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Best of FT Weekend long reads 2019

Revisit the year’s best long-form stories — from an interview with Warren Buffett to a personal look at starting afresh at the age of 60. We also serve up analyses of populist politics, tips for financial planning and extreme micro-living in San Francisco

Lucy Kellaway on turning 60 — and starting out afresh
From work to dating, the life of an ‘aged adolescent’ is neither slow nor predictable
Warren Buffett: ‘I’m having more fun than any 88-year-old in the world’
The legendary investor on luck, expectations and finding value in an overheated market
How Oxford University shaped Brexit — and Britain’s next prime minister
Simon Kuper returns to the place where Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt began their climb
Why bankers can’t stop running
What is it about the world’s simplest form of exercise that so appeals to Wall Street?
Simon Schama: who speaks for the people?
Liberal institutions are under attack from leaders who claim to embody the popular will
Are Airbnb investors destroying Europe’s cultural capitals?
Historic cities are being transformed by lucrative short-term rentals

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