The front page offered a good balance between the celebratory atmosphere of Novak Djokovic’s win at Wimbledon and the more serious adoption crisis; an impressive example of the real sway of a Times campaign.
The shocking report on the veterans of atomic bomb tests was coupled well with the case studies of specific participants. The accompanying leading article rightly emphasised the need for the Ministry of Defence to accept responsibility for its veterans, and the subsequent horrors they have been subject to.
It is questionable whether half a page should have been dedicated to the outfit changes of the Duchess of Cambridge in Canada. Perhaps, instead, the focus could have been on the Québécois anti-royalty stance and the motivation behind the protests that the Duke and Duchess so royally ignored.
The article about Mark Wallinger’s yet unrealised 164ft white stallion was frank and amusing. The report told of how the expected budget of the construction has escalated by £10 million. This information was well located when placed above the piece on the subject of the BBC capping the salaries of its highest earners (those who earn more than the Prime Minister.) Both reports communicated a superfluity of capital offensive to those affected in a climate of cuts.