From COMMENT Apr 25, 2013

Corruption and chaos in sport of sheikhs

The horse Certify will not run in the 1000 Guineas race after traces of a prohibited substance were found ©PA

The Godolphin doping scandal highlights the complexity of racing globally

Justices of the Supreme Court including the president, Lord Neuberger (front row, centre) and the only female justice, Lady Hale ©Rick Pushinsky From FT MAGAZINE Apr 19, 2013

British Institutions: The Supreme Court

‘The most striking fact about this place is its informality. Grandeur and remoteness have been swept away,’ writes Matthew Engel

Editions of Wisden from 1864 to 2013 ©John Wisden & Co Apr 5, 2013

Words of Wisden

Nothing captures the spirit of cricket quite like its 150-year-old almanack, says its former editor

George Osborne ©Bloomberg From UK Apr 5, 2013

Matthew Engel: Our fair chancellor resorts to Mockney

Is Osborne losing self-confidence – or just unable to practise vowel sounds?

From BOOKS Mar 22, 2013

The end of the lines

Fifty years after the Beeching report, passions still run high about the man who changed Britain’s railways for ever. A review of ‘Last Trains’, by Charles Loft

From COMMENT Mar 15, 2013

A lament for Reginald Molehusband

Exhortation has always been a large part of the British tradition

From COMMENT Mar 1, 2013

A reversal for the great railway robbery

The 50th anniversary of Beeching is being marked in surprising fashion

From UK Feb 22, 2013

Eastleigh looks to be a two-horse race

Despite the Grand National-sized field, the bookies are certain

From UK Feb 5, 2013

Barclays’ lessons learnt put to the test

Bank’s new masters face standards commission

From BOOKS Feb 1, 2013

Dragon rampant

A portrait of the Welsh rugby team on their way to the Grand Slam. A review of ‘Calon’, by Owen Sheers

From UK Jan 23, 2013

All aboard the EU referendum special

Promise of a vote on Europe calms Tory MPs and blunts Ukip’s appeal

From COMMENT Jan 4, 2013

A year in a word: Mobot

A daft ritual that defined the games

From FT MAGAZINE Dec 21, 2012

British institutions: livery companies

No nation seems to be quite so skilful at mixing charity and social life, and London’s traditional trade guilds may be seen as the embodiment of both

Dec 21, 2012

The Diary

There’s nothing like a British Christmas, says the FT columnist, as he takes stock of the country’s politics in 2012

From FT MAGAZINE Dec 14, 2012

The Windsor women

Though the structure of the world’s greatest soap opera has remained unchanged all this time, now there is a new feminine angle; there are in effect three queens

From COMMENT Dec 14, 2012

Piety gives way to secularism

The world is dividing in two – those to whom religion still matters and the rest

From COMMENT Nov 23, 2012

Billionaires toy with the beautiful game

Abramovich FC and Abu Dhabi City are in a league of their own

From COMMENT Oct 23, 2012

When aberration is paired with altruism

Twisted logic of fallen heroes in which one good act cancels out the bad

From COMMENT Oct 19, 2012

Goodbye to UK’s greatest ever athlete

I have seen some amazing runners, but never one as dominating as the racehorse Frankel

From UK Oct 7, 2012

Party in a hurry has long wait to destiny

Conservatives start conference with countdown to election day

ABOUT MATTHEW

Matthew Engel Matthew Engel has had a journalistic career of unusual variety, covering everything from terrorism to tiddlywinks. He has reported from 50 countries and seven continents, clocking up No. 7 in January 2012 when the FT sent him to the Antarctic.

For 12 years, he was editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. His latest book is Eleven Minutes Late, a dissection of Britain's railways. He is now writing a travel book about England.

E-mail Matthew Engel

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