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    Simon Kuper

    Life & Arts Columnist

    Simon Kuper joined the Financial Times in 1994. He wrote the daily currencies column, before leaving the FT in 1998. He returned in 2002 as a sports columnist and has been there ever since. Nowadays he writes a general column for the Weekend FT on all manner of topics from politics to books, and on cities including London, Paris, Johannesburg and Miami.

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    • Friday, 24 July, 2020
      FT Magazine
      Nuclear secrets: the Dutch whistleblower who tried to stop Pakistan’s bomb

      Frits Veerman first warned the ities in 1973 about the suspicious activities of his colleague AQ Khan. Why was he ignored?

    • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
      FT MagazineTax
      Time to end handouts for heirs

      Taxing the scions of rich families would still leave them better off than most — and save them from decadent pariahdom

    • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      It’s time the US learnt how modern democracy works

      If Trump goes, the country can fix the weak spots he exploited — with the help of its old allies

    • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
      FT MagazineUS politics & policy
      What Democrats can do to topple Trump

      If they get it right, their campaign can serve as a template for progressives everywhere

    • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
      FT SeriesA very different summer
      ‘I want my Europe back’: Simon Kuper on a summer without travel

      Flitting between countries to live, work and steal ideas was one of the continent’s great perks

    • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      The politicians who played the Covid‑19 crisis badly

      ‘Bolsonaro, Trump and Johnson (until he got ill) acted out their sense of immunity by continuing to shake hands in public’

    • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
      FT SeriesSummer Books 2020
      Summer books of 2020: Sport

      Simon Kuper selects his best mid-year reads

    • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
      FT MagazineCoronavirus pandemic
      Which towns and cities will be post-pandemic winners?

      ‘Zoom may even make congested cities like Los Angeles more attractive by letting residents cut down on driving’

    • Friday, 19 June, 2020
      Life & Arts
      Simon Kuper on why football matters

      Supporters around the world are celebrating the Premier League’s return. How did the game come to mean so much to so many?

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      FT MagazineUS race relations
      How to make society less racist

      ‘Systemic racism is the product of countless, mostly unconscious decisions. And it wreaks damage largely out of white sight’

    • Friday, 12 June, 2020
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      Let our correspondents inspire you in your search for a post-pandemic retreat 

    • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
      FT MagazineUS society
      Why the US risks a new epidemic of violence

      ‘Violence spreads like a virus. The best way to stop contagion is to interrupt it early’

    • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      Will the US take the path to radical change post-pandemic?

      A mix of pre-existing discontent, a bad case of Covid-19 and a looming election could prove revolutionary

    • Friday, 29 May, 2020
      Lunch with the FT
      Meet Rutger Bregman — outspoken historian and scourge of Davos

      The Dutch writer on tax, our inner altruism and why big names mean so little

    • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
      FT MagazineSocial Media
      Welcome to the age of insult, you snowflake

      Insults on social media aren't there to persuade, but to frighten opponents into silence

    • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
      FT Globetrotter
      My Paris: Simon Kuper on life, love and loss in the Marais

      With cafés shut and many professionals who live here out of work, what lies in store for this gentrified historic corner of the city?

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      FT MagazineCoronavirus pandemic
      Social media is helping us pay tribute to ‘ordinary’ lives

      ‘Converting Covid-19 from statistical barrage into individual tragedies has political consequences’

    • Thursday, 14 May, 2020
      FT MagazineEducation
      How the pandemic is sending universities back to school

      A blend of online and in-person education could make learning an option for all ages and classes

    • Friday, 8 May, 2020
      FT SeriesFantasy dinner parties
      Simon Kuper’s fantasy dinner party

      The FT columnist selects his perfect venue, food, wine and company for a post-lockdown celebration

    • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
      FT MagazineCoronavirus pandemic
      How coronavirus will change Paris forever

      ‘There is hardly a place on earth less suited to the age of social distancing’

    • Sunday, 3 May, 2020
      Management
      Sports clubs get smarter in their search for top management

      The recruitment process in the industry is slowly starting to turn more professional

    • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      Is this New Zealand’s chance to become the place to do business?

      The country’s isolation has suddenly gone from historic disadvantage to unique selling point

    • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
      FT MagazineCoronavirus pandemic
      It’s harder to stay sane without sport

      With events shut down due to coronavirus, some fans have lost the only community they had

    • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
      FT MagazineCoronavirus pandemic
      The Covid conspiracies: a virus that can only spread

      False beliefs will make it harder to end this pandemic. They also risk making our politics even more dysfunctional

    • Thursday, 9 April, 2020
      FT MagazineSocial affairs
      The pandemic will forever transform how we live

      From 凯发电游官方网站homeworking to healthcare, Covid-19 has forced society to adapt in ways that should endure

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