I was surprised to see that The Times had not given more of the front page to the “minimal impact” of the strikes on public services. However, it seems that The Times, too, has caught “royal fever” and I thought that the cover image of the Duchess of Cambridge in Canada rather detracted from the headline “First strikes fail to spark”, although it was interesting to read of the Canadian welcome and reaction to the new royal couple.
The article on page 5, “Terminal patients denied a ‘good death’ ” by Sam Lister was especially emotive and I empathised completely with the powerful and thought-provoking issues at the heart of this.
I thoroughly enjoyed the leading article on page 2, “A Joke of a Mother-in-Law?”, combined with the article in Times2, “The mother (in law) of all battles”. What hilarity, and an interesting take on social customs today! These articles definitely added a sense of light relief in contrast to the heavier material on strikes.
I appreciated the news articles on the issues surrounding migration, the baby boom and the rise in unemployment among British youths. I was pleased to see The Times including these prominent issues affecting young Brits in such a considered manner. The sport section was also well done and left me eagerly anticipating the Wimbledon finals over the weekend.