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Jemima Kelly

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Jemima Kelly writes a weekly column on society, politics and ideas. She also writes long reads, travel pieces and other features as well as a quarterly column for HTSI called “Adventures in Woo Woo”. She was previously a reporter for Alphaville, the FT’s snarky and satirical markets and finance blog. Before joining the FT, she wrote about currencies and crypto for Reuters, and she has also written for The Economist.
Email Jemima Kelly @jemimajoanna  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Sunday, 19 April, 2026
    Donald Trump
    Of course Trump thinks he’s the Messiah — his disciples tell him so

    The ‘devout’ Christians in the US president’s life are really just fawning sycophants

    Jemima Kelly
    A black silhouette of a man's head in profile with a yellow halo above, referencing religious or saintly imagery.
  • Sunday, 12 April, 2026
    X Corp
    Social media is for picking up vibes, not information

    Users trust it even less than they do mainstream news outlets

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing groups of silhouetted people inside two transparent bubbles, one large and one small, separated on a blue background.
  • Sunday, 5 April, 2026
    Religion
    How we gave up on forgiveness

    What was once seen as a virtue is now viewed as a moral weakness — leaving a society mired in toxicity

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a hammer and a bent nail drawn as two figures embracing each other.
  • Sunday, 29 March, 2026
    Technology
    The hunger for ‘content’ is keeping us culturally stuck

    The algorithms of the distraction economy are feeding us what we already like, creating a loop with no progress

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a person looking at a phone while walking in circles, leaving a continuous trail of footprints
  • Sunday, 22 March, 2026
    Marc Andreessen
    Reading Socrates in Silicon Valley

    Self-proclaimed stoics who denounce self-examination only prove the bankruptcy of the tech bro worldview

    Jemima Kelly
    Illustration of a figure sitting on top of a bald man’s head
  • Saturday, 21 March, 2026
    The everyday miracle of eggs
    FT Magazine. Can Jemima Kelly recreate Martha Stewart’s mythic midnight dinner party? 

    Thirty guests. 111 eggs. A one-bed flat. A fearless host attempts the impossible omelette supper of her dreams

  • Sunday, 15 March, 2026
    Arts
    All respect, Timothée, art is about more than popularity

    Some of the outrage appears disingenuous but the actor is wrong in his dismissal of opera and ballet

    Jemima Kelly
    A small silhouette of a person runs away from a large, rolling sad theatrical mask on an orange background.
  • Sunday, 8 March, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Liberals should be less shy about saying what they stand for

    Failure to defend their ideology has created an intellectual vacuum on the American left

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a donkey standing on a stage under a spotlight, facing a microphone, with an audience in front.
  • Friday, 6 March, 2026
    Adventures in Woo-Woo
    Jemima Kelly steps inside the $75,000 Harmonic Egg

    The ovoid sanctum promises spiritual, physical and emotional healing. Should you shell out?

    Egg is the Answer, 2023, by Timothy Gierschick II
  • Sunday, 15 February, 2026
    Donald Trump
    Yes, we should preserve western culture but not like this . . . 

    The idea that we must rely on the likes of Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Kid Rock as custodians is laughable

    Jemima Kelly
  • Sunday, 8 February, 2026
    Cryptocurrencies
    Bitcoin is still about $70,000 too high

    The crypto crash is coming — and the landing won’t be pretty

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a cracked orange Bitcoin symbol emerging from a black ink splatter.
  • Wednesday, 4 February, 2026
    Film
    The most interesting thing about Melania’s documentary? Donald Trump

    The US first lady’s dreary docu-mercial suggests she wasn’t really ready to let us in

    Donald Trump and Melania Trump pose for photos on the red carpet at the "MELANIA" world premiere, with photographers in the foreground.
  • Sunday, 1 February, 2026
    Health
    Who wants to live forever?

    The idea of immortality is no longer confined to science fiction

    Jemima Kelly
    Illustration of the Grim Reaper trying to catch a running man with his scythe
  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Books
    Why men should really be reading more fiction

    Novels require a kind of attention that the modern world is steadily eroding

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a person entering an open book, with stairs inside leading upward
  • Sunday, 4 January, 2026
    Social Media
    Bin the bucket list in 2026

    It’s the spontaneous moments that make life rich and exciting, not the ones for which you have sky-high expectations

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a bucket with a burning piece of paper inside, with orange and yellow flames.
  • Friday, 2 January, 2026
    Adventures in Woo-Woo
    Why I fell for transcendental meditation

    David Lynch practised it for more than 50 years. But can our wellness correspondent reach her bliss?

    David Lynch meditating at The Paley Center for Media in New York City in 2010
  • Sunday, 28 December, 2025
    UK society
    ‘Wellness’ culture is empty without service to others

    Volunteering has declined along with religion — it needs a revival

    Jemima Kelly
    Illustration of two figures, one kneeling and the second offering a hand to help the first up
  • Sunday, 21 December, 2025
    Gender politics
    In praise of male courage

    The heroes of Bondi Beach should be celebrated in an era of ‘toxic masculinity’

    Jemima Kelly
    A chalk drawing of a faceless human figure with a bright red heart shape on its chest
  • Saturday, 20 December, 2025
    Music
    FT writers on their most thrilling musical discoveries of 2025

    Beethoven through new eyes, a jazz saxophonist with a rock bent, restless Rosalía and more

  • Sunday, 14 December, 2025
    US politics & policy
    The chutzpah of Marjorie Taylor Greene

    Once a pugnacious devotee, the former Maga maximalist is now one of the few Republicans who stand up to Trump

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing three figures wearing red caps in a line, with a fourth figure with long yellow hair walking away, having dropped a red cap
  • Friday, 12 December, 2025
    Politics
    Ask an Expert. Is the vibe shift for real? You asked, Jemima Kelly answered

    The FT columnist replied to readers

  • Sunday, 7 December, 2025
    Office life
    This party season, embrace the ‘vulnerability hangover’

    The summer gathering may be about networking but this time of year is for letting it all hang out

    Jemima Kelly
    An illustration showing a person in a Santa hat with their face in their hand, suggesting embarrassment or distress
  • Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
    Adventures in Woo-Woo
    Jemima Kelly tries reiki – the treatment with ‘joyraising’ powers

    HTSI’s wellness sceptic attempts to feel the energy

    Sama Trinder in a treatment space at Bingham Riverhouse, Richmond
  • Sunday, 30 November, 2025
    Currencies
    Doge, crypto and the end of the lol era

    Running the White House and launching memecoins once seemed so simple — more than that, it seemed hilarious

    Jemima Kelly
    A sticker with the letters "LOL" in bold, with the top left corner slightly peeled back.
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Travel
    Charging elephants and snoozing gorillas: Jemima Kelly’s Ugandan adventure

    On a tour of little-visited conservation areas, the FT columnist gets up close — sometimes a little too close — with the wildlife

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