For the better part of three decades, media and political operators have obsessed over the question of who would succeed Rupert Murdoch, the most powerful person in news across the English-speaking world.Murdoch kick-started the speculation in 1994, when an Australian...
Receive free Instant Insight updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Instant Insight news every morning.So the Murdoch succession question is settled, wrapped up, finished — and without any of the drama of the HBO...
This article contains mild spoilers.5/5 starsLead cast: Ryoo Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung, Go Youn-jung, Lee Jeong-ha, Kim Do-hoon, Cha Tae-hyun, Ryoo Seung-bumMost K-dramas tend to be quite rigid with their narratives. This gives them an approachable and familiar charm...
A foundational work of Chinese philosophy and literature, the Zhuangzi, traditionally attributed to the philosopher of the same name from the late Warring States Period (475-221BC), is a series of stories, anecdotes and parables that advocate independent thinking and freedom...
1/5 starsWe have all been bombarded by unwanted scam calls, and read the horror headlines about kidnapped tourists being forced to work in illegal Southeast Asian call centres.No More Bets attempts to spin these stories into an edge-of-your-seat thriller and...
Receive free Lex updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Lex news every morning.Disney theme parks are supposed to be magical places. Plans to increase spending on the division have given investors an unwelcome dose...
2/5 starsDame Helen Mirren stars as Golda Meir, the Iron Lady of Israeli politics, in this disappointingly dreary snapshot of her life.The casting of a non-Jewish actor as this elder stateswoman stirred up criticism – in much the way it...
When Betty Ho heard a few years ago that Yuet Tung China Works, one of Hong Kong’s last remaining porcelain painting factories, was facing difficulties, she planned a visit.Porcelain is integral to Hong Kong’s cultural history, the trade booming after...
Receive free Media updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Media news every morning.UK-based broadcaster Sky has called on the British government to tackle regulatory red tape that threatens to stifle the creative sector ahead...
This is a difficult time in Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America strike has entered its fourth month, while SAG-AFTRA, the union representing screen actors, downed tools on July 14.The unions are yet to reach an agreement with the industry’s...
