Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first time US aviator Amelia Earhart crashed a plane, she immediately — and before her instructor had time ...
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain. They climbed a whopping 29,032 feet to the very top of ...