Read this splendid novel - a study in cinephilia - on a transatlantic flight last night (thanks to Leo Robson for the tip in his recent London Review of Books piece)

Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism, argues ⁦Edward Luce⁩ on.ft.com/4nIIw9f

Ahem, if I may:

If you’ve been wondering who the Democratic Socialists of America are, I have the piece for you on.ft.com/47FP8zk

The FT view: Democrats find reasons for cheer ft.com/content/f0a1f4…

Mamdani mobilising the squeezed middle there

Looking forward to chairing a session at this on November 15

Has Trump passed his peak? Edward Luce on the end of this presidency's opening act ft.com/content/7913d3…

Wonderful to be able to get this tribute to my late father into the Manchester City programme today

In today's FT Swamp Notes, Rana Foroohar and I pick the bones out of last week's election results in the US on.ft.com/49chSlE

This masterpiece was released 50 years ago today

Maga + AI is not a recipe for stability, argues ⁦Adam Tooze⁩ on.ft.com/49iVQhb

This is an excellent piece on why Macronism, lacking a proper popular base, could never be the revolutionary or disruptive force its originator envisaged lemonde.fr/politique/arti…

Chimpanzees are better at reasoning than we thought - fabulous column by ⁦Anjana Ahuja⁩ on.ft.com/3WUOfxM

Epstein is not going away, argues ⁦Edward Luce⁩. The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel on.ft.com/47TFxVJ

Affordability crisis, you say? How the American dream turned out to be pay to play - excellent piece by Brooke Masters ft.com/content/280589… via @ft

This piece on the eternal unfixability of Penn Station is a superb study in municipal sclerosis nytimes.com/interactive/20…

.⁦Edward Luce⁩ on the meaning of the US shutdown on.ft.com/4p2Xc3W

.Michael Lange has forgotten more than most of us will ever know, in minute precinct-level detail, about Zohran Kwame Mamdani's electoral coalition

This is unutterably sad