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Jemima Kelly

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Jemima writes a weekly column on a range of subjects, from culture wars to crypto, as well as features, and sometimes hosts podcasts. She previously wrote for Alphaville, the FT’s markets and finance blog. Before joining the FT, she was a reporter at Reuters.
Email Jemima Kelly @jemimajoanna  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Travel
    A ‘treehouse adventure for grown-ups’ in the Loire Valley

    Key notes | Deep in private woodland, yet only two hours from Paris, the hotel offers fine food, forest baths and ‘le slow-living’

    A table and two chairs on a wooden floor, by floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of trees in leaf
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Property sector
    Lord of Sark looks to float chunk of island with deal for Barclay estate

    Hereditary seigneur and German entrepreneur aim to buy and list 20% of the Channel Island along with properties

    View of island of Sark
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Financials
    The Barclay heir battling bankruptcy, the Seigneur, and the Sark IPO

    Want a slice of the Barclay Brothers’ empire? You might just be able to have it, thanks to a kooky German investor

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Wellbeing and fitness
    Why our brains crave beauty, art and nature

    Neuroaesthetics suggest that engagement with such phenomena is essential, rather than a ‘nice to have’

    Ben Hickey illustration of a painting palette with different colours on it.
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Technology
    How to avoid being a voice note bore

    Self-indulgence is acceptable but don’t whine, don’t argue and stay off the group chat

    Ben Hickey illustration of a figure holding a mobile phone at an arm stretch distance with sound wave coming out of it towards him.
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    UK politics
    The weaponisation of ‘common sense’

    A recent furore over rainbow lanyards demonstrates the absurdity of the way the phrase is being used

    Two opposing groups of silhouetted figures shaking their fists at each other
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Is Marjorie Taylor Greene too Maga for Trump?

    The rightwing congresswoman from Georgia seems to have outlived her usefulness to the former president

    A female cartoon figure wears a red baseball cap that has a very long peak that puts distance between her a cartoon Donald Trump wearing a normal size red Maga cap
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Elon Musk
    Musk shows us that moral binaries are of little use

    Working out wrong from right is not as easy as many people think

    Ben Hickey illustration of a giant black hand pulling out white paper people figures out of dustbin.
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    Donald Trump
    Is Donald Trump a style icon?

    The former president’s personal brand is a crucial part of his accessible appeal

    Ben Hickey illustration of Donald Trump walking down the line of a fashion show, wearing his navy suit, red cap and red - fly away tie.
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    Japanese society
    Sakura season and the art of savouring

    The beauty of cherry blossoms lies in their ephemerality — a hard thing for modern mankind to grasp

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person sitting under a tree with a pink canopy, its pink blossoms falling on the ground.
  • Sunday, 7 April, 2024
    Trump Media & Technology Group
    What Trump and crypto tell us about facts vs feelings

    The more an asset price is disconnected from its fundamentals the more potential it has to go ‘to the moon’

    Illustration of a red graph line zigzagging higher with a MAGA hat on the end of it
  • Sunday, 31 March, 2024
    Social affairs
    Where have all the virtuous role models gone?

    Having admirable characters to emulate is central to our moral development

    Illustration of a steep black hill seen from the side with black silhouettes of figures with backpacks and walking sticks hiking up it against a pale blue sky
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
    Technology
    We need a cure for the curse of digital overabundance

    Having all the products of human civilisation at your fingertips can feel overwhelming

    A smart phone has a chain attached that has been broken
  • Sunday, 17 March, 2024
    Opinion
    In defence of showing off

    While bragging and smugness are out, delighting in your achievements shouldn’t be

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person walking into the glare of a spotlight
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Hypocrisy is everywhere with crypto and the banks

    Capital flows from institutional investors are driving up the price of tokens such as bitcoin

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person pumping up an orange bitcoin logo balloon
  • Sunday, 3 March, 2024
    UK society
    Why pessimism is pointless — and pernicious

    It may be fashionable to be a catastrophist but the consequences can be alarming

    Illustration of a person walking with his back bent under a raincloud pouring just on him
  • Thursday, 29 February, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Palm Beach waits for the return of Donald Trump

    In the land of billionaires of all political stripes, the Gilded Age never ended

  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Fake news
    How to stop talking past each other

    In politics and in life, we need to acknowledge more often that the other side might have a point

    Ben Hickey illustration of two speeche bubbles  overlapping
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    Bitcoin
    Crypto may have become boring, but it still isn’t legit

    The SEC’s approval of 11 bitcoin ETFs is not as meaningful as aficionados would like to think

    Ben Hickey illustration of the bitcoin sign on a black fishing hook drawn on orange background.
  • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
    Media
    Taking Trump off air is not the answer

    It is not the job of journalists to try to protect viewers from what they deem to be ‘untrue things’

    Ben Hickey illustration of the fuse burning on a bomb with the facial expression Donald Trump
  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
    World Economic Forum
    In remembrance of Davos times past

    The view from the Swiss mountaintop enjoyed by the annual conference of the World Economic Forum is not what it used to be

    A man is seen in silhouette in the Congress center on the opening of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on January 15, 2024
  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    In a big year for democracy, don’t forget the non-voters

    Engaging those who feel unrepresented is vital to sustaining a healthy political system

    Illustration of cutout paper people waiting in front of a red voting booth - the voter is filled in in black while non-voters just have a dotted outline on a white background
  • Thursday, 28 December, 2023
    Social affairs
    Forget new year’s resolutions — make a ‘24 for 2024’ list instead

    Setting goals for the upcoming 12 months is much more achievable — and much more fun

    A silhouetted figure jumps with joy amid an abstract background of a rising sun and discarded notes with ticks written on them
  • Monday, 25 December, 2023
    X Corp
    Year in a word: X

    With Elon Musk at its helm, there is no telling where the revamped platform will be in a year’s time

    Montage with a close up image of Elon Musk in the foreground, and a large X logo pinning the Twitter bird logo to the ground
  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
    Mental health
    Are we all narcissists now?

    We have grown fond of pathologising normal behaviour

    Illustration of a person standing in front of a giant mobile phone looking at them self
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