How is the identity of a culture transferred? For many cultures it’s through geography or heritage. But what if it was knowledge of a language that conferred a people’s identity. Continuing our series ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How are declining regions to be revitalised? This question arises wherever erstwhile bastions of heavy industry ...

In a warehouse-like space on a narrow island in Bilbao, Spain, linguists and technologists are testing the possibilities of automated translation. Their projects include antispoofing work to better ...