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· Jul 29
Welcome to FT Edit! When the news is overwhelming, we bring you eight stories a day, chosen by editors, offering clarity, fresh perspectives, insight and inspiration — plus some extra treats! Explore more at www.ft.com/ftedit or, if you're reading on iOS, find us on the FT app: on.ft.com/44SHfGA
Jeff Buckley’s musical legacy is louder than ever ft.trib.al/GYib9vF #FTEdit
Jeff Buckley’s musical legacy is louder than ever
The singer’s influence lives on in everyone from Sam Fender to James Blake — now he’s the subject of a documentary and in the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time
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February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Jeff Buckley’s musical legacy is louder than ever ft.trib.al/GYib9vF #FTEdit
Exploding ‘laughing gas’ hits UK energy-from-waste plants ft.trib.al/8ZbjSR1 #FTEdit
Exploding ‘laughing gas’ canisters hit UK energy-from-waste plants
Nitrous oxide containers are causing furnace shutdowns and costing millions of pounds a year
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February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Exploding ‘laughing gas’ hits UK energy-from-waste plants ft.trib.al/8ZbjSR1 #FTEdit
‘They want their pound of flesh’: why bank bosses are pushing strict return-to-office mandates ft.trib.al/5VHgEdL #FTEdit
‘They want their pound of flesh’: bank bosses push strict return-to-office mandates
Culture, pay and expensive offices among reasons for ending remote work
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February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
‘They want their pound of flesh’: why bank bosses are pushing strict return-to-office mandates ft.trib.al/5VHgEdL #FTEdit
Can Europe get kids off social media? ft.trib.al/i2qWDIF #FTEdit
Can Europe get kids off social media?
Move follows Australia’s decision to introduce age restrictions over child-safety concerns
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February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Can Europe get kids off social media? ft.trib.al/i2qWDIF #FTEdit
The Big Read | ‘It feels like a betrayal.’ Germany’s painful estrangement from the US ft.trib.al/efVJq8U #FTEdit
‘It feels like a betrayal.’ Germany’s painful estrangement from the US
The unravelling of transatlantic ties has shocked a country that had an emotional attachment to the relationship
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February 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The Big Read | ‘It feels like a betrayal.’ Germany’s painful estrangement from the US ft.trib.al/efVJq8U #FTEdit
Belief in bitcoin is starting to ebb, argues Jemima Kelly, as the supply of “greater fools” on which it relies dries up.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Belief in bitcoin is starting to ebb, argues Jemima Kelly, as the supply of “greater fools” on which it relies dries up.
Read @jemima.bsky.social's column in today's #FTEdit 👉 Bitcoin is still about $70,000 too high ft.trib.al/R6qGNRT
Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/hn4X7a9
Read @jemima.bsky.social's column in today's #FTEdit 👉 Bitcoin is still about $70,000 too high ft.trib.al/R6qGNRT
Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/hn4X7a9
‘Devastated and exhausted’: Washington Post looks to life after Will Lewis ft.trib.al/TLVODbk #FTEdit
‘Devastated and exhausted’: Washington Post looks to life after Will Lewis
The newspaper’s staff welcome chief executive’s departure but fear what may come next after drastic job cuts
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February 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
‘Devastated and exhausted’: Washington Post looks to life after Will Lewis ft.trib.al/TLVODbk #FTEdit
Keir Starmer faces crunch week in battle to hold on to power ft.trib.al/IkL3ZAg #FTEdit
Keir Starmer faces crunch week in battle to hold on to power
Labour MPs and officials warn that the Peter Mandelson scandal could yet claim prime minister’s job
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February 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Keir Starmer faces crunch week in battle to hold on to power ft.trib.al/IkL3ZAg #FTEdit
Restaurant reviewers are nothing if they’re not critical ft.trib.al/eBK0e47 #FTEdit
Restaurant reviewers are nothing if they’re not critical
Critics shouldn’t ‘be kind’, they should be fair
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February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Restaurant reviewers are nothing if they’re not critical ft.trib.al/eBK0e47 #FTEdit
‘I doubt I will eat better than I did here’ — Jay Rayner reviews Mezzogiorno, Westminster ft.trib.al/97P2mC8 #FTEdit
‘I doubt I will eat better than I did here’ — Jay Rayner reviews Mezzogiorno, Westminster
Francesco Mazzei’s new restaurant gives Italian comfort food the grand hotel treatment
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February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
‘I doubt I will eat better than I did here’ — Jay Rayner reviews Mezzogiorno, Westminster ft.trib.al/97P2mC8 #FTEdit
Lunch with the FT | Kalshi chief Tarek Mansour: ‘We’re pricing the future’ ft.trib.al/BDdHwIA #FTEdit
Kalshi chief Tarek Mansour: ‘We’re pricing the future’
The co-founder of America’s biggest predictions market on the ‘wisdom of the crowd’, political polarisation — and the company’s adviser, Donald Trump Jr
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February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Lunch with the FT | Kalshi chief Tarek Mansour: ‘We’re pricing the future’ ft.trib.al/BDdHwIA #FTEdit
The biohackers who want to fix their vision without resorting to glasses ft.trib.al/7oUa6Lf #FTEdit
The biohackers who want to fix their vision without resorting to glasses
An alarming global surge in short-sightedness caused by lifestyle not genetics is encouraging many to seek clarity in strange ways
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February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
The biohackers who want to fix their vision without resorting to glasses ft.trib.al/7oUa6Lf #FTEdit
The Weekend Essay | Putin isn’t really winning. Europe needs to make that clear ft.trib.al/HpK3paI #FTEdit
Putin isn’t really winning. Europe needs to make that clear
Behind Russia’s victory narrative in Ukraine is a system under strain. To fight back, the ‘middle powers’ must work harder on their own story
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February 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The Weekend Essay | Putin isn’t really winning. Europe needs to make that clear ft.trib.al/HpK3paI #FTEdit
Katie Martin | Tech wreck signals a market reset ft.trib.al/wsHCBQF #FTEdit
Tech wreck signals a market reset
Rising tide might no longer support all sector stocks, let alone speculative dross like crypto
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February 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Katie Martin | Tech wreck signals a market reset ft.trib.al/wsHCBQF #FTEdit
The Big Read | How the NFL became America’s true national pastime ft.trib.al/0cJWA9r #FTEdit
How the NFL became America’s true national pastime
The football league is perhaps the only institution capable of uniting much of the country, as this weekend’s Super Bowl will show
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February 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The Big Read | How the NFL became America’s true national pastime ft.trib.al/0cJWA9r #FTEdit
The Harvard professor who foresaw our age of anger – and what happens next ft.trib.al/Kwo9ho8 #FTEdit
The pessimist who became a prophet
Philosopher Michael Sandel was ignored by a generation of political optimists. Now he is searching for a way out of the mess he saw coming
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February 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM
The Harvard professor who foresaw our age of anger – and what happens next ft.trib.al/Kwo9ho8 #FTEdit
How to beat insomnia ft.trib.al/HCt5t7s #FTEdit
How to beat insomnia
How much sleep do you need? And how can you improve it? Our longevity columnist seeks help
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February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
How to beat insomnia ft.trib.al/HCt5t7s #FTEdit
Undercover Economist | The tyranny of targets ft.trib.al/xi9y2OG #FTEdit
The tyranny of targets
Not only is quantification changing our behaviour, but we’re failing to notice this has happened
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February 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Undercover Economist | The tyranny of targets ft.trib.al/xi9y2OG #FTEdit
The fake Saudi prince who fooled Lebanon’s elite ft.trib.al/V69Jj6C #FTEdit
The fake Saudi prince who fooled a nation’s elite
Lebanon’s MPs and aspiring politicians appear to have been duped in an audacious scam that has stunned the country
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February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The fake Saudi prince who fooled Lebanon’s elite ft.trib.al/V69Jj6C #FTEdit
Does Melania Trump succeed in her latest ambitious undertaking? Jemima Kelly went to watch the US first lady's new documentary and find out ...
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Read @jemima.bsky.social's review on #FTEdit ft.trib.al/LRKYy4f
Then take today's #FTEdit poll ft.trib.al/1XUyXAE
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Does Melania Trump succeed in her latest ambitious undertaking? Jemima Kelly went to watch the US first lady's new documentary and find out ...
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Read @jemima.bsky.social's review on #FTEdit ft.trib.al/LRKYy4f
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A newly released image from Jeffrey Epstein’s home shows a table crowded with photos of the rich and powerful. How was a working-class dropout able to decipher what the 0.01 per cent wanted — and give it to them?
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Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 Inside Epstein’s social Ponzi scheme ft.trib.al/Ez7sk7R
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
A newly released image from Jeffrey Epstein’s home shows a table crowded with photos of the rich and powerful. How was a working-class dropout able to decipher what the 0.01 per cent wanted — and give it to them?
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 Inside Epstein’s social Ponzi scheme ft.trib.al/Ez7sk7R
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 Inside Epstein’s social Ponzi scheme ft.trib.al/Ez7sk7R
Robert Shrimsley | Mandelson and the money that never sleeps ft.trib.al/qPou1Zb #FTEdit
Mandelson and the money that never sleeps
This is truly grim for Keir Starmer, raising questions about his ethics as well as his judgment
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February 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Robert Shrimsley | Mandelson and the money that never sleeps ft.trib.al/qPou1Zb #FTEdit
The price of bitcoin has plunged amid a tech stock sell-off, wiping out all of the gains it had made since Donald Trump was elected to his second term as US president.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The price of bitcoin has plunged amid a tech stock sell-off, wiping out all of the gains it had made since Donald Trump was elected to his second term as US president.
Read the full story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/bwV5aWR
Read the full story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/bwV5aWR
Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ $660bn spending spree reignites AI bubble fears ft.trib.al/toaW2PJ #FTEdit
Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ $660bn spending spree reignites AI bubble fears
Stocks tumble despite strong earnings reports from most Silicon Valley heavyweights
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February 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ $660bn spending spree reignites AI bubble fears ft.trib.al/toaW2PJ #FTEdit
The angelic Meloni behind a fresco fiasco ft.trib.al/sSgwUex #FTEdit
The angelic Meloni behind a fresco fiasco
A figure resembling Italy’s prime minister on a Rome church wall blurred the lines between religion and politics
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February 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The angelic Meloni behind a fresco fiasco ft.trib.al/sSgwUex #FTEdit