Statistical agency warns of increased volatility in official data due to virus challenges

Wang Xiaoshuai’s wonderfully acted film is an epic of love and loss

In five decades, Nigel Andrews saw every movie and met all the stars. This is what he learnt

Nigel Andrews on how the Italian auteur abandoned neorealism for something looser and more fantastical

The brilliance of the director’s early work reflects western cinema’s genius for refashioning primal stories and pulp fiction

Bankers and investors expect rush of debt issues from the Gulf region

Sale of shares in state-run holding company generates income for government

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

In 2008, it was decided an over-leveraged banking system must be bailed in by the private sector. Post lock-down the exact opposite is true.

Neobank’s funding round sets new valuation parameters; De La Rue battles to last a decade

Here is the role that I intend to play in bringing the global pandemic to an end

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

Our columnist on why he has no plans to stop and the changes he has seen

Demonstrators defy coronavirus lockdown and set fire to banks amid mounting currency crisis and joblessness

Less pollution and fine weather create ideal conditions for studying constellations

Helen Barrett discovered the perfect ‘austere but dramatic’ dress from The Vampire’s Wife. Then came the celebrities

After months of lockdown, citizens are keen to move around but not across borders

The Arts Podcast remembers Amy Winehouse, the brilliant but troubled British singer who died tragically, at just 27, on July 23. Jan Dalley talks to FT pop critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton about her musical roots and unique appeal; how her increasingly wild lifestyle influenced her songs; and her legacy – what was her impact and who are her successors? Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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Author Amy Waldman reads her short story set in Afghanistan 'Mile 54', commissioned by the Financial Times for the new year.  

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London’s Jewish Museum may seem an odd venue for an exhibition about the late pop diva. But the show is not so much a celebrity portrait as a way for a family to reclaim its daughter, says the FT’s assistant arts editor  

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In the first of a new series, David Cheal looks at the song covered by artists from Brenda Lee to Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson to the Pet Shop Boys Credits: Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, Sony BMG  

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David Cheal tells the tale of the Burt Bacharach penned classic 'I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself', from the 1964 soul of Dusty Springfield to its 2001 raw-rock treatment by The White Stripes. Credits: Philips, Stiff, Elephant  

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Peter Aspden tells the story of Burt Bacharach’s feelgood anthem ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head’  

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David Honigmann explores one of the handful of songs recorded by the blues singer Robert Johnson, in which he is pursued by the Devil, society or his own demons. Credits: UMG Recordings, Inc., Blue Note Records, Universal Island Records Ltd., Not Now Music Ltd  

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Mike Hobart traces the Rodgers and Hart tune's journey from Broadway musical number to ubiquitous torch song to mood-changing jazz masterpiece  

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It may have been written by a man who never even set foot in the state, but that hasn't stopped 'Georgia on My Mind' becoming a Southern anthem. Mike Hobart looks back on the song's origins. Credits: Rendez-Vous Digital, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Not Now Music and EG Jazz  

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Going back to the roots of Lamont Dozier's 1977 hit, David Cheal uncovers TV inspiration, Woodstockian vibes and a question mark over the authorship of that famous guitar lick. Credits: Warner Music TV, Rhino/Elektra, Marathon Media International, Orlando Julius Afro House of High Life.  

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What drew jazz musicians like Miles Davis and Chet Baker to a twinkly tune from Disney's 'Snow White'? And what became of the child star who first sang it? Lilian Pizzichini traces its history  

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Before Julie Andrews' famous film performance, John Coltrane had turned this Broadway number into an off-kilter jazz classic. Mike Hobart charts its history. Credits: RCA, FourMatt, Hallmark, EMI, Decca, Universal.  

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Paul Anka originally wrote the song for, and in the persona of, Frank Sinatra, claiming he'd "never written something so chauvinistic, narcissistic, in-your-face and grandiose."  

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From Bob Dylan to Adele, the song that was first called 'a spare ballad undermined by greetingcard lyrics' is now a karaoke tearjerker. FT pop writers David Cheal and Helen Brown debate the origins, meanings and cover versions of 'Make You Feel My Love'.

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Five-week shutdown to be eased stage by stage according to a series of rolling levels  

Other people’s working lives are endlessly interesting — always something to learn

‘The wines are delightfully ripe but they also have an admirable spine of acidity and tannin’

The agencies don’t plot presidential coups — but few heroes emerge in David Rohde’s study ‘In Deep’

Data give snapshot of shifting battlegrounds ahead of November’s presidential election

Can Jessica Anthony’s parody nail the challenge of satirising US political life?

The next government should meddle less and encourage more of us to save

A celebrated journalist’s guide to crisp, accurate expression is full of sound advice

My buyer asked to delay due to Covid-19 and now I understand I need to pay capital gains tax within 30 days of sale

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn spar in a televised debate just six days before the general election.

Analysts fear government’s timid fiscal response will prolong the pain

The wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms seen by doctors is confounding the scientific community

Interest rate cuts and massive fiscal stimulus are expected to weigh on the greenback

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work

‘There are no warranties when you take on an insolvent company’