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    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
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      Golden Age — confessions of an everyman

      Wang Xiaobo’s semi-autobiographical account of the final decades of the 20th century in China is both subversive and hilarious

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      ReviewGaming
      Humanity game review — can a dog save us from ourselves?

      In this cross between ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Takeshi’s Castle’, you’re in charge of a canine saviour

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      HTSI
      The 20 best bakeries in the UK

      Our guide to the most delicious breads in Britain 

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Gaming
      The Kraken Wakes — when games start talking back

      The adventure uses revolutionary AI software to create dialogue that feels dynamic and natural

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      ReviewGaming
      Two new games tackle environmental destruction without preaching

      In ‘Flooded’ and ‘Terra Nil’, players encounter taxing ecological challenges

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      ReviewGaming
      Dredge game review — it’s quietly satisfying, until the fog rolls in

      This fishing simulator seems straightforward at first, but there are secrets and horrors abroad

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Gaming
      Bafta Games Awards show ingenuity of smaller developers

      Titles such as ‘Cult of the Lamb’ and ‘Trombone Champ’ prove that nimble indies can compete with big studios

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      ReviewHistory books
      The Other Renaissance — the northern age of discovery

      Paul Strathern’s lively portraits prove that Italy was not the only part of Europe shaping the modern world

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      ReviewGaming
      Two new survival video games show that the genre is thriving

      ‘The Pale Beyond’ and ‘Sons of the Forest’ use unfamiliar surroundings and constant jeopardy to keep players engaged

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      ReviewGaming
      Hogwarts Legacy — 1890s-set prequel is a step forward for Harry Potter

      The most ambitious game ever to emerge from the franchise will delight fans — unless they join the boycott

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      ReviewGaming
      Inkulinati video game review — mischief with monsters in the margins

      Battle royale ensues as you draw fantastical creatures to defeat the AI-powered enemy

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      A guide to Rome’s flourishing microbrewery scene

      Four of the best spots for an artisanal beer in and around the Eternal City

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Theatre
      Immersive production Saint Jude pits AI against the audience

      Theatre and gaming are combined in a show that claims to let participants converse with coma patients

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Lessons of lost worlds

      From the English countryside to Bulgaria’s herbalists, healers and horse whisperers — two books let the landscape tell the tale of our unsustainable lives

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      Travel
      Postcard from Yorkshire: ghostly tours

      As Halloween nears, English Heritage places spooky tales back where they belong — in the monastery

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Clouds Over Paris — notes before Hartlaub’s wartime disappearance 

      The unknown fate of a German researcher plagued by paranoia becomes a story cut short

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Gaming
      Classic games prove lucrative in wave of nostalgia

      Developers and gamers alike are cashing in with remasters, updates and a $200,000 tournament for 1999’s ‘Age of Empires II’

    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Four midweek micro-breaks from London

      Steal yourself away from the smoke with these charmingly bucolic overnight stays, only a short hop from the capital

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      FT SeriesWhat to pack for any holiday this summer
      How to pack for a music festival

      HTSI’s sub editor downloads his seven essential items

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Beyond Measure — weighing up the world

      James Vincent’s quirky history of metrology offers a fascinating exploration of how our idiosyncratic systems of measurement have made us who we are

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Geography Is Destiny by Ian Morris — Brexit’s deep historical roots

      A persuasive study dusts off the maps in going back millennia to unravel Britain’s relationship with Europe

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Horizons — a radical retelling of the history of science

      James Poskett challenges the traditional Eurocentric narrative and highlights vital contributions from across the globe

    • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      A Class of Their Own — absurdist tales of tutoring the super-rich

      Matt Knott’s funny, farcical account of the well-to-do parents splashing out on educational advantage

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
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      Defender on a mission: an electric Land Rover in aid of injured veterans

      Stuart Croxford’s huge cycling challenge for Blesma is backed up by an extraordinary support vehicle

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      ReviewHistory books
      The World According to Colour by James Fox — cultural filters

      The art historian’s book attempts to upset some of our assumptions about different shades to kaleidoscopic effect

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