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Matthew Wilcox

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Britain is broken but the parking tickets keep coming

I live on a road where parking is forbidden. This has not stopped any of us from needing cars. Instead, we crowd each evening into the small...

10.03.2026 8

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Matthew Wilcox

Why is Greggs trying to sell me a matcha latte?

Last week I was in a branch of Greggs, in the small market town in north Wiltshire where I live. Behind the sausage rolls, steak bakes, corned...

18.02.2026 20

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How ‘chicken yoga’ came to the Cotswolds

11.02.2026 10

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What rewilders don’t understand about the British countryside

21.09.2025 20

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Matthew Wilcox

Bored of Banksy

14.09.2025 10

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Matthew Wilcox

Art attack / Bored of Banksy

14.09.2025 20

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Matthew Wilcox

Art attack / Bored of Banksy

13.09.2025 10

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Hidden hardship / Life isn’t good for everyone in the Cotswolds

31.08.2025 10

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Matthew Wilcox

Life isn’t good for everyone in the Cotswolds

31.08.2025 20

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Church of England abuse survivors have been failed – again

27.08.2025 10

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The Norman Conquest wasn’t a disaster for England

24.08.2025 10

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Unesco status is killing Bath

16.08.2025 10

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Matthew Wilcox

The Cotswolds is a Potemkin England

27.07.2025 10

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Matthew Wilcox