Great writers, artists, musicians and thinkers in British life say what Europe means to them: an outpouring of love and sadness. With pieces  (+)

Currently in Bill Gates's bookbag and FT Books of 2018

Increasingly, the demands of identity direct the world's politics. Nation,  (+)

Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and  (+)

In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks  (+)