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Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:23 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 15:18:26 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/life-arts/simon-kuper http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/life-arts/simon-kuper http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1361d6f6-bdbc-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There is a global fascination with football managers: serious media devoted more space to Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure than to Pakistan’s elections Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1361d6f6-bdbc-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1361d6f6-bdbc-11e2-890a-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d76b5fcc-b83f-11e2-bd62-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Globalisation has hurt France’s “énarques”, who weren’t trained to succeed in the world but in central Paris Fri, 10 May 2013 18:16:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d76b5fcc-b83f-11e2-bd62-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d76b5fcc-b83f-11e2-bd62-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/117dacae-b7de-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Despite his success, Sir Alex never kidded himself that he knew everything – he always kept learning; for him, knowledge was power Wed, 08 May 2013 14:02:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/117dacae-b7de-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 117dacae-b7de-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2fa7ef1e-b2c0-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Year after year, Everton outperform much richer and starrier football clubs. Simon Kuper went to Goodison Park to find out why Fri, 03 May 2013 14:31:39 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2fa7ef1e-b2c0-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2fa7ef1e-b2c0-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/15c4d902-b1e6-11e2-9315-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Europe is having a terrible time – except compared with probably every other continent and any time in history Fri, 03 May 2013 13:05:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/15c4d902-b1e6-11e2-9315-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 15c4d902-b1e6-11e2-9315-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8faff3b6-b103-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct American basketball player Jason Collins’ announcement that he is gay is a landmark that sporting authorities must act on, says Simon Kuper Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:24:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8faff3b6-b103-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8faff3b6-b103-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/dcd21848-ac73-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The monarch is as familiar a presence to many Dutch people as their own grandmother. She embodies Dutchness, writes Simon Kuper Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:17:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/dcd21848-ac73-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct dcd21848-ac73-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8767cc64-ad44-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Simon Kuper asks club president Andrea Agnelli if Juve – and the whole Italian game – has fallen victim to the nation’s problems Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:47:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8767cc64-ad44-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8767cc64-ad44-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/192876ce-a6f3-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There are few issues in history on which voters have changed their minds so fast as gay marriage Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:50:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/192876ce-a6f3-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 192876ce-a6f3-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/26c416aa-a23c-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Anwar Ibrahim’s habit of quoting classic authors isn’t an affectation. In jail he read them all: the Bible, Lao Tse, Shakespeare, writes Simon Kuper Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:15:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/26c416aa-a23c-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 26c416aa-a23c-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2ed538c-9d43-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Sunderland’s choice of coach is dedicated follower of an ideology that has different meanings in different places, writes Simon Kuper Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:30:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2ed538c-9d43-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c2ed538c-9d43-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1ffc1fb0-9bee-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct AThese tax-dodging schemes are achingly complex, even if you aren’t a kid who has just left school, writes Simon Kuper Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:01:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1ffc1fb0-9bee-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1ffc1fb0-9bee-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6e8b7882-9672-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct I’ve read columns by prisoners and by people with terminal cancer, but I’ve never seen one by someone living on benefits Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:08:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6e8b7882-9672-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6e8b7882-9672-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5d48f3d4-9752-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Simon Kuper argues that western colonial nostalgia is finally being challenged by brutal facts Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:32:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5d48f3d4-9752-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5d48f3d4-9752-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9083e598-90ee-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Texts, blogs, emails and Facebook posts are affecting other kinds of writing – mostly for the good, writes Simon Kuper Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:30:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9083e598-90ee-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9083e598-90ee-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f0355440-8c3e-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In the 1980s, the seize-the-day folks started losing ground. Increasingly, it made sense to pursue long-term outcomes Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:22:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f0355440-8c3e-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f0355440-8c3e-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3764bba-80f8-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct French resistance hero whose call for outrage as a nonagenarian inspired a new and global generation of protesters Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:24:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3764bba-80f8-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f3764bba-80f8-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/aa94d0ec-813e-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A striker’s bestselling autobiography and the legendary novel by a great American writer both tell tales of immigrant life – and the parallels are remarkable Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:32:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/aa94d0ec-813e-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct aa94d0ec-813e-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9c4d7a3c-813b-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As gay couples become more integrated, more gay families will enter a hetero world of kids’ playdates and freezing parents at Saturday morning hockey games, writes Simon Kuper Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:25:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9c4d7a3c-813b-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_simon-kuper%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9c4d7a3c-813b-11e2-9908-00144feabdc0