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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:59:38 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:48:27 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/arts/columnists/engel http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/life-arts/matthew-engel http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cebb2e46-d317-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Any match between the British and the Australians helps fuel the most potent of rivalries Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:59:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cebb2e46-d317-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct cebb2e46-d317-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3bc2599a-d432-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Much of what I learnt in my twenties indeed happened after midnight, sometimes – as it happens – in the company of cricketers Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:43:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3bc2599a-d432-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3bc2599a-d432-11e2-8639-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6cb6b7f6-d2b3-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Old Etonian Sir Henry Cecil cut a languid, foppish air at the track during his 44-year career but his life and work were marked by high drama Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:15:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6cb6b7f6-d2b3-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6cb6b7f6-d2b3-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bb8861e-ad11-11e2-9454-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Godolphin doping scandal highlights the complexity of racing globally and the spheres of influence within it, writes Matthew Engel Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:01:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9bb8861e-ad11-11e2-9454-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9bb8861e-ad11-11e2-9454-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1f8e8b22-a6f6-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ‘The most striking fact about this place is its informality. Grandeur and remoteness have been swept away,’ writes Matthew Engel Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:55:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1f8e8b22-a6f6-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1f8e8b22-a6f6-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d8db2bd8-9c44-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Nothing captures the spirit of cricket quite like its 150-year-old almanack, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:07:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d8db2bd8-9c44-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d8db2bd8-9c44-11e2-ba3c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52851b6c-9e05-11e2-9ccc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct After George Osborne’s venture into glottal stops and dropped Hs, is he losing his self-confidence, or is he just unable to practise his vowel sounds? Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:04:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/52851b6c-9e05-11e2-9ccc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 52851b6c-9e05-11e2-9ccc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c3c6cc0-90ac-11e2-862b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Fifty years after the Beeching report, passions still run high about the man who changed Britain’s railways for ever. Matthew Engel reviews ‘Last Trains’, by Charles Loft Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:19:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c3c6cc0-90ac-11e2-862b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0c3c6cc0-90ac-11e2-862b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a28362a-8c11-11e2-b001-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Exhortation has always been a large part of the British tradition, and people even regard it with affection, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:00:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a28362a-8c11-11e2-b001-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0a28362a-8c11-11e2-b001-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3d54ee8-819e-11e2-904c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The 50th anniversary of the Beeching report, which slashed Britain’s rail network, is being marked in surprising fashion, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:23:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3d54ee8-819e-11e2-904c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a3d54ee8-819e-11e2-904c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32da3ca0-7cec-11e2-afb6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct This is a natural Conservative seat, but with disaffected Tories defecting to Ukip expected to outnumber Labour voters, the Lib Dems are buzzing Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:11:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32da3ca0-7cec-11e2-afb6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 32da3ca0-7cec-11e2-afb6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03296aa8-6fb3-11e2-956b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The bank’s new masters face the parliamentary standards commission in a performance that exudes mutual contempt and matches menace for menace Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:58:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03296aa8-6fb3-11e2-956b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 03296aa8-6fb3-11e2-956b-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a4165176-6aca-11e2-9871-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A portrait of the Welsh rugby team on their way to the Grand Slam. Matthew Engel reviews ‘Calon’, by Owen Sheers Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:14:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a4165176-6aca-11e2-9871-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a4165176-6aca-11e2-9871-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a5aa46c-6557-11e2-a3db-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct David Cameron’s speech on Britain’s future in Europe will calm Tory MPs, blunt Ukip’s appeal but make the rest of the union wary, writes Matthew Engel Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:34:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a5aa46c-6557-11e2-a3db-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3a5aa46c-6557-11e2-a3db-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc0c998e-55bd-11e2-9aa1-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The daft ritual of one Olympic long-distance runner came to define the games for many watching his double-gold triumph, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:07:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc0c998e-55bd-11e2-9aa1-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fc0c998e-55bd-11e2-9aa1-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e42e19a0-47da-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Matthew Engel enters the arcane, convivial and very charitable world of traditional trade guilds in London Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:19:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e42e19a0-47da-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e42e19a0-47da-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/50645108-490b-11e2-9225-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Matthew Engel explains why there is nothing like an English Christmas and for something different: a review of 2012 on the political stock markets Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:03:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/50645108-490b-11e2-9225-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 50645108-490b-11e2-9225-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d1fd981a-43f1-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 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, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:24:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d1fd981a-43f1-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d1fd981a-43f1-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaaaf98a-45df-11e2-b7ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct What we are seeing has resonance beyond one country. The world is dividing in two – those to whom religion matters and the rest, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:54:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eaaaf98a-45df-11e2-b7ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct eaaaf98a-45df-11e2-b7ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b512d984-33ef-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Lower-league battlers stand little chance in a world dominated by Abramovich FC and Abu Dhabi City, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:52:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b512d984-33ef-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_engel%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b512d984-33ef-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0