Maria Crawford
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Deputy Books Editor, Financial Times
The Booker Prize 2025 shortlist is here and it’s a battle of (mostly Gen X) literary heavyweights. Predictions welcome!
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Established novelists dominate a Gen-X Booker Prize shortlist
The 2025 award is notable for shortlisting proven names and for the absence of debut fiction or small independent publishers
https://www.ft.com/content/e73fcce0-4bed-4160-9ec9-9470451c5ad7
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In Murderland, Caroline Fraser argues that there's a link between a region's serial killers and pollution from industrial smelting — yes, really, there is some evidence. Here's our columnist Nilanjana Roy's take on the book, alongside Marcia Bjornerud’s Turning to Stone
www.ft.com/content/7364...
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The ground beneath our feet — and the books that show its wonders and its warnings
In their different ways, both ‘Murderland’ and ‘Turning to Stone’ ask readers to reconnect with the Earth
https://www.ft.com/content/7364c149-e83f-485e-bd2b-ba81b96ed2ee
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Still think the obesity epidemic's a willpower issue? Felicity Lawrence reviews two books that examine an industry of ultraformulated junk foods produced and distributed by a globalised food system built on cheap commodity ingredients, fossil fuels — and powerful lobbying
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Food, fat and pharma — what is really wrong with what we eat
In two books — one compassionate and scientific, the other angry and polemical — David Kessler and Stuart Gillespie tackle the root causes of the obesity crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/4d46ba9b-4866-4574-8455-e0452d7bce50
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Alison Killing
3 months ago
NEW: Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ via @FT GHF’s plan forces hungry Palestinians to trek miles to aid sites, often through the IDF’s active military areas. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. This is how…
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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
[FREE TO READ] A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
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The FT's novel of the week is (drumroll...) Among Friends by Hal Ebbott. If you haven't selected your summer fiction yet, this smart, compelling and unsettling read is a great one to add to your list
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Among Friends — a betrayal beyond repair
[FREE TO READ] Hal Ebbott’s powerful debut novel shatters our expectations when the comfortable world of two families is blown apart in one reckless moment
https://on.ft.com/469ux7q
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FT Weekend
5 months ago
The Deserters by Mathias Énard — dual storylines inspired by the fallout of war
https://www.ft.com/content/c6cf7ac1-27a0-47d4-bf19-9c873fd3f3b5
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The Deserters by Mathias Énard — dual storylines inspired by the fallout of war
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
https://www.ft.com/content/c6cf7ac1-27a0-47d4-bf19-9c873fd3f3b5
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Janine Gibson
7 months ago
We're looking for our next Fashion Editor to lead the FT Style team on FT Weekend. What a job
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Emily ✨
9 months ago
This is a beautiful tribute.
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