Madison Marriage

Dating before the internet era is a fascinating concept to anyone born after 1985. While it remains possible to fall head over heels in love with a like-minded stranger in a bar or club, the idea of finding a life-long partner by chance at a party today seems sweetly old-fashioned and somewhat unscientific. Speak to any millennial about dating in the 1990s or before and they will look at you with amazement at the constraints singletons once faced without the help of mobile phones, social media…

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MPs have demanded that the City watchdog explain its investigative work into sexual misconduct allegations against the hedge fund manager Crispin Odey and his firm. Harriett Baldwin MP, chair of the Treasury select committee, wrote to the Financial Conduct Authority on Wednesday asking the regulator to detail the “nature and intensity of their supervision and engagement” with Odey Asset Management over the past five years. The letter comes after the Financial Times revealed 13 women alleged th…

Odey Asset Management is to close five months after allegations of sexual assault and harassment against its founder, Crispin Odey, plunged one of London’s oldest hedge fund groups into crisis. The firm, which the 64-year-old founded in 1991, announced on its website on Tuesday: “Odey Asset Management, including Brook Asset Management and Odey Wealth, will be closing. Fund managers and funds have moved to new asset managers.” The firm has been engulfed in crisis since a Financial Times investi…

British technology tycoon Lawrence Jones has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for raping two women 30 years ago and for sexually assaulting a former employee a decade ago. Judge Sarah Johnston said in Manchester Crown Court on Friday that Jones already displayed a “proprietorial and misogynistic” attitude towards women when he committed the rapes. He was in his mid-twenties at the time and working as a pianist in Manchester’s hotel and bar scene. Jones went on to become a successful en…

This is an audio transcript of the The Retreat: Episode 1, Dear Madison Madison MarriageThis series discusses suicide and mental health. Please take care while listening and seek support if you need it. In January of 2023, I was sitting at my desk at the Financial Times when an email popped into my inbox. The subject line immediately caught my eye. It read: “Meditation cults and mental health”. My name is Madison Marriage, and over a year ago, I took on a new role running a special investigat…

Introducing Untold, a new podcast from the special investigations team at the Financial Times. In the first series, The Retreat, host Madison Marriage examines the world of the Goenka network, which promotes a type of intensive meditation known as Vipassana. In January 2023, Madison received an email from a desperate father named Stephen. He said his twin daughters had changed drastically. They were once promising young women with exciting plans for their futures but then spiralled into despair…

This is an audio transcript of ‘The Retreat — Bonus — The Insiders’ Madison MarriageThis episode discusses suicide and mental health. Please take care while listening and seek support if you need it. And if you’re just joining The Retreat on this episode, you may want to go back to the start of the series. [MUSIC PLAYING] Madison MarriageSince this series dropped earlier this year, my inbox has been inundated. One of the people who reached out to me is a man we’re calling Ben. His story reall…