(This article is best viewed using a web browser) From interviewing Donald Trump to breaking the news on Warren Buffett’s bid for Unilever, here is the best of the FT’s exclusive reporting Besides the year’s two dominant stories (Trump and Brexit), FT readers loved finding out why columnist Lucy Kellaway changed careers and playing how to be an Uber driver with our interactive game You made us think, laugh and cry (in a good way) Who gave a giant tip? Who had 12 courses? Who admired the ‘brutality’ of Game of Thrones? Have lunch again with Ecclestone, Huppert and Mantel The best of the FT’s long-form stories, from the men behind Deutsche Bank’s big gamble to the truth about facts From the Weinstein exposé to Brexit’s real price and questions over green technology — the best of the year’s analysis From activist investors to the break-up of Murdoch’s empire and the world’s biggest flotation A look at the words that defined 2017 Catch up on our top commentary from Simon Kuper, Jo Ellison, Robert Shrimsley, Gillian Tett, Janan Ganesh and more From the end of globalisation to the literature of birds, FT writers and guests reveal their top fiction and non-fiction picks of 2017 Cobalt’s rise, Enigma trade, Portuguese bonds, bitcoin, Snap and shorting the dollar Investors poured $640bn into stock and bond funds in 2017, up more than tenfold from a year earlier How investors digested speeches from Draghi, Yellen and Zhou How Susan Fowler, a former software engineer at Uber, exposed a culture of sexual harassment at the transportation company From World Cup winners to firefighters and warriors in the war against discrimination, we spotlight women who made waves this year Maps, lines and pandas made 2017 a groundbreaking year in data visualisation Disasters, man-made and natural, have struck in a year characterised by political division, desperation and delight From North Korea test-firing ballistic missiles to Catalonia voting for independence This year we said a sad farewell to David Tang but were welcomed into the homes of Piers Morgan and a scientist trying to defy ageing From home hijacking to the great pensions crunch via bitcoin and learning lessons from The Archers A year’s supply of Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé awaits the winner of this cultural challenge Nigel Andrews’ five-star movies include Call Me By Your Name, Moonlight, A Ghost Story, Get Out and Manchester by the Sea From interviews with A-list chefs Gordon Ramsay and Ruth Rogers to what to do with your turkey leftovers this Christmas William Dalrymple, Jan Morris, Pico Iyer and a panel of FT travel writers look back on the year’s highlights From PowerPoint wisdom to boosting self-confidence — the most popular productivity stories Business school professors and FT writers share the books and articles that changed their outlook at work Career advice that reveals what your boss’s boss is thinking about risk-taking, getting things done and building the perfect team Instant glow, perfect skin and the ultimate pooch shampoo . . . The FT style team selects their hero products of the year