For a postwar movie generation Kirk Douglas was the definition of ‘macho’

The brilliance of the director’s early work reflects western cinema’s genius for refashioning primal stories and pulp fiction

Master of high miserabilism who starred in ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Seventh Seal’

Posts from high-profile accounts found to be promoting questionable virus therapies and cures

Flexibility and lower fees appeal — but not all providers are competing on price

Would-be students need to consider the trade-off between flexibility and networking

Find out which schools are offering distance-learning post-graduate business degrees

Online courses grow while future of campus-based qualifications is questioned

Enrollees from India and China make up a third of intake

Teaching geared to developing ‘ability to use wide range of career skills’

Online learning group grants free access to teaching platform for institutions in lockdown

Top schools offer deadline extensions and more flexible entry requirements for flagship courses

Join FT business education correspondent Jonathan Moules for a live discussion on Monday May 4 at 12pm and 5pm UK time

Executive education courses are teaching how to manage multigenerational teams 

Legislation has improved but signs of progress are thin on ground

Controversial cigarette tycoon and ex-president still wields influence

Reform continues under Pope Francis with South American summit tackling shortage of clergy

International talks may be only way to break impasse

Brazilian president criticised for rubbing elbows with crowds while awaiting second virus test results

Brazil and Mexico leaders ignore medical advice while Latin America begins crackdown

Organised crime steps in as President Bolsonaro dismisses pandemic as ‘sniffles’

Social damage could take 2 decades to repair, warns top UN official

Appointments including former PM and Nobel laureate suggest turn toward establishment

UK expected to take gradual approach to lifting restrictions after Monday

Government warns of ‘restructuring’ in return for rescue funding

New party leader gives clear signal he will take party in a different direction

Rules concerning Brexit preparations prioritised over tougher environmental standards

Plus: Sotheby’s lays out risks; Ropac lends space to emerging artists; Cameroon artists fare well at 1-54

With new episodes launching today, now is the perfect time to revel in the cruel humour of the hit cartoon

Randall Swingler served in the 1939-45 war and went on to publish two postwar collections

Until the early 20th century, a mass of figures often dominated works but Modernism preferred emptiness

Yhonnie Scarce and Judy Watson talk about creating work with seductive surfaces and dark themes

Ancient antagonists build bridges as treasure finds mount up

The director talks about gender-swaps, fundraising and the future of drama after lockdown

State-owned oil company’s $1.7tn valuation falls short of kingdom’s ambitions

State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target

Beirut hit by another sovereign bond downgrade amid political crisis

Emirate seeks to get grip on sector after prices fall 40% from their 2014 peak

Move designed to assuage fears over army’s growing role in the economy

London-based Ashmore bet heavily on the country’s short-term debt

Countries from Jordan to Egypt will struggle to mitigate the pandemic’s economic impact

Saudi Arabia’s PIF has snapped up stakes in a cruise operator, oil groups and a football club

Proposal successfully passes committee stages on the way to plenary vote

Mexican government’s rescue plan for debt-laden state oil group underwhelms

Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse

Wall Street banks that advised on record IPO snub oil group with tepid ratings

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

Khalid al-Falih to lead a new government ministry for investment

Italy-based hospital chain was only potential suitor after buyout group KKR ruled out its involvement

How a squabble between Saudi Arabia and Russia led to ‘the nuclear version of a price war’