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Lunch with the Financial Times has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 25 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world. The column is now as well-established institution which has reinvigorated the art of conversation in the convivial, intimate environment of a long boozy lunch.

On its 25th anniversary, Lunch with the Financial Times 2 will showcase the most entertaining, incisive and fascinating interviews from the past five years including those with Edward Snowden, Bernie Ecclestone, Hilary Mantel, Sheryl Sandberg, Richard Branson, Rebecca Solnit, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Jordan Peterson, Nigel Farage, Woody Harrelson, Sepp Blatter, (pre-election) Donald Trump and Zoella, illustrated in full colour with James Ferguson´s famous portraits.

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Barber, Lionel
Lionel Barber is editor of the FT, assuming the post in 2005 after serving in Washington, Brussels and New York as a foreign correspondent and senior editor. He has lectured widely on US foreign policy and Europe and interviewed many world leaders. He is chairman of the Tate and a member of the board of Trustees of Carnegie Corporation.

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