From LIFE & ARTS Jun 14, 2013

Robert Shrimsley: The mother of all scare stories

Illustration depicting maternity wear ©Scott Garrett

The RCOG’s paper on the ‘potential but unproven’ risks to child health could send a shudder up the spine of a woman

Jun 12, 2013

Light on the NSA logo strategy

With the image planted in the public consciousness, it’s time to let people know we listen

An illustration of a boy unfriending his mother on Facebook ©Lucas Varela From 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

***BESTPIX*** Prime Minister David Cameron And Wife Samantha Holiday In Ibiza ©Getty 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

An illustration of Robert Shrimsley as a swivel-eyed loon ©Lucas Varela From 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

Illustration by Lucas Varela of people landing on Mars ©Lucas Varela From 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

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk off the stage after their joint news conference, Monday, May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where they talked about various topics including Syria's civil war. ©AP May 15, 2013

A travelling press that is no party

Overseas trips magnify rather than distract from a leader’s problems at home

The selfless gene illustration ©Lucas Varela From 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

From 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

From LIFE & ARTS Apr 26, 2013

Robert Shrimsley: Singalong solidarity

How Neil Diamond’s saccharine love song ‘Sweet Caroline’ is helping Bostonians to grieve

From 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

From 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

From 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

From 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

From 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 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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