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Jemima Kelly

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Jemima writes a weekly column on a range of subjects, from culture wars to crypto, as well as features, and sometimes hosts podcasts. She previously wrote for Alphaville, the FT’s markets and finance blog. Before joining the FT, she was a reporter at Reuters.
Email Jemima Kelly @jemimajoanna  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Vance shows that impersonating Trump is not that easy

    The former president’s running mate lacks charisma, charm and a sense of humour

    Ben Hickey illustration of JD Vance looking at the mirror seeing Trump on the other side.
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Private wealth
    Stop worshipping at the feet of the wealthy

    Reactions to the Ambani wedding show we have lost our distaste for fortunes on extravagant display

    Ben Hickey illustration of many fingers pointing to a human figure with sack of money next to him.
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Melania Trump really doesn’t care, do u?

    America’s former and probably future First Lady fears neither the faux pas nor her husband

    A couple stand together. He is earing a suit with a blue tie. She is wearing a pink dress with coloured detail around the sleeve and hemline
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    Mental health
    If you really want to relax, put that phone down

    The dopamine hit of smartphones, described as the modern-day hypodermic needle, is not the same as switching off

    Illustration of a stickman carrying a big smartphone on his back
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    The Biden debacle must spell the end of short-termist politics

    If democracy is at stake in the Trump-Biden election, shouldn’t voters be trusted to make their own decision?

    Illustration of two ladders, one red with evenly spaced rungs, the other blue with all the rungs bunched up at the bottom
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Bitcoin
    Crypto lobbyists are polluting the US election

    Three years after saying bitcoin seems like a scam, Donald Trump appears newly enamoured

    Ben Hickey illustration of an orange and yellow ballot box with a bitcoin put through the top as a vote
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Travel
    A ‘treehouse adventure for grown-ups’ in the Loire Valley

    Key notes | Deep in private woodland, yet only two hours from Paris, the hotel offers fine food, forest baths and ‘le slow-living’

    A table and two chairs on a wooden floor, by floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of trees in leaf
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Property sector
    Lord of Sark looks to float chunk of island with deal for Barclay estate

    Hereditary seigneur and German entrepreneur aim to buy and list 20% of the Channel Island along with properties

    View of island of Sark
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Financials
    The Barclay heir battling bankruptcy, the Seigneur, and the Sark IPO

    Want a slice of the Barclay Brothers’ empire? You might just be able to have it, thanks to a kooky German investor

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Wellbeing and fitness
    Why our brains crave beauty, art and nature

    Neuroaesthetics suggest that engagement with such phenomena is essential, rather than a ‘nice to have’

    Ben Hickey illustration of a painting palette with different colours on it.
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Technology
    How to avoid being a voice note bore

    Self-indulgence is acceptable but don’t whine, don’t argue and stay off the group chat

    Ben Hickey illustration of a figure holding a mobile phone at an arm stretch distance with sound wave coming out of it towards him.
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    UK politics
    The weaponisation of ‘common sense’

    A recent furore over rainbow lanyards demonstrates the absurdity of the way the phrase is being used

    Two opposing groups of silhouetted figures shaking their fists at each other
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Is Marjorie Taylor Greene too Maga for Trump?

    The rightwing congresswoman from Georgia seems to have outlived her usefulness to the former president

    A female cartoon figure wears a red baseball cap that has a very long peak that puts distance between her a cartoon Donald Trump wearing a normal size red Maga cap
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Elon Musk
    Musk shows us that moral binaries are of little use

    Working out wrong from right is not as easy as many people think

    Ben Hickey illustration of a giant black hand pulling out white paper people figures out of dustbin.
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    Donald Trump
    Is Donald Trump a style icon?

    The former president’s personal brand is a crucial part of his accessible appeal

    Ben Hickey illustration of Donald Trump walking down the line of a fashion show, wearing his navy suit, red cap and red - fly away tie.
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    Japanese society
    Sakura season and the art of savouring

    The beauty of cherry blossoms lies in their ephemerality — a hard thing for modern mankind to grasp

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person sitting under a tree with a pink canopy, its pink blossoms falling on the ground.
  • Sunday, 7 April, 2024
    Trump Media & Technology Group
    What Trump and crypto tell us about facts vs feelings

    The more an asset price is disconnected from its fundamentals the more potential it has to go ‘to the moon’

    Illustration of a red graph line zigzagging higher with a MAGA hat on the end of it
  • Sunday, 31 March, 2024
    Social affairs
    Where have all the virtuous role models gone?

    Having admirable characters to emulate is central to our moral development

    Illustration of a steep black hill seen from the side with black silhouettes of figures with backpacks and walking sticks hiking up it against a pale blue sky
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
    Technology
    We need a cure for the curse of digital overabundance

    Having all the products of human civilisation at your fingertips can feel overwhelming

    A smart phone has a chain attached that has been broken
  • Sunday, 17 March, 2024
    Opinion
    In defence of showing off

    While bragging and smugness are out, delighting in your achievements shouldn’t be

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person walking into the glare of a spotlight
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Hypocrisy is everywhere with crypto and the banks

    Capital flows from institutional investors are driving up the price of tokens such as bitcoin

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person pumping up an orange bitcoin logo balloon
  • Sunday, 3 March, 2024
    UK society
    Why pessimism is pointless — and pernicious

    It may be fashionable to be a catastrophist but the consequences can be alarming

    Illustration of a person walking with his back bent under a raincloud pouring just on him
  • Thursday, 29 February, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Palm Beach waits for the return of Donald Trump

    In the land of billionaires of all political stripes, the Gilded Age never ended

  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Fake news
    How to stop talking past each other

    In politics and in life, we need to acknowledge more often that the other side might have a point

    Ben Hickey illustration of two speeche bubbles  overlapping
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    Bitcoin
    Crypto may have become boring, but it still isn’t legit

    The SEC’s approval of 11 bitcoin ETFs is not as meaningful as aficionados would like to think

    Ben Hickey illustration of the bitcoin sign on a black fishing hook drawn on orange background.
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