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classical music How Houston Symphony's percussionist built the 22-pound hammer that delivers Mahler's "blows of fate" in Symphony No. 6 Ellsworth Toohey
News How American singer-songwriter and record producer Maggie Rogers detoxed from the addictive drug of fame Yoy Luadha
finance Consumer debt is "basically optional," but debt collectors rely on you not knowing that Thom Dunn
politics Brexiteer Nigel Farage "couldn't maintain the minimum balance" for posh bank (Update: Bank admits it closed its account over his politics) Rob Beschizza
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tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week's round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan
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