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Jun 12, 2013
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LIFE & ARTS
Jun 7, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: A boy’s best unfriend
Our son has unfriended his mother on Facebook and she’s taking it badly
Jun 5, 2013
Bilderberg: ruling the world from Watford
A nice hotel is a good place to reminisce about conspiracy theories
- Watford puzzled as Bilderberg arrives
- Person in the News Mario Monti
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May 29, 2013
Not wanted where I am not needed
It is testament to the British spirit that we have coped while David Cameron has been on holiday
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LIFE & ARTS
May 24, 2013
I was a teenaged swivel-eyed loon
Three decades on, I can see I was not cut out for the SEL life in the Young Conservatives
May 22, 2013
iDodge: Apple’s new killer product
Just imagine how the company might have showcased its tax arrangements
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LIFE & ARTS
May 17, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: I’m a celebrity … get me outer space
A mission to colonise Mars will be funded through a reality TV series. They may be doomed and lonely but at least they’ll be on TV
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May 15, 2013
A travelling press that is no party
Overseas trips magnify rather than distract from a leader’s problems at home
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LIFE & ARTS
May 10, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: The selfless gene
Does parenthood make us selfless, or merely widen the circle of our selfish interests?
May 8, 2013
Sir Alex, the Queen and plans to succeed
It is easy to confuse the news about the monarch and that of Sir Alex Ferguson’s exit
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LIFE & ARTS
May 3, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: An absent ever-present father
The Skype effect: distance may no longer be a problem but a persistent relative can leave you afraid to open your laptop
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LIFE & ARTS
Apr 26, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: Singalong solidarity
How Neil Diamond’s saccharine love song ‘Sweet Caroline’ is helping Bostonians to grieve
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LIFE & ARTS
Apr 19, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: A saga of belts and breeding
The search for a new belt at an airport departure lounge leads to the identification of new social strata in Britain
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LIFE & ARTS
Apr 12, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: Rebel without applause
The Paris Brown saga: the young can teach us a lot in some areas, but it is reassuring to see that the cult of youth has its limits
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LIFE & ARTS
Apr 5, 2013
Fab Four studies? Let it be
Be it magical mystery or tragical history, it’s not just the topic that counts; it’s the quality of the teaching
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LIFE & ARTS
Mar 29, 2013
‘I coulda been an app vendor’
How to nurture your child’s inner Nick D’Aloisio
Mar 27, 2013
Personal banking, the eurozone way
Managers as well as bank customers are feeling the pressure
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LIFE & ARTS
Mar 22, 2013
The unbearable sadness of reading
‘I have had an epiphany: I do not need to sit through things that will make me miserable‘
Mar 20, 2013
Back to the lab for a dose of austerity
The chancellor’s wonder drug Austerity™, which he promoted as ‘economic Viagra’, has had a setback
ABOUT ROBERT
Robert Shrimsley is the Managing Editor of FT.com. Before this he has served as the FT’s chief political correspondent and news editor.
He writes weekly for the Notebook column, a satirical look at the week’s news and for the FT weekend Magazine.
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