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May 10, 2013
Robert Shrimsley: The selfless gene
Does parenthood make us selfless, or merely widen the circle of our selfish interests?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Mar 15, 2013
Killing off our bookshops? Who dunnit?
This is no time for evasion. So let me come right out and say it. I blame you
Mar 13, 2013
Judging the honesty of British politics
The UK political realm’s moral state is not quite as clean as it likes to think
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LIFE & ARTS
Mar 8, 2013
Hovering parents, unite!
Claire Perry MP says we devote too much time to parenting. But isn’t that better than not enough?
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Mar 1, 2013
Welcome home! You’re downgraded
On return from holiday the house was intact but the country was in a shambles
Mar 1, 2013
Beware of misreading Eastleigh result
The by-election is a political, not electoral, problem for David Cameron
Feb 27, 2013
By Gove, now that’s what I call history
The fact that the English are champion invaders appears to drive their new history curriculum
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Feb 15, 2013
Horses for (main) courses
There’s nothing like a good food scare to send angsty parents scurrying back to the natural food counter
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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