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Imogen Hart

Culture critic + Opinion columnist (Arts + Lifestyle)

An empty classroom with rows of empty desks and chalkboards. — Compression Effect: A decade of stronger entry-level raises has narrowed the gap between newer and veteran teachers in ways that have begun to show up in retention data. | Source: Iurii Stasinchuk

Education

Teacher Salary Compression Becomes Flashpoint in Three Capitals

A decade of stronger raises at the entry level has produced a salary structure veteran teachers describe as a quiet exodus engine.

Glass jars of dry goods organised on wooden pantry shelves.

Lifestyle

What Belongs in a Functional Pantry, and What Doesn't

By Imogen Hart a month ago

An empty classroom with desks and a chalkboard.

Opinion

Guest Essay: I Teach High School. The Conversation About Phones Is Missing the Point

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A symphony orchestra in performance, viewed from a balcony seat.

Arts

Concert Review: The Phila Orchestra's Mahler Cycle Reaches Its Half-Way Mark

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A grand piano on a darkened stage.

Arts

Movies: A Music Documentary That Treats Its Subject With Patience

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A wide farm landscape with rows of crops under an open sky.

Opinion

Op-Doc Review: A Small Family Farm Through the Crop Cycle

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A young dancer practising in a sunlit studio.

Arts

How Social Media Changed What Dance Means to Younger Audiences

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A close-up of card-game cards on a wooden table.

Wirecutter

Games and Wirecutter: The Best Card Games to Have at Home

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A wooden cutting board with fresh vegetables, herbs, and grains.

Lifestyle

The 2026 Nutrition Conversation Has Quietly Settled on Practical Middle Ground

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A vintage cinema marquee illuminated at night against a dark sky.

Arts

Sundance Pickup Memorial Light Earns Its Theatrical Run

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A quiet morning kitchen with sunlight through a window.

Opinion

Sunday Essay: In Praise of the Quiet Things That Hold Lives Together

By Imogen Hart a month ago

An open notebook with handwritten notes beside an old book.

Opinion

Guest Essay: We Don't Need a New Ethics for the AI Era. We Need to Use the One We Have

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A wedding ceremony with the couple under an arch of flowers.

Lifestyle

Marriage Statistics Tell a More Hopeful Story Than the Cultural Commentary

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A bookshop window display with bestseller titles on stands.

Arts

Genre Fiction Imprint Closes Year With Five Titles in Top Ten

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A group of friends laughing together at an outdoor table.

Lifestyle

Adult Friendship Is the Quietest Health Intervention We Have

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A podcast recording setup.

Opinion

Opinion Audio: What Work Means When We Cannot Quite See It

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A stack of older books with worn spines on a wooden table.

Arts

Sunday Essay: What the Bestseller List Has Always Been For

By Imogen Hart a month ago

Hospital corridor with overhead lighting and medical equipment.

Opinion

Op-Doc Review: One Night in an Emergency Department

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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