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Henry Mance

Chief features writer
Henry Mance is the FT's chief features writer. He writes features and interviews for the FT Weekend, as well as a weekly satirical column on politics and culture. He was previously a political correspondent and the FT's media correspondent.
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  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Political books
    A glut of White House sagas traps the US in a political rut

    The book industry finds itself profiting from national downfall, but it is time to move on from the Trump soap opera

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Renewable energy
    Boris Johnson’s wind power plans are a lot of hot air

    I fear PM’s proposal for UK to become Saudi Arabia of wind may be just bluster

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Home truths of lockdown

    Remote working has heaped pressure on parents. Henry Mance and Susie Braun reveal who shouldered more of the burden

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Can Spitting Image still pack a punch?

    The irreverent 1980s show is back. Henry Mance on a remake for an age in which the boundaries between satire and politics have blurred

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Masks make for awkward moments

    Reticent Britons don’t know how to deal with those who don’t comply

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    House & Home
    How UK heritage is coming to terms with its links to slavery

    Many of the country’s treasured historic properties were financed by colonialism and the slave trade

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    ReviewBiography and memoir
    Diary of an MP’s Wife by Sasha Swire — a merciless memoir

    A fun but ruthless look at life among the Cameron clique by the wife of former Tory minister Hugo Swire

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    No-deal hype obscures the real threat of a bad Brexit

    Failing to prepare for the most likely outcome of EU talks will damage the UK further

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Education
    The future of the university in the age of Covid

    As students start a term like no other, higher education is being reinvented for the post-pandemic world

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    InterviewFilm
    Thomas Piketty on going from data-crunching to documentary

    The economist talks about transforming his economic opus ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ into a 100-minute film

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Brexit
    FUK 2022: the cathartic festival Brexit Britain needs

    Downing Street’s desperate attempt to distract us from the pandemic is looking increasingly threadbare

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Football
    Tottenham Hotspur show ends in a no score bore

    An Amazon documentary about the football club offers viewers nothing more than the first draft of hagiography

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The twilight between humans and animals

    Two books explore what it means for humans to live with animals — and warn that we retreat from nature at our peril

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Phil Hogan
    EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan falls into a sand trap

    His Galway golfing was the most counterproductive round for international trade since Doha

  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
    ReviewScience books
    Entangled Life — of mushrooms, magic and more

    Fungi are only the tip of complex networks that we are barely beginning to understand

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    Climate change
    The UK Conservative case for action on the environment

    Protecting citizens from the insecurities of climate change is as Tory as it gets

  • Monday, 17 August, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Boris Johnson has flunked his exams

    The A-levels fiasco shows again the limits of the UK prime minister’s governing style

  • Saturday, 15 August, 2020
    FT SeriesFantasy dinner parties
    Fantasy dinner: Nelson Mandela and Victoria Wood join Henry Mance for a vegan feast

    The FT’s chief features writer selects the chef, guests, dishes, drinks and location for his ultimate meal

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    Donald Trump
    A guide to interviewing Donald Trump 

    The US president is not so much lame duck as clay pigeon, there to help journalists prove their marksmanship

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    Life & Arts
    How the People’s Vote fell apart

    The anti-Brexit campaign inspired millions but is a case-study in near misses. Henry Mance investigates its descent into feuds and infighting

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Premier League
    Lockdown is a game of two halves

    The sun shines on the Premier League and Test cricket

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Johnny Depp, the High Court and the reality of fame

    Henry Mance asks what the A-lister’s libel trial says about the dazzle of celebrity and the search for truth

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Why the libertarians are foolish about face masks

    Wearing coverings is finally mandatory in England in shops as well as on public transport

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Life & Arts
    The new rules on what you can say in the office

    How wary should companies be of employees’ comments on sensitive issues?

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    Brexit
    If only Michael Gove heeded ‘Captain Foresight’ on Brexit

    Like a middle-aged man with a leather fetish, the UK is about to tie itself up in world-class red tape

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