We argued about the machines. The country was doing the sums. · Issue 004 · Saturday, 4 July 2026

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128 words · published Saturday, 4 July 2026

From the editor.

I. Understand how the £100,000 cliff and the frozen tax bands work before you plan around a pay rise. As James lays out, fiscal drag and the personal-allowance taper mean the figure on an offer and the figure in your account have drifted apart — worth knowing which side of an edge you're on.

II. Give one afternoon this weekend to something that produces nothing. Henry's right that the sold-out stadium is a preview, not a distraction: the skill worth practising for a lighter-working future is choosing meaning that pays nothing back. Wimbledon, the rugby, or your own version of it.

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