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                Jemima Kelly

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                Jemima writes a weekly column on a range of subjects, from culture wars to crypto, as well as features, and sometimes hosts podcasts. She previously wrote for Alphaville, the FT’s markets and finance blog. Before joining the FT, she was a reporter at Reuters.
                Email Jemima Kelly @jemimajoanna  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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                • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
                  Media
                  Dividing the world into heroes and villains does us little good

                  We need to be able to speak in nuanced terms, including about Russell Brand or Donald Trump

                  Illustration of the outline of a person divided down the middle with half in white on a black background and the other half in black on a white background
                • Monday, 11 September, 2023
                  US society
                  Schadenfreude, Burning Man and the unifying power of mockery

                  The reason we feel so good about laughing at people’s expense is that we have convinced ourselves they deserve it

                  A cartoon grey cloud rains on festivalgoers
                • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
                  Donald Trump
                  Trump’s status as an anti-hero is making him unstoppable

                  The appeal of the former president’s mugshot and inability to stick to a script are all part of the fascination

                  Illustration of Donald Trump with a cowboy hat and a red handkerchief tied over his nose and mouth — turned on the right, like a police mugshot.
                • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
                  Social affairs
                  The west is suffering from a crisis of courage

                  Trump’s refusal to turn up to the Republican debate is one more sign that this virtue is no longer held to be important

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a knight holding up his sword towards the open mouth of a dragon - both depicted in black ink drawing.
                • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
                  Travel
                  The joy and the value of venturing into other worlds

                  Holidays offer an opportunity to take us outside our own filter bubbles

                  Ben Hickey illustration of two fish bowls, with an orange fish jumping from one into the other, to join a solitary red fish
                • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
                  Media
                  Advertising has reached a new low in the age of podcasts

                  The line between genuine content and commercial propaganda is being fatally blurred

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a person’s profile, with the long nose touching a microphone in front of it
                • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
                  UK politics
                  It is better to be moderate than centrist

                  We should engage with political arguments rather than simply rejecting any ideology as too extreme

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a person balancing between the scales of justice
                • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
                  Technology
                  Internet ratings get only three stars from me

                  Nudges towards relentlessly positive feedback distort our ability to measure real customer experience

                  Illustration of five stars, with the three on the right increasingly black, with the gold dripping off the final one and forming a puddle below
                • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
                  Donald Trump
                  The irresistible comedic value of Trump

                  Whether we find his humour amusing or offensive, the spectacle is compelling enough to keep us watching

                  Illustration of a close up on a man with an orange-tinged neck wearing a white shirt, red tie and navy suit jacket with a joke flower in the lapel with water squirting out of it
                • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
                  Technology
                  Crypto shows we shouldn’t venerate ‘innovation’ for its own sake

                  Just because something is new doesn’t mean it is valuable or should avoid scrutiny

                  Illustration of a broken light bulb
                • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
                  Mental health
                  Why are some of us suffering from lockdown amnesia?

                  As well as the stress and anxiety, the rigid monotony of that time means our memories of it are hazy

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a person’s head, with a missing piece of a puzzle at its centre
                • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
                  Life & Arts
                  Spoiler or no spoiler? It’s a tangled etiquette

                  Knowing how a story ends can sometimes increase our enjoyment of it — but not for everyone

                  Illustration of a person with their head in the sand
                • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
                  Life & Arts
                  We should stop worshipping at the altar of convenience

                  It is precisely the inconvenient stuff that gives life meaning and richness

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a person climbing a mountain with a snowy tip and a car perched precariously on top
                • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
                  Mental health
                  Why we should not be so anxious about anxiety

                  Some psychologists think we talk about the emotion in the wrong way

                  Illustration of two persons, one coloured in black, the other one scribbled in black
                • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
                  US society
                  American mockery of Britain masks a deeper insecurity

                  Laughing at us from across the Atlantic does not make problems at home go away

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a figure sat on a US flag pointing at a figure sitting on a British flag
                • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
                  X Corp
                  Has Twitter discovered a better way of correcting online falsehoods?

                  The strength of the platform’s Community Notes feature is that it works through consensus

                  Illustration of blue birds circling a fractured speech bubble
                • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
                  Digital currencies
                  Using crypto for crime is not a bug — it’s an industry feature

                  Despite last year’s market downturn, it was a record period for crypto-based illicit transactions

                  Illustration of a figure wearing a grey hoodie and a burglar’s mask in the design of crypto
                • Monday, 24 April, 2023
                  Travel
                  The silent retreat where the fashion world finds inner peace

                  After the consumerist whirl of Paris Fashion Week, models, influencers and creatives decamp to a Loire Valley château for a dose of asceticism and abstinence

                • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
                  Joe Biden
                  Joe Biden’s Irish identity is no less real than anyone else’s

                  The US president was unfairly derided by UK commentators on his recent trip to Ireland

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a silhouette of Joe Biden wearing shamrock-shaped glasses on an emerald green background
                • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
                  UK universities
                  In defence of Oxbridge

                  Do we really want to turn getting a good education into something that people should feel embarrassed about?

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a mortarboard on a green background, with a ladder on its side.
                • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
                  Media
                  Fox News’ populist mask has slipped

                  The channel’s image as defender of the people against the elite has unravelled during a defamation case

                  Illustration of scrambled up Fox News logo with the ‘S’ turning into a snake
                • Friday, 24 March, 2023
                  Lunch with the FT
                  Journalist Bari Weiss: ‘I hate bullies, period’

                  The former New York Times columnist on free speech, Elon Musk’s Twitter Files and moving on from the culture wars

                • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
                  Cryptocurrencies
                  Beware the ‘sensible’ crypto crowd — they’re worse than the fanatics

                  The strait-laced, earnest types threaten to legitimise a high-risk, opaque and ill-understood industry

                  Illustration of a red clown shaped mouth, nose and eyes with a black tie on a white shirt underneath it - all drawn on a neon pink background
                • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
                  Management
                  Why ‘mattering’ in the workplace doesn’t really matter

                  The new buzzword will do little to make employees feel more valued

                  Illustration of one person putting a crown on another person’s head, with a box full of crowns by their feet
                • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
                  Media
                  You don’t restore trust in the media by abandoning objectivity

                  In the current political climate we need to double down on fundamental journalistic principles, not surrender them

                  Ben Hickey illustration of a fountain pen holding the scales of justice
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