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A focus on British culture and politics: from poking fun at Tory boys to reporting on the sex trade.
Emma is a contributing writer and editor for the FT. Before that she worked on the FT’s national news desk and was assistant editor, FT.com. - -
Fast fashions and Tory politics
Just as in the 1980s and 1930s, the return of power dressing has been interpreted as a sign that women are rising to the challenge of a downturn, writes Emma Jacobs
Drawing comfort from conspiracy
The release of Dan Brown’s book The Lost Symbol this week was the kind of “event publishing” usually reserved for books aimed at younger readers, writes Emma Jacobs
Satirical attacks on capitalism
Moore means less for bankers as satirist puts embattled industry under the spotlight in Capitalism: A love story, writes Emma Jacobs
Ugly truth is we all hate someone at work
Hatred is not an admirable emotion, but to imagine it doesn’t exist in the workplace is like saying no one has affairs in the office, writes Emma Jacobs
Ignore Grazia girl at your peril
A survey by the magazine found a third of the readers questioned said they would vote Conservative in a general election, compared with 14 per cent who came out in favour of Labour, writes Emma Jacobs
Paranoia can make us behave like toadies
The recession has made me twitchy. Green shoots may be sprouting, but the tangled weeds of insecurity are pernicious. Who knows what is round the corner? The pressure to network is on
Frozen food retailer is hapless victim
The frozen food chain is a victim of two market forces bigger than the trade in bargain oriental party platters: cheap cocaine and cheap celebrity, writes Emma Jacobs
Where are all the robber heroes?
FBI figures show bank robberies are down in the past year. To turn the gangster into a folk hero, you need a more disordered society and an upswell of public anger. Emma Jacobs investigates
Sisterly suggestions cause hysteria
Harriet Harman’s week of power has caused much anxiety in the male fiefdoms of Fleet Street, writes Emma Jacobs
In praise of the well-covered leader
Neville Chamberlain may have been thin but it took a full-on chubster like Winston Churchill to tackle the Nazis, writes Emma Jacobs
