mag pieces of late is this appropriately joyful and poetic piece by Matthew Holman on the great Frank O'Hara's lesser known work as an ambassador of American art for Nelson Rockefeller's International Program .... its so good. Gift link here as.ft.com/r/eafb8692-f...

My cover story in today's FT Magazine, for which I listened to THIRTY EIGHT EPISODES of the Katie Miller Podcast, in their entirety. 🫠 Meet the Millers. (Illustration by Pierre Mornet / Grant Wood) as.ft.com/r/910e125d-f... (GIFT LINK! 🎁)

in professional news, come monday i've got a new role at the FT: commissioning editor on FT Weekend Magazine. very excited; send pitches.

The brilliant Suzy Hansen has written an essay for @FTMag from an extract of her new book "From Life Itself" about what happened in one Istanbul neighbourhood over a decade of political chaos and its so good... as.ft.com/r/8b8bed7f-3...

I cannot recommend this week's cover story by @christopherjm.ft.com highly enough. It's the frankly astonishing story of the fortitude of one Ukrainian drone commander on the eastern front... don't miss it... as.ft.com/r/ddae74ad-4...

Delighted to have @rahulabhatia.bsky.social in the magazine this weekend. His essay on Dubai and the psychological bargains its residents make in order to justify staying in place while a war hovers in the background is just beautiful... as.ft.com/r/cb855c7b-9...

This piece by Orlando Reade in the mag is a fascinating tale that jumps from Paradise Lost, to 19th-century New Orleans to Mardi Gras 2026 where Milton's radical streak is still very much in evidence in Trump's America. Read it, for free, I urge you... as.ft.com/r/0530b559-8...

And another great read here... David Pilling's piece on the man whose amazing feat of animal husbandry made him the owner of 1 in 10 rhinos in Africa, and who is now facing allegations of running a vast horn-trafficking network. as.ft.com/r/9948dcdd-e...

As Nathan Newby receives the George medal today for extraordinary bravery, read the amazing story, published in the FT Magazine in December, of how he talked a would-be hospital bomber down. It’s an astonishing piece of writing from Ravi Somaiya and it’s Free to Read www.ft.com/content/cd59...

Nothing but admiration for Jemima Kelly’s maniacal zeal to reproduce Martha Stewart’s mythic midnight dinner party. I can attest it was a spectacular night for all the right reasons. Read about it here... as.ft.com/r/4d077ebc-3...

Love this cover. Thanks so much to the FT Mag team. First 300 clicks free: as.ft.com/r/c220d67b-1...

Almost exactly ten years ago @henrymance.ft.com had lunch with Nigel Farage www.ft.com/content/864c.... It remains legend. Quite a lot has happened over the subsequent decade so we sent him back in. as.ft.com/r/edeac2c6-0...

And this look inside Telegram and Pavel Durov's world by @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social and Adrienne Klasa is also fab. as.ft.com/r/19adf82c-6...

I love this essay by Rosie Dastgir on a year spent in and around St Bartholomew's hospital while undergoing an experimental vaccine trial. Beautiful. as.ft.com/r/8dfbcae8-8...

it's all great but this is, i swear, true as.ft.com/r/cc9aae3a-b...

Happy Valentine’s Day to all FT magazine readers. The only question is which do you love more… Maps? www.ft.com/content/efab...

The FT's favourite non-FT articles of 2025 www.ft.com/content/72d0...

❤️❤️❤️ (It's the being right that's most delicious)

Two strangers sit on a bench outside a Leeds hospital. One is carrying a homemade bomb in a bag. He plans to set it off inside. The other makes the extraordinary decision to try to talk him out of it. A brilliant, brilliant piece by Ravi Somaiya, edited by Neil O’Sullivan as.ft.com/r/153da9db-e...

Equator Magazine just launched today. It’s the sort of venture we need like we need air- erudite, cosmopolita, merciless and brave. Congratulations my brilliant friends @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org

This is such a great read from the FT's @courtneyweaver.bsky.social and Laura Du Bois.... Enjoy. on.ft.com/4n8I2sF

In which I explore the history of socialism in America from Eugene Debs to DSA and the Milwaukee ‘sewer socialists’ to Zohran Mamdani on.ft.com/47quBib

Our new magazine, Equator, is officially out in the world — and here @equatormag.bsky.social Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event in London: equator.org

Had a few conversations recently that make me think, for the first time in ages, there are some exciting things happening in media. This is one of the highlights: Equator, a new magazine set up by Nesrine Malik, Pankaj Mishra, Jonathan Shainin and others. Sign up for info here: www.equator.org

I think this fascinating piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social is one of the best things we've published all year. Don't miss it! on.ft.com/48e4qwP

Best read of the week How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class - on.ft.com/4n1dSs7 by Leo Lewis of the FT

Really happy to have this essay by @hzeavin.bsky.social in this weekend's magazine. I've been thinking about it non-stop for months. www.ft.com/content/a248...

This is so good...

This column by @okr.bsky.social has made me laugh a lot today... on.ft.com/45cFT8t

@christopherjm.ft.com is so far ahead of any other non-Ukrainian journalist on what is happening in that country on.ft.com/414Z2b2

After my son was diagnosed with autism, I've been thinking about my own relationship to this strange, highly contentious condition. During a sabbatical this spring, I spoke to some experts about it. My essay based on all that has just gone online on FT.Com: on.ft.com/4kKdCfe

Very delighted to have this profile of the dauntless Wasfi Kani, the woman who sold country house opera to the English establishment by John Phipps in this week's magazine. Have a read! on.ft.com/40NVEBf

The brilliant @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social has gotten to the bottom of Zuckerberg's macho makeover. I love this piece... on.ft.com/3TB0kq0

Who’s in charge, me or the Devil? The agony and the ecstasy of elite darts https://www.ft.com/content/9a28a3d9-a439-4109-a0fc-284c01af3f03

Really happy to have @lioneltrolling.bsky.social in the FT Magazine this weekend - with a great essay on what the '90s taught Donald Trump on.ft.com/458jISv

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

ICONIC

A brilliant and bizarre story here from @christopherkay.ft.com

“'When the history of the 20th century is written, circa 2100,' Thiel claims, Girard 'will be seen as truly one of the great intellectuals.'” Delighted to have this great essay in the magazine this weekend by @orlandoreade.bsky.social on.ft.com/3Z80Pew

Totally fascinating reporting from @davidkeo.bsky.social and Harry Dempsey on a weird work experiment - a company run by the invisible hand of its internal currency. No one has a boss. Or gets told what to do. But every action you take is prompted by the thirst to make more Will... on.ft.com/4jFaa5T

This is the most brilliant read. Seriously. You will not regret it. Here's another free link... on.ft.com/4jTiMWd

This essay by @jacobsilverman.com on living in slop world is a great read - explaining how and why an increasingly 'hostile internet' is driving us crazy... on.ft.com/4k12iLV

MPs 100% get why supermarkets caffs closing is a disaster for the local community. Other SW1ers can look a bit blank - my @financialtimes.com RANT on 'place making' while businesses accidentally melt our social glue - www.ft.com/content/33f0...

This is such a delight - so pleased to have learned about Peter Grainger and DC SMith... enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/6e669...