Janine Gibson
@janinegibson.ft.com
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You should definitely consider picking up a Weekend FT today, because it's the magazine MAPS special. Radical cartography, maps that changed the world, an FT reader competition that almost started a war, they don't love you like i love you, MAPS! www.ft.com/content/efab...
Maps remade
An FT Magazine special feature on how to map a changing world
www.ft.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
You should definitely consider picking up a Weekend FT today, because it's the magazine MAPS special. Radical cartography, maps that changed the world, an FT reader competition that almost started a war, they don't love you like i love you, MAPS! www.ft.com/content/efab...
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Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Bowen
I spoke to the BBC's international editor about Israel, impartiality, and whether Gaddafi farted through interviews: www.ft.com/content/b139...
I spoke to the BBC's international editor about Israel, impartiality, and whether Gaddafi farted through interviews: www.ft.com/content/b139...
BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen: ‘I do this to tell people what the hell is happening’
The veteran correspondent on the future of the Middle East, why impartiality matters — and his ‘long view’ on Britain’s national broadcaster
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Bowen
I spoke to the BBC's international editor about Israel, impartiality, and whether Gaddafi farted through interviews: www.ft.com/content/b139...
I spoke to the BBC's international editor about Israel, impartiality, and whether Gaddafi farted through interviews: www.ft.com/content/b139...
I tell you what Right Said Fred are enjoying a massive royalty boost from the Winter Olympic ice dancing finals.
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I tell you what Right Said Fred are enjoying a massive royalty boost from the Winter Olympic ice dancing finals.
Nothing makes one prouder to be British than someone resigning in disgrace because we still understand both those words
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Nothing makes one prouder to be British than someone resigning in disgrace because we still understand both those words
Is it a tradition? Or is it just what @jayrayner1.bsky.social did? Is that the same thing?
February 8, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Is it a tradition? Or is it just what @jayrayner1.bsky.social did? Is that the same thing?
Right up there with “mistakes have been made”
"difficult decisions have been taken" is an all-time use of the passive voice
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Right up there with “mistakes have been made”
Someone just tried to take my FT Weekend at Gatwick. I should probably have offered her a trial but I panicked and gabbled “no it’s mine sorry no you can’t”. She looked quite scared tbh. Maybe not a brand boosting exercise don’t tell marketing
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Someone just tried to take my FT Weekend at Gatwick. I should probably have offered her a trial but I panicked and gabbled “no it’s mine sorry no you can’t”. She looked quite scared tbh. Maybe not a brand boosting exercise don’t tell marketing
Rather typically Gordon Brown becomes the first person to have accepted responsibility for a consequence of the actions of the Jeffrey Epstein in the guardian/on radio 4
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Rather typically Gordon Brown becomes the first person to have accepted responsibility for a consequence of the actions of the Jeffrey Epstein in the guardian/on radio 4
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights giftlink thread. First the Weekend Essay
"both Putin and Trump know that we live in a world where being able to impose your story is what matters". Peter Pomerantsev writes that Europe needs to change the story as.ft.com/r/1b2d55d0-8...
"both Putin and Trump know that we live in a world where being able to impose your story is what matters". Peter Pomerantsev writes that Europe needs to change the story as.ft.com/r/1b2d55d0-8...
Putin isn’t really winning. Europe needs to make that clear
[FREE TO READ] 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
as.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights giftlink thread. First the Weekend Essay
"both Putin and Trump know that we live in a world where being able to impose your story is what matters". Peter Pomerantsev writes that Europe needs to change the story as.ft.com/r/1b2d55d0-8...
"both Putin and Trump know that we live in a world where being able to impose your story is what matters". Peter Pomerantsev writes that Europe needs to change the story as.ft.com/r/1b2d55d0-8...
The console table with its prized photographs of the rich, powerful and compromised which lays out Jeffrey Epstein's "social Ponzi scheme". Fantastic piece by Paul Caruana Galizia and Kaye Wiggins as.ft.com/r/3d0a85b9-c...
Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s social Ponzi scheme
[FREE TO READ] New emails reveal the convicted sex offender’s ability to fulfil the wants and needs of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people
as.ft.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The console table with its prized photographs of the rich, powerful and compromised which lays out Jeffrey Epstein's "social Ponzi scheme". Fantastic piece by Paul Caruana Galizia and Kaye Wiggins as.ft.com/r/3d0a85b9-c...
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We're delighted to announce that Nigella Lawson is joining FT Weekend's food & drink pages as a columnist.
Her first monthly column will appear in FT Weekend Magazine on April 4. Until then, you can read what she has already written for the FT here ft.trib.al/Vg2IlEI
Her first monthly column will appear in FT Weekend Magazine on April 4. Until then, you can read what she has already written for the FT here ft.trib.al/Vg2IlEI
February 4, 2026 at 10:05 AM
We're delighted to announce that Nigella Lawson is joining FT Weekend's food & drink pages as a columnist.
Her first monthly column will appear in FT Weekend Magazine on April 4. Until then, you can read what she has already written for the FT here ft.trib.al/Vg2IlEI
Her first monthly column will appear in FT Weekend Magazine on April 4. Until then, you can read what she has already written for the FT here ft.trib.al/Vg2IlEI
In the most important news today, @nigella.bsky.social is joining @ftweekend.com as a food and drink columnist! She joins @harrietfl.ft.com's shock and awe roster of @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
In the most important news today, @nigella.bsky.social is joining @ftweekend.com as a food and drink columnist! She joins @harrietfl.ft.com's shock and awe roster of @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
I feel like Reform Media Training is just "find a reason to be inexplicably rude to your interviewer"
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I feel like Reform Media Training is just "find a reason to be inexplicably rude to your interviewer"
don't rule out sinking into the warm bath which is a moderately amusing superbowl ad. We must take our distractions in the incredibly expensive 1:45 chunks which are available to us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKwx...
Jurassic Park... Works (Extended) | Big Game Commercial 2026 | Xfinity
YouTube video by Xfinity
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February 4, 2026 at 7:46 AM
don't rule out sinking into the warm bath which is a moderately amusing superbowl ad. We must take our distractions in the incredibly expensive 1:45 chunks which are available to us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKwx...
Well obviously we do need primary legislation to denoble our illustrious criminals. With the frequency this question is arising perhaps some sort of sliding snake directly from the chamber in to the Thames would be more efficient
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Well obviously we do need primary legislation to denoble our illustrious criminals. With the frequency this question is arising perhaps some sort of sliding snake directly from the chamber in to the Thames would be more efficient
Only at the FT could you boast about spending a stupid amount of time on a “war and peace” length piece for no reason in morning conference
I gather some people think the FT has been neglecting its core for “woke nonsense” bla bla yada yada, which is news to this 12k word beast — an oral history of the Federal Reserve’s Covid-19 crisis made up of quotes from the recently released full transcripts. www.ft.com/content/cb9a...
February 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Only at the FT could you boast about spending a stupid amount of time on a “war and peace” length piece for no reason in morning conference
OH MY
"Nobody wants to be the one to tell thousands of people their divorces, inheritances or verdicts don’t exist — but every avalanche starts with a single stone.”
"Nobody wants to be the one to tell thousands of people their divorces, inheritances or verdicts don’t exist — but every avalanche starts with a single stone.”
Thousands of Poles who believed they were long divorced are discovering an unsettling possibility:
They may still be legally married.
They may still be legally married.
Polish divorcees find they may still be married amid chaotic judicial cleanup
As Warsaw tries to undo controversial court reforms, long-settled divorces are being thrown into doubt, handing fresh ammunition to the opposition.
www.politico.eu
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
OH MY
"Nobody wants to be the one to tell thousands of people their divorces, inheritances or verdicts don’t exist — but every avalanche starts with a single stone.”
"Nobody wants to be the one to tell thousands of people their divorces, inheritances or verdicts don’t exist — but every avalanche starts with a single stone.”
Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
Interesting that the book writing politics professor has pivoted to Anti-Nerd while running for Reform. Absolutely no reason for drive by on MARY GODDAMN BEARD unless you want to oppose thought and nuance. She's been on Top Gear! #teammary
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Interesting that the book writing politics professor has pivoted to Anti-Nerd while running for Reform. Absolutely no reason for drive by on MARY GODDAMN BEARD unless you want to oppose thought and nuance. She's been on Top Gear! #teammary
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From Marilynne Robinson in today’s FT:
January 31, 2026 at 6:22 PM
From Marilynne Robinson in today’s FT:
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For today’s @ftweekend.com I am at Dover St Counter, the late night hideaway London didn’t know it needed. Come for the fried chicken; stay for the French dip.
www.ft.com/content/c8f3...
www.ft.com/content/c8f3...
‘The late-night hideaway London needs’ — Jay Rayner reviews Dover St Counter in Mayfair
A vibey little bistro from former Soho House exec Martin Kuczmarski
www.ft.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 AM
For today’s @ftweekend.com I am at Dover St Counter, the late night hideaway London didn’t know it needed. Come for the fried chicken; stay for the French dip.
www.ft.com/content/c8f3...
www.ft.com/content/c8f3...
Good morning mostly there is a lot of this, this morning, but before they dumped 3m files last night, FT Weekend had a very fine collection of reads. Let's have a thread of highlights and giftlinks which will expire (and your mission is to resist the urget to complain when that happens)
January 31, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Good morning mostly there is a lot of this, this morning, but before they dumped 3m files last night, FT Weekend had a very fine collection of reads. Let's have a thread of highlights and giftlinks which will expire (and your mission is to resist the urget to complain when that happens)
This is the piece of the day - please enjoy the absolute insanity of Grindcore or How the Tech Bros like to work 9am to 9pm and fill the rest with workouts, Paleo diets and Chinese peptides. By @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/6da0e29b-1...
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
[FREE TO READ] In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
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January 29, 2026 at 8:48 AM
This is the piece of the day - please enjoy the absolute insanity of Grindcore or How the Tech Bros like to work 9am to 9pm and fill the rest with workouts, Paleo diets and Chinese peptides. By @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/6da0e29b-1...
someone is reading lord of the rings out loud on britain's premier broadcast news programme at 7.25am
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 AM
someone is reading lord of the rings out loud on britain's premier broadcast news programme at 7.25am
Andy Burnham is now Easter. He must Make A Move on an annual basis but the actual dates may vary. He has been officially categorised as a Moveable Feast.
If I heard the reporting right this am correctly, burnham is said to have been in in indirect talks with No 10 to return, but in 2027
Unless I’m missing something that would make a nonsense of No 10’s arguments, as it would still require a GM by election
Unless I’m missing something that would make a nonsense of No 10’s arguments, as it would still require a GM by election
January 26, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Andy Burnham is now Easter. He must Make A Move on an annual basis but the actual dates may vary. He has been officially categorised as a Moveable Feast.