‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ give Hollywood hope for strong holiday box office
Disney, having scored the two highest-grossing films of the year, is hoping for more success over the holidays. The Moana sequel comes eight years after the original, which grossed $643mn worldwide ...
Adani Group says it has enough cash to cover debt payments for the next year
Indian conglomerate releases report on its operations after the US indictment of founder Gautam Adani for alleged bribery ...
The ultimate guide to the UK’s sovereign wine fund
Regular readers will hopefully be aware of our extensive coverage of the UK’s Government Hospitality Wine Cellar. In case you ...
Goldman’s $900mn hit
Plus, Trump’s stock market honeymoon, Germany’s ‘debt brake’, and Francis Bacon at the National Portrait Gallery ...
The return of the techno-libertarians
Silicon Valley billionaires are selling a dream of unfettered markets — but reality is not so certain ...
Can Europe defend itself with less American help?
The continent will have to spend more as Trump refocuses policy elsewhere. But replacing US military heft will not be easy ...
The end of cult British brand Old Town
More than mere workwear, the Norfolk label’s clothes have become classics. How will loyal fans manage without it?
Transcript: Why is Britain’s government so inefficient? With Jeremy Hunt
This is an audio transcript of The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast episode: ‘Why is Britain’s government so inefficient? With Jeremy Hunt’ Soumaya Keynes When it comes to improving public ...
How Eli Zabar made America more gourmet
Eli Zabar is the youngest son of the Jewish grocery family behind the famed New York food emporium, Zabar’s. Fifty years ago, he left the family business to open his own shop, where he would pursue ...
Geranium: delicate fine-dining, in a football stadium
There can be no more incongruous location for a Michelin three-star eatery than Geranium in Copenhagen. Named the World’s Best Restaurant in 2022, it is found in an ugly grey and glass box of a giant ...
Music revenues overtake cinema’s pre-pandemic peak on back of streaming boom
Annual revenues from copyrighted music were $45.5bn last year, up a quarter since 2021 and double the 2014 figure, according to a report based on data from trade bodies. It compares with cinema box ...
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller — quiet pleasures of the common cold
Andrew Miller, whose fiction has won him the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Costa Book of the Year and a place on the Booker Prize shortlist, sets the action of his 10th novel, The Land in Winter, ...