Cotoneasters, a plant gardeners gravely underrate, have performed beautifully this mild ‘non-winter’

Investors will be watching Christine Lagarde’s performance amid rising pressure on Italian bonds

Mistrust is rising over how to implement Brexit

International financial support at risk as leading figures fight over economic crisis

Asset management leadership also changed in reshuffle at Swiss lender

News of chief executive’s departure highlights problems the tobacco group faces

PageGroup and Robert Walters cite Brexit, Sino-US trade war and Hong Kong protests

Profits also dented by strikes in France, UK election and Australian bushfires

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

MSC joins ranking dominated by coal power in sign of uneven climate clampdown

Cost of hiring a very large crude carrier rises past $200,000/day

Trade union issues warning as coronavirus fears leave 11,000 crew members stranded at sea 

Cable company added Three as a new customer for so-called ‘backhaul’ network

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

Humble, grand or fanciful — these designs have serious bed cred

How discarded laughing-gas cylinders were used to create glitter from litter

The flower is a motif found in writers from Eliot to Proust to Turgenev

From an 18th-century farmhouse in the US to a traditional Deià-style home in Mallorca

This season’s hottest trend takes in all things Japanese - from Macaque to Japandi

New album channels protest music and social comment through Delta blues mythology and psych-rock

Brian Christinzio’s vocals have the singsong flow of Brian Wilson

A reissue of the group’s 1981 debut recalls a fecund period in Accra’s musical history

Move will last for at least six months as coronavirus disruption takes toll

Bakery chain’s proposed trial of 20 shops thwarted by social media response

Tourism in east Africa’s renowned wildlife reserves has collapsed amid the global shutdown

Safety and commercial concerns remain but football, rugby and cricket begin talks to resume play in pandemic

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

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

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

Bizarre lyrics, atonal melodies and a ‘koala synth’; Nic Fildes enters the world of algorithm-inspired Europop

Agency overseeing slaughterhouse reopenings has previously said worker safety is not its job

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Citigroup's results tell us about the US bank earnings season, Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' defiant response to investor criticism of his pay packet, and how banks are tackling the problem of money laundering, With special guest Brandon Daniels of Exiger 

Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Robert Armstrong, US banking editor, David Crow, banking editor, and Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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David Crow and guests discuss the scandal that has engulfed Credit Suisse, including the apparent suicide of a security consultant involved in a corporate espionage operation for the bank, US bank Wells Fargo's new chief executive, and the merits of the European Central Bank's interest rate policy. With special guest Jean Pierre Mustier, president of the European Banking Federation and chief executive of Italian bank UniCredit.

Contributors: David Crow, Banking editor, Sam Jones, correspondent in Zurich, Laura Noonan, US banking editor, and Patrick Jenkins, financial editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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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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Matthew Vincent and guests discuss revelations about the UK's opening gambit in seeking a deal on 'equivalence' with the EU, Tidjane Thiam's ouster from Credit Suisse, HSBC's delay in choosing a permanent chief executive, and challenger bank Starling's fund raising. With special guest Ann Boden, chief executive of Starling Bank.

Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Worsening conditions in the capital increase threat posed by the virus

President’s intervention over Suleyman Soylu suggests division at regime’s heart, analysts say

Most mosques shuttered and gatherings banned as Islamic world prepares for holy month

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

Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s appointment gives country its first functioning government in 6 months

Books that give creative inspiration and comfort during isolation

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

Why one of the biggest names in fashion also designs furniture textiles

Laura Noonan and Lauren Fedor respond to your queries on the state of SBA rescue funds

Succession spotlight on younger sister Kim Yo Jong

Local news sites are experiencing a resurgence and streaming is more popular than ever

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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As the final object is revealed, FT arts editor Jan Dalley talks to Peter Aspden about the significance of the BBC Radio 4 series 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' presented by Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum.  

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Slapstick; sexual jealousy; and mistaken identity. At its best, farce can be sublime – its intricate plotting and sheer silliness combining to blissful comic effect. But should we take farce seriously, or is is mere lowbrow entertainment? What makes a good farce, and how should a director approach it? On the opening of Georges Feydeau’s 1907 farce 'A Flea in Her Ear' at the Old Vic in London, Jan Dalley puts these questions to its distinguished director, Sir Richard Eyre, who was artistic director of the National Theatre for a decade, and to Sarah Hemming, the FT's theatre critic. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown.  

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It premiered at Cannes to cheers and boos, and went on to win the Palm D’Or. Some called it a masterpiece; others dismissed it as overblown nonsense. But what’s so divisive about Terrence Malick’s ambitious new film? It’s a coming-of-age story set in 1950s Texas but it also has long sequences that explore the natural world and the origins of the universe. Does it work? And is its strong religious strain likely to turn off non-believers? Raphael Abraham is joined in the studio by Nick James, editor of Sight & Sound magazine, Peter Aspden, FT arts writer, and Leo Robson, film critic. Produced by Griselda Murray Brown  

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