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Imogen Hart

Culture critic + Opinion columnist (Arts + Lifestyle)

A loaf of homemade bread on a wooden cutting board. — Practical Bread: Real bread without the all-consuming engagement. | Source: Wesual Click

Lifestyle

How to Bake Bread at Home Without Becoming a Bread Person

A practical approach to home bread-baking that produces real bread without requiring the all-consuming engagement that the bread-baking culture often implies.

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Opinion

Cultural Conversations Have Always Been Faster Than the Cultural Objects

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Guest Essay: Why I Stopped Practising Emergency Medicine

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Games

Games: How the Daily Word Puzzle Phenomenon Settled Into Habit

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

Dance Conservatory Senior Showcase Demonstrates Pipeline Health

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

Steppenwolf Revival of August Sparks Earns Its Reputation

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

TV: A New Workplace Comedy Earns Its Modest Ambition

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

Glasshouse Review: A Streaming Original That Works on the Small Screen

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Opinion Audio: The Case for Slower Conversations About Hard Problems

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Audio

Audio: Narrated Longreads Find Their Audience

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Education

Federal Audit Finds Gaps in Reporting of Campus Hate-Crime Statistics

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

Album Review: Maren Caldwell's Tidewater Marks a Genuine Pop Breakthrough

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Wirecutter

Games and Wirecutter: The Best Jigsaw Puzzles for Households That Actually Finish Them

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Lifestyle

What the Long Conversations About Modern Relationships Are Actually Asking

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Lifestyle

The Vintage Market Is Maturing Past Its Speculative Phase

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

Memoir Review: Sam Aldous's Borrowed Light Sustains Its Difficult Honesty

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Lifestyle

Shoes: How to Buy Three Pairs That Cover Most of Real Life

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Lifestyle

Sleep Research Confirms What Practitioners Have Been Saying for Years

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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