Jemima Kelly

I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it. My cover story for today’s FT Magazine on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]

*Very* happy and honoured to be shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards for my comment writing, and in such esteemed company too

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My latest, with a brilliant illustration again by Ben Hickey as.ft.com/r/50fc9dcd-6... (gift link!)

Why are so many people on the right so horny for the idea that Britain is heading for civil war?

‘It is all feeling distinctly dysfunctional. Haters will say ’twas ever thus. But at the start of Trump’s second term, the administration had an element of slickness that lent proceedings at least a veneer of competence.' Red @jemima.bsky.social's full column here: ft.trib.al/6ab4eJS

As a pescetarian, and just as a person too: oh hell no. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“A family losing its palace is comedy. A country losing its republic is not.”

Some absolutely phenomenal images in this brilliant piece on the Queen of Versailles by the maker of the film, Lauren Greenfield, expertly edited / commissioned by @joshspero.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a028... (free to read!)

It certainly sounds like foreign nationals are barred from taking the Chinese bar exam under any circumstances, with a single exception of a pilot program allowing foreigners w permanent residence to take the patent bar exam. Zacharia claims to have taken it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/zacha...

ChatGPT may excel at therapy-speak, but are words alone enough? Or does psychoanalysis by AI risk doing more harm than good? Read @jemima.bsky.social in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/l9Adjp8 Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/Me0gMba

This week's column, with another absolute banger of an illustration by Ben Hickey The problem with your AI therapist is that it can only speak in words as.ft.com/r/bf9c0df4-3... (gift link!)

Back when I was trying to be a pop/R&B star, I never could have dreamed that my first ever (inter!)national radio play would be on the the BBC World Service, and introduced by the esteemed Julian Worricker. And yet, and yet. (From last Saturday morning...)

A deeply comforting headline

Young people are falling out of love with technology. They want it and need it, sure, but they also hate it, feel enslaved by it and, unlike any other generation, long for the past, writes Jemima Kelly. Read @jemima.bsky.social in today's FT Edit 👉 ft.trib.al/miFZSMp

Do we feel enslaved by technology. I have to admit, I am watching too many reels and shorts and I want to change that. Anyway, interesting piece by @jemima.bsky.social

Hard to think of a more pathetic member of the Trump cabinet than Pete Hegseth

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech.

This is the lowest that Reform UK have polled with YouGov in well over two years

For today's column: Freedom, adulthood and that Great Mind of Our Times, JD Vance. as.ft.com/r/4d68d839-8... (🎁)

Yes, yes I know, I get all the tough gigs. as.ft.com/r/7fadce51-a... (🎁🎾)

And he'd been doing so well

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Looking forward to speaking at HowTheLightGetsIn on Sunday, I'm on at 12 w Frank Furedi and @pennyred.bsky.social and then at 5 for my own "inner circle" on optimisation Other speakers include Bryan Johnson, Louis Theroux, Dasha Nekrasova, Jimmy Wales... Come! howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/lo...

Wow, how gross and nasty. This is the kind of behaviour that makes me feel he will never actually get to be PM. Lack of empathy is surely not a vote-winner

The calculated desperation of Trump-a-palooza—Trump’s approval ratings have hit fresh record lows, and neither the polls nor the betting markets are looking good for the Republicans’ chances of holding on to their House majority. www.ft.com/content/d460... @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Big day at the FT - celebrating the 80th birthday of the great Martin Wolf. He has been with the FT for 39 yrs and will be here for a few more years yet. What people might not know is what an incredible colleague he is -so supportive and interested in all colleagues. He wants to hear from everyone

Very fun to discuss 2026's stupidest news stories so far with Jemima Kelly, Phil Kelly and Janine Gibson - at the FT Weekend Festival on Saturday. They weren't all Trump! (They were mostly Trump)

One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

Excited for the less salubrious nooks 🍿🍿🍿

Is Trump losing his touch? Join us for a live Ask an Expert Q&A with society, politics and ideas columnist Jemima Kelly. The session will take place here, in a text-based Q&A, from 2pm to 3pm (BST) on Thursday September 10. ft.trib.al/rUD6NEm

there are now no fewer than five separate financial scandals engulfing Reform UK www.ft.com/content/0426...

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

Easy to feel sad that the summer is coming to an end but @jemima.bsky.social reminds us of what there is to look forward to in the autumn www.ft.com/content/ba32...

Summer might be ending, but here's how to hold on to some of its magic ... Read @jemima.bsky.social in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/mHKIYej Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/wCcDXLe

Another interesting piece from @jemima.bsky.social. She ends by touching on what I think will be the big theme of the next 12 months: the backlash against AI. “The more AI encroaches on our lives, the more I feel myself wanting to return to doing more effortful things.” Marketers, take note.

The President's son is paid by Kalshi and Polymarket, and he's telling elected officials not to go after these companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/t...

Belatedly, this is excellent on the tragedy of Jason Arday from @stephenkb.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/5a591346-9... (gift link)

For this week: the scourge of those who insist on blasterbating in public as.ft.com/r/ba848863-4... (🎁)

I thought this needed wider circulation now we’re in August. H/T to @thelocalfrance.bsky.social @emmapearson.bsky.social

For this week's column, I wrote about Polanskigate and the fraying of the taboo around political violence as.ft.com/r/d4a1a004-2...

Can JD Vance square his Catholicism with Trump's Republican Party? My column in the Friday Financial Times.

Martin Wolf's unimprovable answer when asked to identify "The summer that changed me" www.ft.com/content/d529...

I wrote about the summer I had just turned 16 and I formed my first girl band, Urban Clique, in the seaside town of Aldeburgh (yes, yes, I know). The illustrator absolutely nailed it 😅 Read about it and other FT writers' life-changing summers here! as.ft.com/r/fbe4fa1e-c... (🎁)

An amazing chart showing how much wealth inequality in Britain has *fallen* over the past century - taken from this Quillette piece on Channel 4's failure to fact-check the whole premise of its Gary Stevenson documentary. quillette.com/2026/07/14/g...

*Greatly* enjoyed this quietly devastating review of Vance's book on Catholicism "At one point, he describes himself attending “a Mass mourning Christ’s passion,” a phrase so theologically defective that it could be the subject of an entire ecumenical council." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

This week's column as.ft.com/r/c16f5600-c... (🎁)

🛸👽✨🔮🪄The latest instalment of my Adventures in Woo Woo just dropped! This time I transported myself to a sound bath in the Californian desert designed by... a 700-year-old Venusian Read it for free here or in this weekend's HTSI 🛸👽✨🔮🪄 www.ft.com/content/3a47...

Belatedly: this week's column as.ft.com/r/180503a4-0... (🎁)

There is a tendency to look back at the pre-Trump era — a time when US politics appeared to be generally functioning and mostly sane — and long for its return. But was it really so great? Read @jemima.bsky.social in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/Z4xvwhp