Harriet Fitch Little
@harrietfl.ft.com
FT Magazine Food and Drink editor
J is for January and J is for JOY🤸♂️🪩 There's an all-new Appetites special in FTWeekend today and it's full of things to cook during the cold season - including a beautiful colour-coded calendar to last you the entire month. A good day to buy a paper!
www.ft.com/joyofjan
www.ft.com/joyofjan
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
J is for January and J is for JOY🤸♂️🪩 There's an all-new Appetites special in FTWeekend today and it's full of things to cook during the cold season - including a beautiful colour-coded calendar to last you the entire month. A good day to buy a paper!
www.ft.com/joyofjan
www.ft.com/joyofjan
Very fun Q&A happening right now with @jayrayner1.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social and Bee Wilson. Including an unwelcome answers to my question about whether it is ok to leave your Christmas ham out on the side all Christmas. www.ft.com/content/13dd...
Submit your questions to Jay Rayner, Tim Hayward and Bee Wilson: What should I cook this festive season?
Take part in a live Q&A with three star FT food writers today at 11am GMT
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December 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Very fun Q&A happening right now with @jayrayner1.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social and Bee Wilson. Including an unwelcome answers to my question about whether it is ok to leave your Christmas ham out on the side all Christmas. www.ft.com/content/13dd...
Please tell these three wise food writers what troubles you at Christmas - eg the gymnastics of getting food to the table still hot, the sorrow of dry meat... - and they will give you very good answers.
Submit your questions to Jay Rayner, Tim Hayward and Bee Wilson: What should I cook this Christmas? ft.trib.al/arhmzbQ
Submit your questions to Jay Rayner, Tim Hayward and Bee Wilson: What should I cook this Christmas?
Take part in a live Q&A with three star food writers on Friday 19 December at 11am GMT
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December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Please tell these three wise food writers what troubles you at Christmas - eg the gymnastics of getting food to the table still hot, the sorrow of dry meat... - and they will give you very good answers.
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Incredible, intensely moving piece. Astonishing courage from one man, and a very sad ending for another
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‘It’s just a bomb’
[FREE TO READ] The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage
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December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Incredible, intensely moving piece. Astonishing courage from one man, and a very sad ending for another
as.ft.com/r/74c0df5a-4...
as.ft.com/r/74c0df5a-4...
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If you work in or are interested in education, do give this a read. This investigation is about morals, money and misogyny (at an elite British institution famed for its feminist heritage) and several brave sources risked their careers to speak openly with us: on.ft.com/3XQUqDD @antoniacundy.ft.com
The elite British private school that lost its way in Singapore
Former staff allege bullying, misogyny and safeguarding lapses at the city-state outpost of North London Collegiate School
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December 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If you work in or are interested in education, do give this a read. This investigation is about morals, money and misogyny (at an elite British institution famed for its feminist heritage) and several brave sources risked their careers to speak openly with us: on.ft.com/3XQUqDD @antoniacundy.ft.com
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A gorgeous, gorgeous column by @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social about delicious food, parenting grown up children and being right. Three subjects very dear to my heart as.ft.com/r/e60ecf71-b...
Help! My children have got opinions about where to eat
[FREE TO READ] Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
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December 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A gorgeous, gorgeous column by @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social about delicious food, parenting grown up children and being right. Three subjects very dear to my heart as.ft.com/r/e60ecf71-b...
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"The Guardian called him a ‘mystic’, and Intel execs commissioned a caricature of him as a many-armed deity, each hand clutching fags and pints."
An extraordinary profile by Tamlin Magee of his father, Michael, the technology journalist who became a leading figure in British occultism.
An extraordinary profile by Tamlin Magee of his father, Michael, the technology journalist who became a leading figure in British occultism.
In one of the lead features from Issue 26, Tamlin Magee remembers his father, Michael Magee, the man who brought Tantra to the UK.
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Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, His Name Chaos
The Arcane Magical Order of the Knights of Shambhala
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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"The Guardian called him a ‘mystic’, and Intel execs commissioned a caricature of him as a many-armed deity, each hand clutching fags and pints."
An extraordinary profile by Tamlin Magee of his father, Michael, the technology journalist who became a leading figure in British occultism.
An extraordinary profile by Tamlin Magee of his father, Michael, the technology journalist who became a leading figure in British occultism.
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This is SO brilliant: Susie Wiles by Kellyanne Conway; Bad Bunny by Rita Moreno; Nigel Farage by Michael Gove; Zohran Mamdami by Bernie Sanders!
WHAT a line-up 👏👏👏
This is SO brilliant: Susie Wiles by Kellyanne Conway; Bad Bunny by Rita Moreno; Nigel Farage by Michael Gove; Zohran Mamdami by Bernie Sanders!
WHAT a line-up 👏👏👏
The FT Influence List 2025
Who are the people who shaped the world this year?
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December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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This is SO brilliant: Susie Wiles by Kellyanne Conway; Bad Bunny by Rita Moreno; Nigel Farage by Michael Gove; Zohran Mamdami by Bernie Sanders!
WHAT a line-up 👏👏👏
This is SO brilliant: Susie Wiles by Kellyanne Conway; Bad Bunny by Rita Moreno; Nigel Farage by Michael Gove; Zohran Mamdami by Bernie Sanders!
WHAT a line-up 👏👏👏
We've put together a package of all Jancis Robinson's festive wine recommendations for the year. And still two more entries to come! www.ft.com/content/499d...
Jancis Robinson’s festive wine recommendations
Her top sparkling, white, rosé and orange wines plus a selection of affordable wines
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December 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We've put together a package of all Jancis Robinson's festive wine recommendations for the year. And still two more entries to come! www.ft.com/content/499d...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025 and St John wins the Judge's Choice. Find out who else triumphed at the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards, hosted in London by our critic Jay Rayner on.ft.com/4ixBlzB
St John and Bouchon Racine among winners at the FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards
Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025 and St John wins the Judge's Choice. Find out who else triumphed at the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards, hosted in London by our critic Jay Rayner on.ft.com/4ixBlzB
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We held the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards today at the Cinnamon Club and awarded Bouchon Racine, Luca, The Bull at Charlbury, Legado and St John in front of their peers. This was the ovation for St John from their very finest peers
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We held the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards today at the Cinnamon Club and awarded Bouchon Racine, Luca, The Bull at Charlbury, Legado and St John in front of their peers. This was the ovation for St John from their very finest peers
It's here! This issue is dedicated to how to do a few festive non-negotiables truly brilliantly. With @nigella.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social & more.
It's rainy! Go get a paper then get back into bed.
Alternatively: www.ft.com/christmas2025
It's rainy! Go get a paper then get back into bed.
Alternatively: www.ft.com/christmas2025
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's here! This issue is dedicated to how to do a few festive non-negotiables truly brilliantly. With @nigella.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social & more.
It's rainy! Go get a paper then get back into bed.
Alternatively: www.ft.com/christmas2025
It's rainy! Go get a paper then get back into bed.
Alternatively: www.ft.com/christmas2025
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No review from me today cos it’s the @ft_weekend.com CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, edited by @harrietfl.ft.com. It’s a banger and ever better in print. A top team including @nigella.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social @jancisrobinson.com and, er, me nominate the Christmas food must haves.
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on.ft.com/4rnR3lb
The experts’ guide to the Christmas food and drink that really matters — and how to get it right
If you could only choose one festive treat, what would it be? Nigella Lawson, Jay Rayner, Jancis Robinson and more share their non-negotiables
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November 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
No review from me today cos it’s the @ft_weekend.com CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, edited by @harrietfl.ft.com. It’s a banger and ever better in print. A top team including @nigella.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social @jancisrobinson.com and, er, me nominate the Christmas food must haves.
on.ft.com/4rnR3lb
on.ft.com/4rnR3lb
A lot of what Skye did - seasonal cooking, eliminating single use plastics, using 'waste' products - is so well integrated into the cooking mainstream that it is easy to forget how pioneering it was. My obituary tries to give some small sense of it on.ft.com/4ptDNJF
Skye Gyngell, pioneering chef, 1962-2025
[FREE TO READ] At Petersham Nurseries and Spring, she brought style and beauty to seasonal cooking
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November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A lot of what Skye did - seasonal cooking, eliminating single use plastics, using 'waste' products - is so well integrated into the cooking mainstream that it is easy to forget how pioneering it was. My obituary tries to give some small sense of it on.ft.com/4ptDNJF
Here's the story. on.ft.com/4rd5VT2
St John’s founders are stepping back. What comes next for the trailblazing nose-to-tail restaurant?
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver are retiring from day-to-day operations after 31 years
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Here's the story. on.ft.com/4rd5VT2
you have absolutely no reason to take a food and drink editor's word for it, but this book is going to be brilliant - in fact that is the word used most often by its many illustrious early readers
THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
you have absolutely no reason to take a food and drink editor's word for it, but this book is going to be brilliant - in fact that is the word used most often by its many illustrious early readers
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME. I’m delighted to say a follow up to Nights Out At Home is coming. I’m delighted to say Nights Out In The Kitchen is published next September and to celebrate I’m going back out on tour with a brand new show. On priority sale tomorrow and general sale Friday.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME. I’m delighted to say a follow up to Nights Out At Home is coming. I’m delighted to say Nights Out In The Kitchen is published next September and to celebrate I’m going back out on tour with a brand new show. On priority sale tomorrow and general sale Friday.
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We have news. @ftweekend.com is launching a set of business lunch awards. Nominate. Nominate like the wind. And then an illustrious panel of judges will choose the winners. Plus me.
Good morning, FT Weekend is launching a best business lunch award! You can join in! NOMINATE a restaurant and WIN lunch for two at Simpsons on the Strand. Or do it out of gratitude and support for the restaurant biz.. on.ft.com/4q1CqTY
Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London
[FREE TO READ] Nominations are now open for our inaugural Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable
on.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We have news. @ftweekend.com is launching a set of business lunch awards. Nominate. Nominate like the wind. And then an illustrious panel of judges will choose the winners. Plus me.
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Good morning, FT Weekend is launching a best business lunch award! You can join in! NOMINATE a restaurant and WIN lunch for two at Simpsons on the Strand. Or do it out of gratitude and support for the restaurant biz.. on.ft.com/4q1CqTY
Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London
[FREE TO READ] Nominations are now open for our inaugural Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable
on.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Good morning, FT Weekend is launching a best business lunch award! You can join in! NOMINATE a restaurant and WIN lunch for two at Simpsons on the Strand. Or do it out of gratitude and support for the restaurant biz.. on.ft.com/4q1CqTY
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Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London - @harrietfl.ft.com is calling for your nominations and votes www.ft.com/content/00f3...
Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London
Nominations are now open for our inaugural Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London - @harrietfl.ft.com is calling for your nominations and votes www.ft.com/content/00f3...
Exciting times for the bon viveurs among you. We are launching a Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable - because lunch is good, lunch is fun, lunch is professional advantageous.
To do this, we need nominations. and there are three (!) excellent prizes up for grabs on.ft.com/4gZEnw3
To do this, we need nominations. and there are three (!) excellent prizes up for grabs on.ft.com/4gZEnw3
Help FT Weekend crown the best business lunch restaurant in London
[FREE TO READ] Nominations are now open for our inaugural Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable
on.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Exciting times for the bon viveurs among you. We are launching a Business Lunch Awards in partnership with OpenTable - because lunch is good, lunch is fun, lunch is professional advantageous.
To do this, we need nominations. and there are three (!) excellent prizes up for grabs on.ft.com/4gZEnw3
To do this, we need nominations. and there are three (!) excellent prizes up for grabs on.ft.com/4gZEnw3
i personally have nothing but fond feelings towards national ID cards. i paid a whole £10 for an *extremely* legitimate looking one in 2006 only to have it immediately confiscated by the bartender who pointed out "it's literally on the front page today that the government has rejected this scheme".
September 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
i personally have nothing but fond feelings towards national ID cards. i paid a whole £10 for an *extremely* legitimate looking one in 2006 only to have it immediately confiscated by the bartender who pointed out "it's literally on the front page today that the government has rejected this scheme".
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Earlier this year, I spent considerable time working on an essay for @ftweekend.com about issues around autism: www.ft.com/content/d1ba... I read a great deal about the condition and spoke to several experts. There is no indication whatever that use of a single drug in pregnancy is linked to it.
In search of a diagnosis
How my son’s autism assessment sent me on an investigation into my own past
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September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Earlier this year, I spent considerable time working on an essay for @ftweekend.com about issues around autism: www.ft.com/content/d1ba... I read a great deal about the condition and spoke to several experts. There is no indication whatever that use of a single drug in pregnancy is linked to it.
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Congratulations to @ftweekend.com readers Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden on the birth of their first child I have been sent this picture twice already this morning www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Congratulations to @ftweekend.com readers Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden on the birth of their first child I have been sent this picture twice already this morning www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...