During the celebration Herr Drosselmeyer presents his goddaughter Clara with a Nutcracker doll. When the party ends ... The two-act ballet lasts about two hours with a 20-minute intermission.

Steam billowed in the 20-degree cold last week, as workers turned raw corn into sweet, ubiquitous high-fructose corn syrup. Three miles away, a Primient mill, which sprawls across 400 acres ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Confession time: while every other balletgoer of my acquaintance can trace their passion to childhood ...