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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:27:50 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:09:26 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/arts/columnists/engel(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/378012f8-d3e3-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/378012f8-d3e3-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlTesco has been trying to open a supermarket in this little seaside town, but some of its residents are continuing to bar the door, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:27:50 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/f8f85a6a-c819-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f8f85a6a-c819-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.htmlAn institute in the Dutch town claims that cars, pedestrians and cyclists can co-exist safely without traffic lights and with a minimum of rules, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:31:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/f495d976-bd19-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f495d976-bd19-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a.htmlMatthew Engel visits England's most distinctive industrial town and explores how its submarine shipyard has dominated the lives of its residentsSat, 24 Oct 2009 00:49:58 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/49b9aa04-ba9a-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49b9aa04-ba9a-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.html It seems rather enticing: the fresh morning air on the streets, the sense of freedom, the cheery greetings from the housewives in their nighties. The reality is somewhat different, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:32:23 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/26372fbc-b3aa-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/26372fbc-b3aa-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.htmlMatthew Engel visits the Welsh countryside and discovers that there is nothing quite so inaccessible and impenetrably rural as a ploughing competitionSat, 10 Oct 2009 00:59:36 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/267d4ea2-b2ce-11de-b7d2-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/267d4ea2-b2ce-11de-b7d2-00144feab49a.htmlMaybe the post of chancellor of the exchequer has been declared too difficult for one man, and will now be a job-share for clones, writes Matthew Engel Wed, 7 Oct 2009 03:23:21 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/98f996e0-aa07-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98f996e0-aa07-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.htmlEnglish males have long suspected that any Frenchman, no matter how old, ugly, dull or ridiculous, is capable of bowling over any Englishwoman. Could this novel prove it, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:33:18 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c9ba9718-9029-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c9ba9718-9029-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.htmlAs the shadows lengthened over The Oval on Sunday, England sealed their triumph in the latest re-enactment of the never-ending joust for sport's most myth-encrusted trophy.Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:24:51 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4641406-8e80-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4641406-8e80-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe people's cricketer: spectators revel in the England all-rounder who is playing in his final TestFri, 21 Aug 2009 19:58:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d55dde0-8388-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d55dde0-8388-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.htmlIf, or more likely now, when Australia retain the Ashes, this will have been the crucial day – in four hours of bizarre cricket, Australia took total command of the Leeds TestFri, 7 Aug 2009 20:33:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/64ec56ce-8060-11de-bf04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64ec56ce-8060-11de-bf04-00144feabdc0.htmlAn inflatable pink pig was spotted floating in front of the press box. By then, it was an appropriate motif for England's chances of test match victoryMon, 3 Aug 2009 20:29:59 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/486fb0d8-7ca3-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/486fb0d8-7ca3-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.htmlIn spite of efforts at law enforcement, illegal drug use is as widespread as ever. Matthew Engel reports on the changing attitudes toward prohibition and reformSat, 1 Aug 2009 02:03:19 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/71c61de8-7dff-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71c61de8-7dff-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.htmlThe sabbath is too important to be left to the religious. Those opposed to the new Sunday ferry service to the Isle of Lewis included business owners and irreligious incomers, notes Matthew Engel Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:30:48 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddc7730c-74bd-11de-8ad5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddc7730c-74bd-11de-8ad5-00144feabdc0.htmlTom Watson, weeks short of his 60th birthday, played better golf at the Open Championship than the men half his age, but within a single putt of victory he fluffed it, writes Matthew Engel Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:45:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2086394-730d-11de-ad98-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fengelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2086394-730d-11de-ad98-00144feabdc0.htmlThanks to Aussie batting ineptitude, England's cricketers find themselves with the almost terrifying possibility of a place in historyFri, 17 Jul 2009 23:08:09 +0100