Lionel Barber

Lionel Barber was the editor of the Financial Times from 2005 to 2020.

That time I met Donald Trump

Also this week: Kemi Badenoch’s anti-identity politics and Masayoshi Son’s love of risk.

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Also this week: The art of the political interview, and what’s next for the Telegraph takeover.

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The ex-Financial Times editor, and the last Western journalist to interview the Russian president, on ethics and propaganda.

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We are led to believe the Prime Minister is about to drop the habits of a lifetime, but the…

By Lionel Barber