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We are too heavily taxed. That is certainly the view of the The Daily Telegraph, which I read, and a great many taxpayers. The DT’s headlines warn:

Britain’s richest woman cuts 300 jobs after Labour tax raid: Bet365 founder reduces workforce by 3pc as levies on online sports betting are poised to rise and

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This sneezeweed, a plant about which I wrote some years back, I found growing in the walled garden at Lincolnshire’s Gunby Hall. If ever a flower looked like a fire, even without long, lily-like petals, this would be it. A flower that looks like a fire? -Why, yes!

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The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford is one of those soaring landmarks for which that ancient city is famous. I nevertheless considered its tower too broad, and its multi-pinnacled spire too complicated, giving an impression of strength rather than elegance. The insides are rather pleasant, however, with the gallery affording a good survey of the whole, below.