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reoffending]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty entrepreneur Trinny Woodall: ‘Age is irrelevant, it’s about the energy you bring’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former TV presenter on online influencers, the challenges faced by female business owners — and how much she really spends on her beauty regime]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bf90ca1a-20d2-4939-930f-9ba1a5a51821</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bf90ca1a-20d2-4939-930f-9ba1a5a51821</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 11:30:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the ‘most important job maybe in history’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a3d65804-1cf3-4d67-ac79-9b78a10b6dcc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a3d65804-1cf3-4d67-ac79-9b78a10b6dcc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 11:30:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon: ‘I am perfectly adapted to France’ ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The firebrand politician on stoking a ‘citizen revolution’, the effects of US policy — and whether he will run for president in 2027]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c933ac81-262e-4f5b-ae29-60327e08b793</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c933ac81-262e-4f5b-ae29-60327e08b793</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 11:30:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-NHS boss Amanda Pritchard: ‘You can’t change your mind every five minutes’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former head of NHS England on tech-led reforms, the future of healthcare funding — and the back-story of her resignation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5cf4de5b-604f-4247-adc3-a473dc241cc9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cf4de5b-604f-4247-adc3-a473dc241cc9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:30:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[German finance minister Jörg Kukies: ‘We’re all affected’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former Goldman Sachs banker on the impact of US tariffs, and his role in structuring Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending plan]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6584e4ba-4a0d-47be-a956-5b7068786b36</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6584e4ba-4a0d-47be-a956-5b7068786b36</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:30:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theresa May: ‘Keep calm and keep talking to Trump’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former UK prime minister on tariffs, Boris Johnson’s manoeuvring — and the time the president held her hand]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f2ba59e5-a80f-4af8-83d1-5cd08f8e5901</link><guid 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Now he has turned his attention to overseas aid]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fb51285a-9102-4640-9838-f998d00cde94</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fb51285a-9102-4640-9838-f998d00cde94</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:30:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belgium’s ex-PM Alexander De Croo: ‘There’s a risk that Europe is being redrawn’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The politician on Donald Trump’s ‘America Only’ agenda — and why the EU can thrive in times of crisis]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ade67dda-0d23-4475-9321-e559e9ca2943</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ade67dda-0d23-4475-9321-e559e9ca2943</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immunologist Yasmine Belkaid: ‘Science is in danger’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The head of France’s Pasteur Institute on Trump’s attacks on health institutions — and what scientists can do to rebuild public trust ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d632bca9-6e2e-4caa-9668-791f5544b44e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d632bca9-6e2e-4caa-9668-791f5544b44e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:30:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann: ‘I’m a soldier at war’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 21-year-old player on the cheating allegations that derailed his career — and his strategy for overcoming his rivals]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b7ecb246-75e2-4c90-91ba-311ff02a4679</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b7ecb246-75e2-4c90-91ba-311ff02a4679</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:30:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former national security adviser Jake Sullivan: ‘The core engines of American power are humming’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Biden administration official on leaving Trump with a ‘strong hand’, export controls on AI chips — and why war with China is not inevitable  ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fae9c36a-99fd-45e7-94ff-2706f838ddcf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fae9c36a-99fd-45e7-94ff-2706f838ddcf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:30:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex Soros: ‘These people are bullies. And you fight back’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 39-year-old chair of the Open Society Foundations on setting out his own vision for the liberal megadonor established by his father George]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fdde5d56-5dc1-4bd4-af43-b58ef969c1bb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fdde5d56-5dc1-4bd4-af43-b58ef969c1bb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:00:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doris Kearns Goodwin: ‘The robber barons probably thought they were God too’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The presidential biographer on tech titans, what Trump could learn from Lincoln and why she remains optimistic about America ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2003b748-e76a-486c-bdbb-2c9a4c212db0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2003b748-e76a-486c-bdbb-2c9a4c212db0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:30:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicola Sturgeon: ‘The independence movement has proven itself resilient’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former Scottish first minister on SNP scandals, falling out with Alex Salmond — and why pressure for a new referendum will return ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2f91806f-40e2-4c9f-bc38-6a3aeff512f4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2f91806f-40e2-4c9f-bc38-6a3aeff512f4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antony Blinken: ‘China has been trying to have it both ways’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The outgoing US secretary of state on putting pressure on Beijing over Ukraine, the ‘road map’ for Syria — and why America must co-operate in order to lead]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/25798b9f-1ad9-4f7f-ab9e-d6f36bbe3edf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">25798b9f-1ad9-4f7f-ab9e-d6f36bbe3edf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:30:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Percussionist Evelyn Glennie: ‘Listening is tolerance’ ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The musician on why leaders should listen before they talk — and the power of Strictly Come Dancing ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3c0ac5fb-1192-4631-b094-98ff1817f834</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3c0ac5fb-1192-4631-b094-98ff1817f834</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:30:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economist Abhijit Banerjee: ‘Good storytellers are very powerful’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nobel-winner on how his discipline can communicate better, the secret of Trump’s appeal — and what gifts really mean]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c3650f90-332d-4f38-8f3e-8075da3d872d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c3650f90-332d-4f38-8f3e-8075da3d872d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:30:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African politician Helen Zille: ‘The ANC has to come apart’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Democratic Alliance chair on governing in coalition, battling corruption under Jacob Zuma — and the trouble with ‘everything must fall’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3d13a703-c0bb-4402-8643-38e8e9b05833</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3d13a703-c0bb-4402-8643-38e8e9b05833</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:30:40 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>