Henry Mance
@henrymance.ft.com
Chief features writer, Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
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Henry Mance
@henrymance.ft.com
· Oct 31
Jon Bon Jovi: ‘Fame is a liar and a thief’
The rock legend on making peace with the critics, the business of running a band — and his history with Donald Trump
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I sat down with perhaps the most level-headed man in rock music, Jon Bon Jovi, to talk about Trump, tennis and his return to touring after an atrophying vocal chord put his career at risk.
this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...
this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...
The good news is that we bowled Australia out for 152.
December 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The good news is that we bowled Australia out for 152.
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I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
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Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
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December 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
can't they even give this woke nonsense a rest at Christmas? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve mass
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December 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
can't they even give this woke nonsense a rest at Christmas? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Current special relationship is that Britain gives Donald Trump two state visits, and he attacks bans British citizens from entry to the US www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Current special relationship is that Britain gives Donald Trump two state visits, and he attacks bans British citizens from entry to the US www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Come on, which English person didn't have a few drinks after the first two Test matches?
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Come on, which English person didn't have a few drinks after the first two Test matches?
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Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
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December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
"She's been on remand for over a year, her trial's not until April next year and bail keeps getting denied." news.sky.com/story/fears-...
Fears Palestine Action hunger striker will die in prison after 43 days without food
Teuta Hoxha's body is the "only form of resistance she has and that's what she is using against the state", her sister says.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"She's been on remand for over a year, her trial's not until April next year and bail keeps getting denied." news.sky.com/story/fears-...
is this "free speech campaigner Bari Weiss" or a different one? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
is this "free speech campaigner Bari Weiss" or a different one? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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'The initial experience was like trying to hug a PowerPoint slide. “Maybe you could talk to me as a friend,” I suggested.'
@henrymance.ft.com tries a generative AI therapist ft.trib.al/i1Azrz3
@henrymance.ft.com tries a generative AI therapist ft.trib.al/i1Azrz3
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
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December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
'The initial experience was like trying to hug a PowerPoint slide. “Maybe you could talk to me as a friend,” I suggested.'
@henrymance.ft.com tries a generative AI therapist ft.trib.al/i1Azrz3
@henrymance.ft.com tries a generative AI therapist ft.trib.al/i1Azrz3
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Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis? www.ft.com/content/8b6e...
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
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December 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis? www.ft.com/content/8b6e...
a beautiful Lunch with the FT with Diébédo Francis Kéré, who grew up in a village in Burkina Faso but won a scholarship to Germany and became an award-winning architect as.ft.com/r/09386a34-4...
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
a beautiful Lunch with the FT with Diébédo Francis Kéré, who grew up in a village in Burkina Faso but won a scholarship to Germany and became an award-winning architect as.ft.com/r/09386a34-4...
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis? www.ft.com/content/8b6e...
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis?
Millions of people have started using generative AI as a therapist. Henry Mance gives it a try
www.ft.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Can ChatGPT help with a midlife crisis? www.ft.com/content/8b6e...
Shoot this into my veins / trains www.ft.com/content/ff71...
London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes
Planned £100mn overhaul of train station will seek to end ‘holding pen’ experience for passengers
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December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Shoot this into my veins / trains www.ft.com/content/ff71...
Paul Marshall said he always thought there would "short-term economic downside" to Brexit. Does anyone remember him mentioning this at the time? www.ft.com/content/42b3...
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Paul Marshall said he always thought there would "short-term economic downside" to Brexit. Does anyone remember him mentioning this at the time? www.ft.com/content/42b3...
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Netanyahu is going to decide the make-up and mandate of a commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, a national tragedy and national security fiasco that happened on his watch. as.ft.com/r/a21f06dd-8... @nerizilber.bsky.social
Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take charge of October 7 panel sparks anger
[FREE TO READ] Prime minister set to oversee make-up and mandate of inquiry into military failings surrounding Hamas assault
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December 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Netanyahu is going to decide the make-up and mandate of a commission of inquiry into Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, a national tragedy and national security fiasco that happened on his watch. as.ft.com/r/a21f06dd-8... @nerizilber.bsky.social
Maybe the English batsmen need to be more aggressive
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Maybe the English batsmen need to be more aggressive
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how did I not know that Sarkozy met his second wife when he officiated at her wedding as the local mayor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
how did I not know that Sarkozy met his second wife when he officiated at her wedding as the local mayor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...
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Keir Starmer festive message to Reform UK at start of PMQs:
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Keir Starmer festive message to Reform UK at start of PMQs:
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
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GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle, Doria Ragland, after Carole Malone wrongly claimed she had spent time in prison pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
GB News apologises to Meghan Markle's mother over false prison claim
GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle, Doria Ragland, after a presenter wrongly claimed she had spent time in prison.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle, Doria Ragland, after Carole Malone wrongly claimed she had spent time in prison pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
It is remarkable how quickly the loonie right has gone from 'young people are pathetic, they would never fight for our great country' to 'we hate Britain so much that we wouldn't even fight Russia for it'
December 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It is remarkable how quickly the loonie right has gone from 'young people are pathetic, they would never fight for our great country' to 'we hate Britain so much that we wouldn't even fight Russia for it'
Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
the most amazing thing is that Salt Bae may no longer be the biggest Salt grifter www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
TV tonight: the next chapter of the shocking Salt Path exposé
Chloe Hadjimatheou, who broke the story about the bestselling memoir, continues her investigation. Plus: a silly thriller romp with a fun cast. Here’s what to watch this evening
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December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
the most amazing thing is that Salt Bae may no longer be the biggest Salt grifter www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...