Brian Groom - Financial Times

Mar 31, 2014

A Man United fan looks beyond the pain

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It hurts to see your team flop but winning, just as much as losing, is all part of the game

Hedge fund reveals 2.5% Man U stake
Simon Kuper Billion-euro team – Paris Saint-Germain
Man Utd brushes off revenue concerns
Manchester United Profits before goals

Supporters of independence for Catalonia hold a march

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Mar 24, 2014

Who has the right to self-determination?

From Scotland to Catalonia, and now Venice to the Scottish isles, independence is a fraught issue

David Gardner No need to fear the F-word
Global Insight Catalan business uneasily eyes breakaway

Feb 24, 2014

‘Manpool’: time to kiss and make up

The idea of merging Manchester and Liverpool has been floated to fuel their economic growth

Somerset farms like this one have been inundated

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Feb 10, 2014

An ark needed in beautiful England

The UK’s continuing wet winter has prompted talk of a crisis in the southwest

Feb 3, 2014

Scotland, forever in two minds

The fierce division over independence reflects a longstanding duality in the national psyche

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Jan 27, 2014

The UK’s vanishing Aussies are missed

The success of their home, resource-driven economy is putting Australians off staying in Britain

Chris Giles Australian PM seeks to refocus G20
Government calls time on Sydney revelry

robots lined up for the 2013 RoboCup football tournament

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Jan 20, 2014

Is a robot coming to take your job?

Automatons and computers should soon be able to diagnose fraud or illness

Science – Can humans get on with robots?
Undercover Economist Your jobs. Give them to me. Now

Dec 23, 2013

Let us debate the Great War freely

Thirty years ago, interest in the first world war was fading, but it has returned sharply

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Dec 17, 2013 UK

Chance to break cycle of airport failures

Expansion is seen as crucial for the UK to be among the most competitive nations

Boris airport dream left in holding pattern
Editorial Heathrow is the solution

Dec 16, 2013

Five out of 10 have no clue

The gap between public perceptions and reality makes you shudder

Robert Joyce Twentysomethings are not unlucky alone
FT series Class of the crunch

Dec 9, 2013

UK manufacturing’s unlikely heartland

The country’s export heartland is – counterintuitively – southeast England and London

Dec 2, 2013

Few cheer as City gets its mojo back

The UK economy is still a long way from rebalancing

Nov 25, 2013

A rocky road for Scottish nationalists

Alex Salmond might wonder, as he plays host to the media, if independence is within reach

Nov 11, 2013

Free the cities to shape their destiny

English councils are looking with envy at Scotland and Wales

Nov 4, 2013

Britain’s half-love for German model

Claims that the Grangemouth dispute would not have happened in Germany are not clear-cut

Oct 21, 2013

A tough guy, but no cowboy hat

Jim Ratcliffe, known as ‘JR’, will need his renowned steeliness in his dispute at Grangemouth

Oct 7, 2013

A sense of déjà vu on Royal Mail

Privatisation has come a long way in the UK but the political arguments surrounding it have not

Sep 30, 2013

Tories seek a way back in the north

The party’s conference in Manchester is part of an attempt to regain the hearts of northern voters

Sep 23, 2013

Recovery the best hope for wages

Britain’s political parties are struggling to find policies that will boost pay

Sep 16, 2013

ABOUT BRIAN

Brian Groom is the FT’s UK business and employment editor. He has previously held a number of senior posts at the FT, including political editor and Europe edition editor, and is a former editor of Scotland on Sunday.

His weekly Notebook column is a wry take on life in the UK.

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It hurts to see your team flop but winning, just as much as losing, is all part of the game

From Scotland to Catalonia, and now Venice to the Scottish isles, independence is a fraught issue

The idea of merging Manchester and Liverpool has been floated to fuel their economic growth

The UK’s continuing wet winter has prompted talk of a crisis in the southwest

The fierce division over independence reflects a longstanding duality in the national psyche

The success of their home, resource-driven economy is putting Australians off staying in Britain

Automatons and computers should soon be able to diagnose fraud or illness

Thirty years ago, interest in the first world war was fading, but it has returned sharply

Expansion is seen as crucial for the UK to be among the most competitive nations

The gap between public perceptions and reality makes you shudder

The country’s export heartland is – counterintuitively – southeast England and London

The UK economy is still a long way from rebalancing

Alex Salmond might wonder, as he plays host to the media, if independence is within reach

English councils are looking with envy at Scotland and Wales

Claims that the Grangemouth dispute would not have happened in Germany are not clear-cut

Jim Ratcliffe, known as ‘JR’, will need his renowned steeliness in his dispute at Grangemouth

Privatisation has come a long way in the UK but the political arguments surrounding it have not

The party’s conference in Manchester is part of an attempt to regain the hearts of northern voters

Britain’s political parties are struggling to find policies that will boost pay

Rachel Reeves is not the first politician to be described as less than lively

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