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    Frederick Studemann

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    Frederick Studemann is Literary Editor of the Financial Times. He writes a regular Notebook column, mostly focused on UK and Europe.

    He joined the FT in 1996 as Berlin correspondent,  having also served as assistant news editor, UK correspondent, European news editor, Analysis editor and most recently as Comment & Analysis editor . He was a founding member of FT Deutschland where he ran the features and weekend section.

    Email Frederick Studemann @frederick65  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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