Corneliu Porumboiu’s film introduces us to a man with big ideas for the beautiful game

Crystal Amber’s move shows sign of confidence in struggling UK group

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

In this special episode from Hong Kong, Gideon Rachman talks to Regina Ip, a member of the territory's Executive Council and Legislative Council, and to student activist Joshua Wong about the continuing protests and what happens next.

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Business practices undergo seismic change with flexible policies becoming standard

In this FT series people share their stories of this extraordinary time

Experienced and adaptable bosses are more effective than rigid commanders

A previously simple decision of whether to reopen an office is now freighted with mortal peril

Whichford Pottery’s terracotta wares are as appreciated overseas for their English style as they are in the UK for their robustness

The surrealist art of Salvador Dalí is thought to embody all that is unnatural — but, in fact, the natural world is the wellspring of his work

Pergolas to pythons: prisoners joined volunteers to create this wildlife haven

Ministers expected to say use of coverings could stop virus spread in some circumstances

Akeso’s shares surge in Hong Kong as buyers brush off city’s economic downturn

English providers warn of funding shortfall as pandemic adds pressure to sector

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

Placement follows warning that virus had caused “material deceleration” in business

Container ships may shrink in size if manufacturing moves closer to its markets. The FT's Robert Wright explores

After lockdown, start-ups will need to work with city authorities to keep cars off the roads

Coronavirus puts into perspective the cult of perfection in interior design

Subscriber numbers surge to 130m as listeners turn to tunes in a crisis

Brooding subject matter meets richly detailed music in the British rapper’s fifth album

Support for five networks around England follows coronavirus rescue packages for bus and train sectors

Paddy Power owner topped the FTSE leaderboard in April despite near-total lack of sport

Denmark and the Netherlands lead surge in bookings but company still cuts 25% of workforce

Court hears claim in lawsuit that has laid bare feud over media, retail and hospitality empire

Holiday Inn owner outlines ‘visible’ hygiene changes as rival Hilton reports slide in revenue

Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!

Documents seen by FT show demand for face masks and aprons was close to outstripping national supplies

Coffee chain lays down plans for 90% of its domestic market cafés to be open by early June

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss why protesters in Hong Kong are targeting HSBC, whether Société Générale is in a position to merge with other banks and the challenges facing banking in 2020. With special guest John Garvey, Global Head of Financial Services at PWC.

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, banking editor, George Hammond, finance reporter, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, Robert Armstrong, US finance editor and John Garvey, Global Head of Financial Services at PWC. Producer: Persis Love

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New unity government gives Israeli leader the manoeuvring room he needs

Nightlife, resilient to war and terrorism, has been paralysed by coronavirus

Those who have struggled to ‘dress the part’ will find respite in the former Vogue editor’s essays

Policymakers should use this opportunity to broaden, not trim, health benefits

Conservative activists vow to step up street demonstrations against business closings

Our predicament is that wealth has become the only apparent source of safety

Succession spotlight on younger sister Kim Yo Jong

Arbus in Aberdeen, Long in Lakeland - Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota talks to FT arts editor Jan Dalley about next year’s Artist Rooms programme of touring exhibitions. In its past two years, the scheme has drawn tens of thousands of visitors in towns throughout the UK to shows by Beuys, Ruscha, Woodman, Hirst and others – but how easily can the model be replicated elsewhere? Jan Dalley interviews Sir Nicholas Serota in his office at Tate.  

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This year 3D films look set to be bigger and more expensive than ever - with Werner Herzog's Cave for Forgotten Dreams just out in the UK, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment on its way, and offerings from Spielberg and Scorsese. But has the novelty worn off? Neville Hawcock, deputy arts editor, puts the question to Peter Buckingham of the BFI and Nigel Andrews, FT film critic. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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Postmodernism defined itself against the stifling clarity and seriousness Modernism. It put style before drab functionality. It embraced pop culture and garish colour. But it got a bad rep. “PoMo” was called vacuous and kitsch, and in the 1980s it became associated with corporate culture and consumerism. Now this controversial cultural movement is the subject of a major exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum, "Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990". Neville Hawcock talks to Glenn Adamson, co-curator of the show, and to FT columnists Edwin Heathcote and Peter Aspden. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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Ever been to a classical club night or an opera in a warehouse? This week on the arts podcast Jan Dalley talks to her guests about how people consume classical music today. She is joined by Gabriel Prokofiev, composer, DJ and grandson of the Russian composer Sergei; Frederic Wake-Walker, artistic director of pioneering company The Opera Group; and FT writer Laura Battle. With clips from Gabriel Prokofiev's 'Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra', and Elena Langer's 'The Lion's Face', commissioned performed by The Opera Group. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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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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‘Robot and Frank’ paints a benign picture of silicon-based life-forms. But the film’s ‘near-future’ setting is one that often wrong-foots screenwriters  

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We love French culture, yet according to a recent study there’s something in it that makes the French miserable. But every nation’s artistic mindset has its drawbacks, argues the FT’s arts writer  

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The editor of arthistorynews.com welcomes the decision of the National Gallery in London to let visitors photograph works – and hits back at critics who say it will make people look at art in the ‘wrong’ way  

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Galleries display only a fraction of the works in their collections. Art historian Bendor Grosvenor says it’s time they faced down their conservation departments and liberated their hidden masterpieces  

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20 years after the launch of the National Lottery, Jan Dalley celebrates how it has become the most successful form of cultural crowd-funding ever  

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The Belgian artist has been found guilty of plagiarism. But intellectual property law is a poor fit with contemporary art's mash-ups, multiples and reworkings, says the FT's arts editor  

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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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Buddy Holly's 1958 London performance of the song inspired the young Mick Jagger to form his own band. Credits: Universal, Not Now Music  

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