A book on the economics of gardening puts today’s spending into perspective

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods spy retail opportunities as meat industry struggles with virus

Hip hop may have started in the Bronx, but today’s rappers are millionaires with business empires that extend way beyond music. Ahead of Jay Z and Kanye West's European tour of their joint album Watch The Throne, Raphael Abraham talks to FT critics Ludovic Hunter-Tilney and Richard Clayton about the evolution and future of rap. With clips from The Sugarhill Gang, Jay Z and Kanye West, Evidence and DJ Shadow. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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Documentary films are breaking UK box office records and are, arguably, having more success than ever before. As "The Queen of Versailles", one of the hits of this year's Sundance Film Festival, heads for UK cinemas, Raphael Abraham discusses the new appetite for reality with critics Nigel Andrews and Leslie Felperin  

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An exhibition of Soviet-era sporting paintings shows how, even in a repressive political climate, artists still made work with real human insight  

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As the Imperial War Museum unveils a £40 million refurbishment, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney reflects on the ubiquity of violence in popular culture.  

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Macron also backs calls for debt relief as he seeks to be seen as champion of continent’s interests

Tomi Kovanen argues that investors and pundits should temper their expectations for the industry in the short term, but increase them for the long term.

American producers are coming under pressure on several fronts

Investors are looking to the future, but should beware of over-optimism

Downfall of carmaker’s former boss sets up clash between country’s old guard and its reformists

The technology has significant potential to shake up the construction sector

London and Brussels have both turned these negotiations into a zero-sum game

But statistics that show how many days one country is behind another are humbug

Commercial real estate owners, brokers and landlords have collectively made many hundreds of billions of dollars a year in recent years as the economy zipped along. Now, they’re getting clobbered by the pandemic-fueled economic crisis. Worse, their industry may be forever changed by it. To state the obvious, extracting rent from nearly anyone right now […]

It’s not a converted industrial warehouse in Brooklyn. Or a stately, century-old building in the Flatiron. But YC-backed Regalii’s atypical office location up in the Dominican-heavy Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan has given it plenty of insights into its working-class immigrant customer base. The startup, co-founded by several Latino founders who personally knew the hassles of sending money home, […]

The UK needs a hard-headed assessment of how to safeguard the national interest

Government loans a start but not the end; Pendragon takes a pop at Lookers; insurers and honey badgers

“Waco,” a Paramount Network series that recently started streaming on Netflix, dramatizes the tragic real-life standoff between the FBI, the ATF and the Branch Davidians. A couple of your Original Content podcast hosts only had a fuzzy idea of what actually went down in Waco, Texas in 1993. And all of us were surprised by […]

“Waco,” a Paramount Network series that recently started streaming on Netflix, dramatizes the tragic real-life standoff between the FBI, the ATF and the Branch Davidians. A couple of your Original Content podcast hosts only had a fuzzy idea of what actually went down in Waco, Texas in 1993. And all of us were surprised by […]

If the company tax rate was reduced from 30 to 25 per cent over the next five years gross domestic product (GDP) would grow $291 billion and income tax revenues would generate $4 billion up to the year 2025, PwC modelling released today shows.

The princess, daughter of George V and Queen Mary,  will be played by Kate Phillips in the feature-length adaptation of Downton Abbey which will use her home in West Yorkshire in its set.

The film version of Downton Abbey showed the morally upright Earl of Grantham - portrayed by Hugh Bonneville - resplendent in the uniform of the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire.

Following the premier of Belgravia, FEMAIL takes a look at the historical references weaved into Julian Fellowe's narrative - including the real life scandal that inspired the protagonists' love affair.

TALK OF THE TOWN: Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary was on a mission to buy essentials for herself and boyfriend Jasper Waller-Bridge, the brother of Fleabag star Phoebe.

One of the legacies of lockdown could be that we all end up with spotless homes. With time on our hands, we are turning into a nation of housekeepers, fearlessly delving into dusty corners.

Maura Higgins and her boyfriend Curtis Pritchard were among the first to hit the red carpet for the National Television Awards at London's 02 Arena on Tuesday.

The TV presenter said grandson Jax has been a 'beacon of joy' to her family and that seeing her own son step up and be a dad 'tugs at her heartstrings'. 

A former House Rules contestant received a payout from Channel Seven last week after being unfairly portrayed as a 'villain' on the show.

She's currently competing alongside her plumber boyfriend Kayne on Channel Seven's revamped renovation series, House Rules: High Stakes.

PETE JENSON: Club president Florentino Perez has stepped back from trying to break the transfer record in recent years but Kylian Mbappe remains someone he'd gladly make an exception for.

When Real Madrid visited PSG in the first game of the Champions League group stage, the French side were supposed to be short in attack but Angel di Maria and Mauro Icardi filled the void superbly.

Supporters lucky enough to be at the Bernabeu on Tuesday night when Real Madrid host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, will witness one of the most prestigious matches in world football.

Real Madrid will be targeting revenge when they host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League as they look to seal progression to the last-16 of the tournament. Follow the action here.

Mbappe has long been a subject of interest for the Spanish giants and there is a growing belief that the Frenchman will finally make his move to the Bernabeu in the summer.

Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar was close to re-signing for Barcelona last summer, but the Catalan club had to make a last-minute pledge to sign him by 2020 to stop him joining Real Madrid.

From orgasms to politics to parenting, not even the most optimistic TV exec would have guessed the show would still be going strong. Critic Michael Hogan reveals how it's kept us all hooked

The tennis star - who has two-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia with her husband Alexis Ohanian - admits it can be tough raising a little girl and focusing on her day job too.

Fallon Sherrock will look to continue her pulsating World Darts Championship run at Alexandra Palace, having spent four hours of her Christmas Day practising.

The Norwegian joined the Bundesliga giants in the January transfer window and his prolific form in front of goal has bolstered his reputation as one of Europe's leading marksmen.

Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain have reportedly joined the race to sign Real Madrid defender Achraf Hakimi this summer.

The 20-year-old has enjoyed a fine season at the Mestalla, scoring six goals and providing seven assists in 35 outings for the La Liga side this campaign, attracting plenty of interest.

Zidane is looking to bring more 'physical robustness' into the Los Blancos side in order to switch their play style next season to play next season. Pogba and Haaland would be welcome additions for that.

The 20-year-old forward, valued at £100million or more, is expected to leave Borussia Dortmund once the transfer window opens this summer following the coronavirus shutdown.

Erling Haaland has enjoyed an astonishing breakthrough season in Europe, first at RB Salzburg before joining Borussia Dortmund, where he has scored 12 goals in just 11 matches.

The Spanish giants want to rejuvenate their forward line after failing to replace Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo at the Bernabeu.

The highly-rated Borussia Dortmund frontman has been heavily touted to join either of the two European giants at the end of the season, with £65million rumoured to be the fee required to seal the deal.

Real Madrid are in 'pole position' to sign Erling Haaland this summer with fellow Norwegian Martin Odegaard helping to convince him to move the Bernabeu, according to reports in Spain.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: The last team to win the Six Nations on the back of a losing Rugby World Cup final was - oh wait, sorry, there isn't one.

Iggy Azalea just released her long-awaited sophomore album, In My Defense.