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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, 3 February, 2023
      Toyota Motor Corp
      Toyota has a tragic flaw in the electric vehicle drama

      The world’s largest carmaker makes reliable hybrids but lags far behind in zero emissions technology

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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Generative AI should pay human artists for training

      Painters and singers need legal protection from the revolution in algorithmic creativity

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Investment Banking
      Morgan Stanley pulls the Pepsi trick on Goldman

      The Wall Street investment bank has outflanked its old rival by diversifying into wealth management

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      Restaurants
      Noma is less sustainable than its reindeer ragout

      The planned closure of the Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant reflects the gruelling life of chefs

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Flying car, anyone?

      Inside the increasingly perilous quest to get battery-powered aircraft off the ground

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Shopping and gifts
      Wrapping is as valuable as the presents it conceals

      Gifts derive much of their emotional meaning from the personal attention they’ve been given

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Visual Arts
      International plan to keep Reynolds masterpiece in Britain shelved

      Thwarted joint proposal to acquire ‘Portrait of Omai’ fuels debate around export of key British artworks

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      ChatGPT is fluent, clever and dangerously creative

      The natural language AI chatbot can write poetry and draft legal letters, but is not trustworthy

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Balenciaga SA
      Balenciaga’s shock tactics look juvenile now

      The brand’s provocations have gone too far with an ad showing children holding teddy bears in bondage gear

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
      Music
      Taylor Swift is perfect at the three-minute Spotify song

      The length of pop singles has fallen in recent times but Mozart and Puccini also charmed listeners with short arias

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Family businesses
      How to succeed with a family business succession

      Red Bull appears wiser than Tyson Foods in deciding how to hand power to the next generation

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Music
      Adele shows why residencies are rewarding again

      Rising costs of touring and the ability to charge more for the best seats have revived an old institution

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Andy Warhol
      Mbappé beats Prince at controlling his own image

      A legal dispute involving an Andy Warhol portrait shows why the French footballer values his likeness rights

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Luxury goods
      Luxury’s grand illusion needs the wealthy to keep faith

      The product pyramids built by brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Hermès are about to be tested

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Gaming
      Games that tolerate cheating gamble with their future

      Computer chess and online games are riddled with rule-breaking but the penalties are lax

    • 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

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      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

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      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
      King Charles III
      The King’s problems with pens break the royal spell

      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
      Employment
      The office’s quiet quitters should follow this advice

      Young employees facing stress and burnout who plan to ease off must do so discreetly

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      Tinder Inc
      Dating apps should spark love across the political divide

      On the 10th anniversary of Tinder, US conservatives are being encouraged to date more tribally

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Space exploration
      The Webb space telescope takes snapshots of the sublime

      Nasa’s translation of infrared light into colour is like making a digitally doctored photo of deep space

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Film
      The Minions of Gru are happy clowns in an anxious world

      It may be shallower than Pixar’s computer animated films but the ‘Despicable Me’ franchise is universally reassuring

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      The Weekend Essay
      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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