Built for kids, inspired by sci-fi-movie sets and NASA concept drawings of the 1970s.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s landmark parliament is being put out to hire as part of a fundraising drive, in a controversial ...