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Henry Mance

Chief features writer

Henry Mance is the FT's chief features writer. He writes features for the FT Weekend, and The Henry Mance Interview with leading figures, which appears every other Monday. He was previously a political correspondent and the FT's media correspondent. He is a past winner of Interviewer of the Year at the Press Awards, and the author of the book How to Love Animals and Protect our Planet.

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  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Leadership contests are what the Tory party does best

    At this stage in the cycle, the Conservatives don’t want to be normal, they want to be themselves

    From left, Tory leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast23 min listen
    Culture Chat: Is ‘Slow Horses’ losing speed?

    ‘Slow Horses’ is beloved. But does its fourth season hold up?

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    ReviewScience books
    The Burning Earth — how we exploited the environment and put our own future in jeopardy

    An international study of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa

    A panorama of a giant hole in the ground on a rugged, sandy hillside, with buildings on the horizon
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Why GB News is angrier than ever

    How Britain’s insurgent right-wing broadcaster scrambled to cover a tumultuous summer

  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The six types of people you meet at Lunch with the FT

    For 30 years, the FT’s flagship interview has featured a who’s who of our times. Henry Mance explains its magic

    A montage of headshots, all colour illustrations, of multiple people, including Liz Truss, Greta Thunberg, Zadie Smith, Janet Yellen, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, David Attenborough and many more
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Google’s James Manyika: ‘The productivity gains from AI are not guaranteed’

    Executive wants employers to use technology to increase their top line, not just cut costs

    James Manyika
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    Mike Lynch and the tragedy of the superyacht Bayesian

    Having overcome his legal battles in the US, the Autonomy co-founder lost his life weeks later while celebrating his freedom

    Bayesian off Porticello, Palermo, on the night of August 18
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Rough Justice — a judge puts the law on trial

    After years at London’s Old Bailey, Wendy Joseph shines a light on the problems facing England’s courts and prisons

    A gold statue of a figure on the dome of an old building shines in the sun with a dramatic cloudy sky in the background
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Is there a way back after hitting a colleague? Conductor John Eliot Gardiner hopes so

    The 81-year-old who slapped a singer insists therapy has changed him. But convincing his peers is hard

    Black and white portrait of John Eliot Gardiner
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Mayor of Amsterdam: ‘In time, drug legalisation is inevitable’

    As countries and politicians experiment with liberalisation, Femke Halsema wants international agreement

    Black and white portrait of Femke Halsema in blouse, blazer and trousers, sitting in a chair
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    News in-depthRishi Sunak
    ‘Ineffectual’ and ‘snippy’: the rapid rise and stunning fall of Rishi Sunak

    The Icarus-like former PM took his party to what is projected to be its worst defeat in history

    Rishi Sunak
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Gareth Southgate
    With Gareth Southgate, we’ve gone from ‘Dear England’ to ‘dear me’

    Fans are demanding more but the manager still admirably refuses to blame anyone but himself

    England’s head coach Gareth Southgate gestures to fans
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    The SNP loses its grip on Scottish politics

    With voters eager for change, polls suggest the party could lose a large number of its Westminster seats. But support for independence remains strong

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    UK politics
    Does Westminster have a betting problem?

    Election wagers raise lid on culture of political gambling within UK parliament

    A montage of the Houses of Parliament and a betting slip
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    After Baillie Gifford, who is ‘clean’ enough to fund the arts?

    The campaign against the asset manager has left festivals struggling to adapt to a new age of protest

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    News in-depthClimate change
    Green activists are knocking on doors in the UK election campaign

    New strategy by Greenpeace involves canvassing to establish climate change as leading electoral issue

    Local people mobilise to take action on climate change ahead of Kingswood by-election
  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    An insider’s account of the AfD: ‘The wrong people stayed’

    As Germany’s far-right celebrates a strong performance in European parliament elections, a former leader argues the party has lost its way

  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Steven Chu: ‘Wall Street analysts are totally amoral’ on climate

    Barack Obama’s former energy secretary discusses the forces and technologies slowing the energy transition

    Steven Chu
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Farmer Minette Batters: ‘When are we going to take food seriously?’

    The former NFU president on feeding 70mn people in the face of climate change — and the genius of Jeremy Clarkson

    Illustration of a blonde woman, Minette Batters, sitting in front of a window
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Is there a middle way on children and smartphones? This researcher thinks so

    Social psychologist Sonia Livingstone says there are alternatives to banning the young from social media

    A portrait of Sonia Livingstone
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Travel
    A holiday from reality: Cunard’s Queen Anne sets sail

    Boasting 13 floors of floating luxury and 14 restaurants, the ship is sparklingly new — but is it already a relic of the days of high-carbon travel?

  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Kristi Noem and the truth about self-destruction

    The governor of South Dakota is not the only public figure to have disastrously misjudged popular opinion

  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Retail sector32 min
    John Lewis: can kinder capitalism compete in ruthless retail? | FT Film

    The much-loved UK department store has struggled to adapt in a tough world of online retail

    A better way to do business?
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Economist Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Trump is what neoliberalism produces’

    Nobel laureate claims fall in inflation vindicates his position but global events challenge other views

  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Political Fix podcast41 min listen
    Prime ministers’ legacies: Sunak, Truss and Brown

    Plus, is it right to allow MPs to vote freely on public health measures?

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