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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)Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:23:44 +0100Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:53:39 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/emma-jacobs-notebook(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/0/922090c2-a957-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/922090c2-a957-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.htmlJust 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 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:23:44 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe5b74a4-a3db-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe5b74a4-a3db-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.htmlThe 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 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:52:34 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f71752a-9e3c-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f71752a-9e3c-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.htmlMoore means less for bankers as satirist puts embattled industry under the spotlight in Capitalism: A love story, writes Emma Jacobs Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:17:47 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/49642678-9403-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49642678-9403-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.htmlHatred 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 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:48:40 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a241b2-933c-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a241b2-933c-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.htmlA 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 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:59:13 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/603ac042-8e8a-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/603ac042-8e8a-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe 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 onSun, 23 Aug 2009 20:03:00 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e077eae0-8db4-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e077eae0-8db4-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.htmlThe 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 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:12:56 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4176286-8839-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4176286-8839-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.htmlFBI 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 investigatesThu, 13 Aug 2009 20:19:35 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6dd372c-82bc-11de-ab4a-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6dd372c-82bc-11de-ab4a-00144feabdc0.htmlHarriet Harman's week of power has caused much anxiety in the male fiefdoms of Fleet Street, writes Emma Jacobs Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:18:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fc6d636-7d4b-11de-b8ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fc6d636-7d4b-11de-b8ee-00144feabdc0.htmlNeville Chamberlain may have been thin but it took a full-on chubster like Winston Churchill to tackle the Nazis, writes Emma Jacobs Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:09:46 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a999e04-77ca-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a999e04-77ca-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.htmlCrisis, the homeless charity, has had many more enquiries from homeless people, not eligible for social housing, looking for accommodation, writes Emma Jacobs Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:02:08 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb6f1e8c-7233-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb6f1e8c-7233-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.htmlThe prince of pop's demise is not bad news for everybody, as demand for impersonators soars, finds Emma Jacobs Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:36:31 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec1707f4-61cd-11de-9e03-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec1707f4-61cd-11de-9e03-00144feabdc0.htmlIf infiltration of Channel 4's Big Brother is a Conservative party attempt to capture the yoof vote, it is not really working, writes Emma Jacobs Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:48:22 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/717510be-5b6e-11de-be3f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/717510be-5b6e-11de-be3f-00144feabdc0.htmlBritish Airways is pioneering a new trend in corporate philanthropy with an offer its staff can't refuse: the chance to work up to a month for free, writes Emma Jacobs Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:53:15 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b6f5ec8-56bc-11de-9a1c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Femma-jacobs-notebookhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b6f5ec8-56bc-11de-9a1c-00144feabdc0.htmlManchester United's acceptance of a record £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid signifies austerity chic may be dead, writes Emma Jacobs Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:25:57 +0100