There exists a well-worn literary tradition of mysterious religious zealots and charismatic fanatics found in the annals of science fiction lore, but few so captivating and worthy of further ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s new economics guru has ‘no experience of business’, carries ‘little clout in the markets’ and is a big fan of wealth taxes, it was claimed today. Baroness Minouche Shafik is set to ...

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Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of DNA and genes. Mendel was an Augustinian monk at St Thomas’s Abbey near ...

Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's daughter, has revealed she has no inheritance and lives with roommates after cutting ties with her father, the world's richest man. Instagram/vivllainous For many, ...

Our estate at present looks like: house £625,000; cash £40,000; assets £32,000 (cars); debts £32,000 (mortgage and car loan) and pension pot £900,000. If we assume that selling the cars pays off the ...

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s “refusal” to carry out royal duties could complicate their inheritance, according to a property expert. Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s daughters are not ...

My family recently discovered that my youngest uncle had secretly burned through my grandmother’s money and assets to fund his self-indulgence. My grandmother had a daughter, who is the eldest, and ...

A growing number of retirees plan to cut back on gifting to children and grandchildren due to rising financial pressures. The average retiree currently spends about £2,500 annually supporting younger ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. One evening last week, I’d just called a taxi to go meet a friend for dinner. But right before I left my apartment, I ...