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That’s the Way it Crumbles by Matthew Engel — the conquest of English

An entertaining inquiry into the relentless advance of American expressions among the British




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Henry Blofeld, voice of English summer, to retire

Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September




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Summer books of 2017: new titles by FT writers

Recent books by Matthew Engel, Edward Luce and Anne-Marie Slaughter




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Johanna Konta and the sporting citizens of nowhere

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport




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The Last Wolf by Robert Winder — island stories

Geography is destiny in this historical meditation on the peculiarities of the English




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Cricket has started to eat itself

The pursuit of novelty is leading to ever-shorter forms of the game




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Child prodigy Tiger Woods becomes the ultimate comeback kid

The holder of this title until now would, for me, have been Muhammad Ali




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England face Ashes test after World Cup glory

Amity between old adversaries almost certain to crumble once first ball is bowled




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The foreign states that own Britain’s railways

Train travel in the UK now combines the worst features of capitalism and socialism




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The battle for the Brexit-backing north

Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports




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How Britain fell back in love with the railways

A pledge to roll back the Beeching cuts has rekindled a strange national obsession




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£82bn of UK property sales put on hold

Impact of pandemic has halted nearly 400,000 housing transactions




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Chinese buyers consider return to international property markets

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries




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Will I be hit by CGT rule change on my property sale?

My buyer asked to delay due to Covid-19 and now I understand I need to pay capital gains tax within 30 days of sale




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SoftBank warns of $9.6bn investment losses due to coronavirus

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork




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The end of the office? Outbreak may change work forever

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups




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Property law: can I work from home if it is rented?

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale




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UK shopping centre owner Intu wins breathing space from lenders

Owner of some of UK’s biggest shopping malls still faces uphill struggle




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Goldman-backed Travelodge under pressure to pay its rent

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs




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The gift of isolation: my weekend at a writers’ retreat

Before the world went into lockdown, Rebecca Watson found herself in a very different kind of confinement




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Empty stores: repurpose them

An occupied home has utility no empty shop can match




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Superdrug becomes latest retailer to slash rent payments to landlords

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall




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Travelodge asks landlords to take £146m rent hit

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels




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Neumann accuses SoftBank of abuse of power over WeWork deal

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer




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Revolut’s founder should take some M&A lessons from Warren Buffett

Company must not bet the bank on expansion; estate agents have nowhere to go




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UK property groups plead for extended business rates holiday

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief




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López Obrador’s virus nonchalance risks deepening Mexico’s woes

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic




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Venezuela faces threat of coronavirus catastrophe

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk




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US proposes interim government to break Venezuela deadlock

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19




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Bolsonaro doubles down on denialism

Behaviour of Brazil’s ‘walking crisis’ president sparks backlash among one-time allies




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Mystery surrounds foiled ‘plot’ to liberate Venezuela

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed




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Bolsonaro sparks political feud over coronavirus lockdowns

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus




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Latin America’s left spots comeback opportunity amid coronavirus fallout

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage




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Bolsonaro triggers furore by firing Brazil health minister

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus




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Brazil-China ties strained by social media war over coronavirus

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country




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Chile’s coronavirus outbreak helps revive Piñera’s fortunes

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled




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Venezuelan migrants face tough choices as virus spreads

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put




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Bolsonaro vs Maia: feud at top of Brazil’s politics spills into open

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 




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Brazil’s justice minister quits in blow to Bolsonaro

Sérgio Moro was the face of nation’s long-running ‘Car Wash’ anti-corruption probe




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Sérgio Moro resignation adds to pressure on Brazil’s Bolsonaro 

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy




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Pandemic forces Brazil’s ‘Chicago boys’ to revise reform plans

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures




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Brazil’s supreme court authorises investigation into Bolsonaro

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work




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Venezuela’s new oil minister — a wanted man with suspected Iran links

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head




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Michael Milken, junk bond king wins pardon at last

Decades of philanthropy pay off for one of Wall Street’s most complicated figures




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Dark Towers — an exposé of banking gone bad

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions




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Venezuelans hit hard by cash crisis and hyper-inflation

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 




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IMF to revise Argentina bailout after drop in peso

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow




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Argentina turmoil batters big names in bond market

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions




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Argentina’s crisis receding, says bullish Hasenstab

Investor blames peso mayhem on ‘massive speculative attack’ and local over-reaction




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IMF increases Argentina bailout package to $57bn

Revised agreement comes a day after the exit of central bank governor