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Henry Mance

Chief features writer

Henry Mance is the FT's chief features writer. He writes features for the FT Weekend. He was previously a political correspondent and the FT's media correspondent. He is a past winner of Interviewer of the Year at the Press Awards, and the author of the book How to Love Animals and Protect our Planet.
Email Henry Mance @henrymance  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    The best books of the week
    The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad — a promise of new life amid war

    Simon Parkin tells the story of heroic botanists who put the safety of their seed bank ahead of their own during the Nazis’ siege

    A black-and-white photograph dated circa 1942 shows a ruined building surrounded by rubble and tree stumps
  • Saturday, 30 November, 2024
    Person in the News
    Jon M Chu, the ‘Wicked’ director uniting America

    The man behind the crowd-pleasing film adaptation of the musical has set a new box office record

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Jon M Chu
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Special ReportPlastics and Chemicals
    How harmful are microplastics to human health?

    Scientific research into how plastics affect the body is in its early days

    A close-up of someone examining a specimen dish under a microscope with extra lighting
  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    Life & Arts
    What the ‘manopause’ tells us about the gender gap 

    Do male midlife challenges bear comparison with those experienced by women?

    A middle-aged man hangs from the hands of a pink clock, while being buffeted by strong winds and rain until he is almost horizontal
  • Saturday, 9 November, 2024
    Spain
    Slinging mud at King Felipe leaves no stain

    The Spanish monarch’s humiliation in flood-stricken Valencia helped to vent public anger — but there are better ways to solve a crisis

    A grey-bearded man in the middle of a huddle of other men, some in police uniform, is part-sheltered by a mud-splattered umbrella
  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    Travel
    Henry Mance: Is homeswapping the answer to overtourism?

    Home exchanges allow tourists to visit without squeezing locals out of the property market

    A cartoon of two families face to face on the doorstep of a house with a yellow front door. Both families have luggage and consist of a man and a woman and a boy and a girl. One family is dressed in summer clothes, the other in winter. One woman is handing a set of door keys to the other
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves shatters manifesto ‘matrix’ with blockbuster Budget

    Like Keanu, the chancellor uncovered a fake reality and valiantly resolved to defeat it

    Keanu Reeves, seen in this publicity handout photo, stars in the futuristic action thriller “The Matrix Reloaded”
  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
    University of Oxford
    I, too, would like to be chancellor of Oxford

    The race for the unpaid position is a reminder that it’s a bad idea to let just anyone apply for a job

    Chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Chris Patten of Barnes
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Political Fix podcast38 min listen
    Cabinet fightback: the revolt over spending

    Plus, the English justice system in crisis

  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    ReviewTelevision
    Life and Death in Gaza TV review — film focuses on human resilience

    Four families tell of their struggles to find food, safety and hope in this BBC documentary

    A woman photographs herself with a smartphone in the wing mirror of a vehicle moving through an environment with makeshift structures
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    How the English courts reached breaking point

    A record backlog of criminal trials has left lawyers ‘drowning in cases’. Henry Mance goes in search of the answers

    An illustration of a court case. The judge is looking at documents and there are four people standing at the back. There is a man in a blue suit in the foreground, facing the judge with his arms extended
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Leadership contests are what the Tory party does best

    At this stage in the cycle, the Conservatives don’t want to be normal, they want to be themselves

    From left, Tory leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast23 min listen
    Culture Chat: Is ‘Slow Horses’ losing speed?

    ‘Slow Horses’ is beloved. But does its fourth season hold up?

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    ReviewScience books
    The Burning Earth — how we exploited the environment and put our own future in jeopardy

    An international study of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa

    A panorama of a giant hole in the ground on a rugged, sandy hillside, with buildings on the horizon
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Why GB News is angrier than ever

    How Britain’s insurgent right-wing broadcaster scrambled to cover a tumultuous summer

  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The six types of people you meet at Lunch with the FT

    For 30 years, the FT’s flagship interview has featured a who’s who of our times. Henry Mance explains its magic

    A montage of headshots, all colour illustrations, of multiple people, including Liz Truss, Greta Thunberg, Zadie Smith, Janet Yellen, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, David Attenborough and many more
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Google’s James Manyika: ‘The productivity gains from AI are not guaranteed’

    Executive wants employers to use technology to increase their top line, not just cut costs

    James Manyika
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    Mike Lynch and the tragedy of the superyacht Bayesian

    Having overcome his legal battles in the US, the Autonomy co-founder lost his life weeks later while celebrating his freedom

    Bayesian off Porticello, Palermo, on the night of August 18
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Rough Justice — a judge puts the law on trial

    After years at London’s Old Bailey, Wendy Joseph shines a light on the problems facing England’s courts and prisons

    A gold statue of a figure on the dome of an old building shines in the sun with a dramatic cloudy sky in the background
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Is there a way back after hitting a colleague? Conductor John Eliot Gardiner hopes so

    The 81-year-old who slapped a singer insists therapy has changed him. But convincing his peers is hard

    Black and white portrait of John Eliot Gardiner
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    The Henry Mance Interview
    Mayor of Amsterdam: ‘In time, drug legalisation is inevitable’

    As countries and politicians experiment with liberalisation, Femke Halsema wants international agreement

    Black and white portrait of Femke Halsema in blouse, blazer and trousers, sitting in a chair
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    News in-depthRishi Sunak
    ‘Ineffectual’ and ‘snippy’: the rapid rise and stunning fall of Rishi Sunak

    The Icarus-like former PM took his party to what is projected to be its worst defeat in history

    Rishi Sunak
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Gareth Southgate
    With Gareth Southgate, we’ve gone from ‘Dear England’ to ‘dear me’

    Fans are demanding more but the manager still admirably refuses to blame anyone but himself

    England’s head coach Gareth Southgate gestures to fans
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    The SNP loses its grip on Scottish politics

    With voters eager for change, polls suggest the party could lose a large number of its Westminster seats. But support for independence remains strong

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    UK politics
    Does Westminster have a betting problem?

    Election wagers raise lid on culture of political gambling within UK parliament

    A montage of the Houses of Parliament and a betting slip
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