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    John Gapper

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    John Gapper is business columnist of the FT Weekend. He writes a weekly column on business and society from a consumer perspective, and other features and interviews.

    He was formerly the FT's chief business commentator and opinion & analysis editor. He has worked for the FT since 1987 in London, New York and Tokyo, and has covered banking, media and technology and employment.

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    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      City of London
      The City of London punishes the political rogue traders

      These days, the banks sound far more sober about financial risk than the government

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
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      Katherine Rundell: ‘Larger than the world’s chaos are its miracles’

      The bestselling children’s author and John Donne biographer on the need for wonder, the marvels of the animal kingdom — and the thrill of climbing tall buildings

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Theatre
      Inflation ruins Broadway’s romance with the Phantom

      Rising costs and falling global tourism undermine the business of spectacular musicals

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
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      Britain’s monarchy is a charismatic enterprise that has to balance intimacy with invisibility

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Legal services
      Criminal barristers have lost the financial war for talent

      The rewards of commercial law are making it irrational to defend the vulnerable

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
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    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
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      Nasa’s translation of infrared light into colour is like making a digitally doctored photo of deep space

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
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      It may be shallower than Pixar’s computer animated films but the ‘Despicable Me’ franchise is universally reassuring

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
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      Should artists have a stake in their own work?

      The resurgent $65bn art market has led to rampant speculation around the work of young artists — who see little of the profit

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      The invisible science of eyewear beats augmented reality

      Leonardo Del Vecchio of EssilorLuxottica knew what people really wanted from their glasses

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
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      Listener question: Should the UK cut arts funding?

      Nato plans to overhaul its battle plans to better protect the alliance’s eastern flank

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
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      Pringles has a secret recipe for making the irresistible snack

      The processed crisp brand is still growing half a century after it was invented by scientists

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
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      Novels still cast a spell in the age of BookTok

      Technology and working from home are encouraging more readers to become immersed in printed books

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
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      A tangle of cables is the price for Apple’s innovation

      The EU attempt to impose a single mobile device connector by law is attractive but flawed

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      Greenwashing is tempting for CEOs who tell stories

      Meeting financial targets is tedious but promising to save the world sounds heroic

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
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      Abba’s history of pop hits is always repeating itself

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    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
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    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
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      Goodbye to the golden age of consumer choice

      As inflation raises supermarket prices, higher interest rates will curb investment in innovation

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
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      Aston Martin must live up to its James Bond spin

      The British company makes beautiful sports cars but it lacks Ferrari’s engineering heritage

    • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
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      The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight — mysteries of clairvoyance

      An examination of precognitions and the fascination with them in 1960s Britain proves an entertaining study of the mind and the human quest for control

    • Friday, 15 April, 2022
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      Planting trees in Scotland will not fix climate change

      Companies and investors should create fewer northern plantations and restore more tropical forests

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
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      The developmental economics professor on how deep-rooted attitudes are holding back poorer nations

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      Howard Schultz should stop making his staff blend thousands of flavours of iced coffee drinks

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Swatch Group SA
      The MoonSwatch craze is an Omega ad campaign

      The luxury Swiss watch brand needs to borrow a leaf from the book of its old rival Rolex

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