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    Jemima Kelly

    Columnist

    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, 9 July, 2024
      US presidential election 2024
      The Biden debacle must spell the end of short-termist politics

      If democracy is at stake in the Trump-Biden election, shouldn’t voters be trusted to make their own decision?

      Illustration of two ladders, one red with evenly spaced rungs, the other blue with all the rungs bunched up at the bottom
    • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
      Bitcoin
      Crypto lobbyists are polluting the US election

      Three years after saying bitcoin seems like a scam, Donald Trump appears newly enamoured

      Ben Hickey illustration of an orange and yellow ballot box with a bitcoin put through the top as a vote
    • 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
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