Henry Mance
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Chief features writer, Financial Times.
https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
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I sat down with perhaps the most level-headed man in rock music, Jon Bon Jovi, to talk about Trump, tennis and his return to touring after an atrophying vocal chord put his career at risk. this week's Lunch with the FT:
www.ft.com/content/25f2...
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Jon Bon Jovi: âFame is a liar and a thiefâ
The rock legend on making peace with the critics, the business of running a band â and his history with Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/25f256b1-2c3e-453b-abd3-0635a7af8a67?desktop=true&segmentId=d8d3e364-5197-20eb-17cf-2437841d178a#myft:notification:instant-email:content
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Come on, which English person didn't have a few drinks after the first two Test matches?
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Max Kennerly
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Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
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Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/climate/trump-offshore-wind-farms.html
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"She's been on remand for over a year, her trial's not until April next year and bail keeps getting denied."
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Fears Palestine Action hunger striker will die in prison after 43 days without food
Teuta Hoxha's body is the "only form of resistance she has and that's what she is using against the state", her sister says.
https://news.sky.com/story/fears-palestine-action-hunger-striker-will-die-in-prison-after-43-days-without-food-13486489?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
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is this "free speech campaigner Bari Weiss" or a different one?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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FT Weekend
3 days ago
'The initial experience was like trying to hug a PowerPoint slide. âMaybe you could talk to me as a friend,â I suggested.'
@henrymance.ft.com
tries a generative AI therapist
ft.trib.al/i1Azrz3
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Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
https://ft.trib.al/i1Azrz3
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Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
www.ft.com/content/8b6e...
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Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
https://www.ft.com/content/8b6e0a41-f3d1-474d-9d69-d5e0b897907b
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a beautiful Lunch with the FT with Diébédo Francis Kéré, who grew up in a village in Burkina Faso but won a scholarship to Germany and became an award-winning architect
as.ft.com/r/09386a34-4...
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Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
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Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
https://www.ft.com/content/8b6e0a41-f3d1-474d-9d69-d5e0b897907b
4 days ago
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Shoot this into my veins / trains
www.ft.com/content/ff71...
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London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes
Planned ÂŁ100mn overhaul of train station will seek to end âholding penâ experience for passengers
https://www.ft.com/content/ff7105f6-f209-421c-86de-508595c4af9a
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Paul Marshall said he always thought there would "short-term economic downside" to Brexit. Does anyone remember him mentioning this at the time?
www.ft.com/content/42b3...
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John Reed
5 days ago
Netanyahu is going to decide the make-up and mandate of a commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, a national tragedy and national security fiasco that happened on his watch.
as.ft.com/r/a21f06dd-8...
@nerizilber.bsky.social
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Benjamin Netanyahuâs plan to take charge of October 7 panel sparks anger
[FREE TO READ] Prime minister set to oversee make-up and mandate of inquiry into military failings surrounding Hamas assault
https://as.ft.com/r/a21f06dd-8643-46b1-83e6-41088621bb1d
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Maybe the English batsmen need to be more aggressive
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Marie Le Conte
7 days ago
how did I not know that Sarkozy met his second wife when he officiated at her wedding as the local mayor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...
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Jim Pickard
7 days ago
Keir Starmer festive message to Reform UK at start of PMQs: âIf mysterious men from the east appear bearing giftsâŠthis time report it to the policeâ
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Press Gazette
7 days ago
GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle, Doria Ragland, after Carole Malone wrongly claimed she had spent time in prison
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GB News apologises to Meghan Markle's mother over false prison claim
GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle, Doria Ragland, after a presenter wrongly claimed she had spent time in prison.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/gb-news-apologises-to-meghan-markles-mother-doria-ragland-for-false-prison-claim/
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It is remarkable how quickly the loonie right has gone from 'young people are pathetic, they would never fight for our great country' to 'we hate Britain so much that we wouldn't even fight Russia for it'
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Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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the most amazing thing is that Salt Bae may no longer be the biggest Salt grifter
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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TV tonight: the next chapter of the shocking Salt Path exposé
Chloe Hadjimatheou, who broke the story about the bestselling memoir, continues her investigation. Plus: a silly thriller romp with a fun cast. Hereâs what to watch this evening
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/15/tv-tonight-the-next-chapter-of-the-shocking-salt-path-expose
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Mark Joseph Stern
9 days ago
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Is the context that the BBC aired The Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1970s?
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein đ
10 days ago
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, âThis is a Jewish home.â Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
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Janine Gibson
11 days ago
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlight giftlink thread. We start with this fantastic essay by Tim Wu, one of the big brains of web 1.0, cautioning that Silicon valley may be winning the AI battle to lose the bigger economic war to China
as.ft.com/r/83deb81e-3...
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Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
[FREE TO READ] The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrowâs key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Vall...
https://as.ft.com/r/83deb81e-322a-4cef-8974-06fab4e5f52e
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FT Person of the Year: Ange Postecoglu
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Nothing can stop Europe now.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-v...
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EU âveggie burgerâ ban stalls after talks collapse
An MEPâs crusade for naming restrictions on non-meat foods expands to âliverâ and âhamâ â but national governments arenât buying it.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-veggie-burger-ban-food-groceries-meat-industry-plant-based/
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Aaron Rupar
13 days ago
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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just catching up with this - an amazing example of misleading statistics. Badenoch tries to blame the government for teacher numbers falling, but the fall was between November 2023 *and November 2024* (it's just that the figures were published in 2025). we don't have 2025 figure.
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we need to make more electrons
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Note to US officials checking my social media: likes and reposts are appreciated
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G Elliott Morris
16 days ago
i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
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James Ball
15 days ago
Having just read a longer write up in the NYT, the flagâs been relocated temporarily to a different corner of the stadium, but will still be on display. Which is still far from ideal, but considerably better than taking it down.
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Wajahat Ali
15 days ago
Excellent
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
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Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/americas/honduras-hernandez-arrest-warrant.html
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Check maaaaate
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Most-read story on the BBC website is about cars getting bigger - and these are the most recommended comments (Possible lesson: if you have to raises taxes, tax things that annoy people)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iain Mansfield
22 days ago
Brilliant piece by
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on the Oxfordshire rubbish dump - and what it says about the failure of state institutions and rising sense of lawlessness.
martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
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The problem for Zipcar was surely that, for people without a car, it couldn't compete with Uber on most short journeys and on proper car hire for holidays
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Absolutely everyone: Google: We've automatically switched Smart Compose back on for you.
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Should England's great houses and gardens have a right to a protected view? Monty Don and others are up in arms about a potential new town near Rousham, near Oxford. Elswhere it's pylons and solar panels...
www.ft.com/content/e1f6...
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The row at Rousham: who is protecting the English landscape?
Gardeners are decrying the potential destruction of historic landscapes if planning for a housing development â and a new town â is approved. Could it be more than nimbyism?
https://www.ft.com/content/e1f69393-1019-4e67-9ff3-141552014eb0
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if only there was a recent speech where the chancellor could have made this case to a packed House of Commons đ
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Rachel Reeves did not tell me what the weather would be this morning.
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Jim Pickard
23 days ago
yes exactly, I wrote about this a while back âHug a hoodieâ, âYouâve never had it so goodâ, âCrisis, what crisis?â All were written by newspaper sub-editors rather than politicians
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Whose line is it anyway?
Politicians are always on the hunt for a memorable sound bite. But many of their best-known quotes are not exactly what they intended
https://www.ft.com/content/2c072f0c-5f76-11e2-be51-00144feab49a
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David Roberts
24 days ago
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!
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Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/zillow-climate-risk-scores-homes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.pnKU.tdqxwARPeVCp&smid=bs-share
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Elephants need more space than zoos can provide. So where should they go? Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship
www.ft.com/content/060a...
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Meet Portugalâs newest retirees: elephants
Without space to roam, the worldâs biggest land animals do not thrive â so what should happen to those in Europeâs zoos? One sanctuary has an answer
https://www.ft.com/content/060a274b-09dc-4c65-9166-61c920127f84
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The founder of Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, has died by assisted suicide aged 92. A remarkable character - this interview was two years ago:
www.ft.com/content/0f96...
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Elephants need more space than zoos can provide. So where should they go? Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship
www.ft.com/content/060a...
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Meet Portugalâs newest retirees: elephants
Without space to roam, the worldâs biggest land animals do not thrive â so what should happen to those in Europeâs zoos? One sanctuary has an answer
https://www.ft.com/content/060a274b-09dc-4c65-9166-61c920127f84
25 days ago
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Should England's great houses and gardens have a right to a protected view? Monty Don and others are up in arms about a potential new town near Rousham, near Oxford. Elswhere it's pylons and solar panels...
www.ft.com/content/e1f6...
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The row at Rousham: who is protecting the English landscape?
Gardeners are decrying the potential destruction of historic landscapes if planning for a housing development â and a new town â is approved. Could it be more than nimbyism?
https://www.ft.com/content/e1f69393-1019-4e67-9ff3-141552014eb0
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