Jay Rayner reviews Oudh 1722: ‘Some of the best Indian food in London’

Birmingham chef Aktar Islam brings serious confidence to Borough Market at his slick, generous new restaurant

What is “Muskism”?

A fascinating book review. “Muskism, in reading its subject as more a symptom than a person, doesn’t offer any kind of psychological interpretation of Musk’s worldview, but many of his pronouncements and preoccupations reveal an ontological confusion of the categories of human and machine.”

‘Don’t call us a deli’: inside New York’s smoked fish dynasties

The Jewish speciality shop is now part of city life. Here, a longtime fan and a diehard convert suggest where to go, how to order and what else to buy

Five easy ways to update your summer evening style

Photography by Daniyel Lowden. Styling by Benjamin Canares. Model, Bruna Souza

European start-up with SpaceX ambitions aims for a $2bn valuation

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

Checks and Balance Newsletter: AI Has Become the Ultimate Dread Risk

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France and Spain evacuate 200,000 people as ‘unprecedented’ wildfires spread

Extreme heat and high winds fuel fast-moving blazes as authorities in both countries battle to contain them

What the City needs from the Burnham government

Unlike the 1970s, there is a conversation to be had here

Thank the gods: Nolan steers clear of Homer’s epic gardens in The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster movie may do many things well but it can’t match the original’s horticultural prowess

How long can China defy history and logic with its imbalances?

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

UK education secretary accused of misleading claim about Oxford entry

Former Xaverian College pupils say Lucy Powell was not the ‘only one’ in her year to attend elite university