Teenagers - I like their chat

If you want to give feedback to the government on their proposed changes to the immigration system - like a decade wait for settled status - do it here.

I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files more to follow www.ft.com/content/c950...

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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

Stephen Fry #CelebrityTraitors- who is telling the truth? Stephen Fry in FT drama about who is telling the truth. Watch this and see if you can spot what's real and not real... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztA...

Stephen Fry in Celebrity Traitors- who is telling the truth? Stephen Fry in FT drama about who is telling the truth. Watch this and see if you can spot what's real and not real... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztA...

Yes, Stephen Fry walking backwards with 3 bowls of tinned spaghetti @tomhannen.ft.com knows all about it.

Also I can confirm that AI video generation is very much not at the 'just type it in and get what you want' stage. Getting this sort of thing back was the norm, not the exception #recallmemaybe

As US investment in AI is in the spotlight- what does this mean for truth? We have been working on a drama for many months about AI, memory, what we believe to be true and how to protect it. It's here to watch now.

A sneak peak of our powerful new FT drama starring Stephen Fry and directed by @realbaddiel.bsky.social. Out tomorrow in FT Edit!

What will become of the truth? The latest FT drama is publishing 18th September. I really can't wait to share it, it's been about 2 years in the making.

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

London night bus - salsa King’s Cross 😍

Chocolate is melting away but we can make constructive changes to protect the cocoa crops from climate change. @financialtimes.com teamed up with @oneworldmedia.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.bsky.social to share this extra tasty film and animation by Breech Asher Harani. youtu.be/aoXJ842fpYg?...

‘We can’t invent hope. But we can find a way to live without faking it, to forge something good out of this anger, and this love. In that determination, we can create the fertile soil for hope to take root when it decides to arrive.’

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

My contribution to our charticle on Trump's tumultuous first 100 days. It's not uncommon for presidents to use exec orders to roll back previous admin's ones, but Trump has taken it to extremes enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/64949...

quite a minute's television

What’s the crack!? FT’s finest and funniest - watch tonight!!

Are we on the brink of a nuclear revival? New @financialtimes.com film made with @pilitaclark.bsky.social featuring @dalevince.com, Marco Visscher & MV Ramana. Watch in full for free on YouTube or FT www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXhk...

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The risk is that we let “Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg be Mum and Dad”. www.ft.com/content/aa55...

The always excellent @oneworldmedia.bsky.social are recruiting for a Head of Partnerships and Fundraising, closing date 21 April 2025: oneworldmedia.org.uk/vacancies/

Becky has been locked up for 16 days now. British tourists headed to the USA, take note. open.substack.com/pub/jennykle...

International Women’s Day- 2 minutes worth your time youtu.be/fzUKEpW1unc

These are the brilliant animators bennybox.dk the music is by Rhiannon Giddens and you can see the whole film here youtu.be/fzUKEpW1unc

1 in 3 countries have had a female leader but at any one time there has only ever been 1 in 10 countries led by a woman. We made a cartoon sharing the data about women in political leadership and it will be played in Picture House cinemas across the country. www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

New: Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy. Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me

SO proud to have supported @financialtimes.com's Democracy 2024 series, produced by the brilliant @julietriddell.bsky.social, now nominated for the RTS Journalism Award ❤️ Comes on the back of a slew of other nominations & awards for these beautiful films from women around the world: osf.to/3Q60KDe

You would need an AI-scale polygraph to capture all of Musk’s disinformation. Nowhere has Musk expressed concern for the estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children abducted from their homes and forcibly adopted into Russian families. @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/ff7b...

Went to Morecambe for the weekend- discovered a beautiful spot for eternity and reflection on midlife crisis?

Good morning USA. Now is a good time to listen to these words by @margaretatwood.bsky.social #Vote #USelection youtu.be/pFkxJSCzjcw?...