Front pages June 22-28, 2014
Saturday 28 June, 2014
Those pesky Europeans are masters of making life difficult. First of all they won't bow to us over the choice of commission president, then they have the gall to make the decision on a Friday when the Eurosceptic British Press is busy preparing jolly offerings for the Saturday breakfast table. And on Glastonbury weekend to boot, when mud, wellies and flowers in hair pictures are compulsory. The Guardian maintained its serious demeanour, theTelegraph compromised with a double column splash coupled with a picture of a comely tennis playerette, theTimes and Independent received similar telepathic messages telling them that Glasto must dominate and each squeezed in a sliver of EU splash at the bottom. But the arch-Europhile whitetops couldn't bring themselves to use what may be a defining moment for British membership on a Saturday front. Personal finance matters to Mail readers even more than Europe, and the Express must do all it can to keep its dwindling readership cognisant. This is its third dementia splash this month. And bad luck to have organised that free Oasis offer in the week we were told not to drink fruit juice - or did the company come knocking on the door at the last minute to shift excess stock?
Happy weekend everyone
Happy weekend everyone
Friday 27 June, 2014
What a gloomy collection. Every set of disclosures about Jimmy Savile is more repellent than the last. Did the Mirror need to take the story the step forward to suggesting that he might have killed a child in a care home? The glass eye and mortuary photograph stories are extraordinary enough, but who would stand up now and say that it was not possible that he was also a killer? Rebekah and Charlie Brooks's appearance in front of the press pack keeps the phone hacking saga alive on the fronts of the i, Indpendent, Guardian and Sun - though whether Rebekah saying she didn't do it and thanking her redoubtable mum is a splash story (i) is doubtful. The Telegraph and Express are in harmony over breast cancer, while the Mail and Times celebrate summer with their favourite Lady Mary of Downton, who is, the Mail might be surprised to know, a fictional character. It was the actress Michelle Dockery who was at Wimbledon with Pippa. The Mail's splash head aims a blunt arrow at the energy companies. Sometimes reducing a big number down to something you can relate to is a mistake - £101 profit doesn't seem that unreasonable, since it represents 7.5% of the average bill and we readily accept that sort of mark-up on stuff we buy in shops. When you read the copy and find that five years ago the average profit per household was £9 - or 0.7% - the picture changes dramatically. Comparison rather than a stark figure is everything here. The Telegraph is doing its bit for the Eurosceptics in trying to taint Juncker, the Times homes in on new population statitistics, which allow it to roam over the territories of immigration, house prices and planning policy. Happy days. But we'd better not build on agricultural land, we're going to need it when someone decides it's a good idea to start farming these monster rats the size of cows.
Thursday 26 June, 2014
The Guardian and Times stick with phone hacking, although neither splash says much that anyone interested would not have known yesterday lunchtime. Still, Nick Davies is an excellent read. The Telegraph, Mail and Expressare all back on their health kicks, with sunshine to reduce our blood pressure - good job we've been promised a hot summer, unless you're a hay fever sufferer - and more dire warnings about fruit juice.
The Independent, i and Sun all go for the cracking story about Wonga sending fake lawyer's letters to borrowers behind on their payments. There's a lot of money around today - the Star has spongers and most tell us how much the royals cost us per year. This provides an excuse for the Express and Telegraph to run pictures of Her Majesty and for the Times and Mail to roll out Camilla. The Mirror meanwhile goes for soap royalty and the news that Jean Alexander, who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street for 35 years, had been taken to hospital in an ambulance.
The Independent, i and Sun all go for the cracking story about Wonga sending fake lawyer's letters to borrowers behind on their payments. There's a lot of money around today - the Star has spongers and most tell us how much the royals cost us per year. This provides an excuse for the Express and Telegraph to run pictures of Her Majesty and for the Times and Mail to roll out Camilla. The Mirror meanwhile goes for soap royalty and the news that Jean Alexander, who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street for 35 years, had been taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Wednesday 25 June, 2014
Just one paper has cottoned on to the most important story of the day - or at least the most relevant to the most people: stand up, the Daily Star. After the giant mutant cannibal rats and killer spiders, we are to be attacked by fleas. Billions of them. Don't laugh, this is one armageddon story that may well come true, given that we are a nation of pet lovers and our furry friends predilection for offering shelter for homeless fleas, half-eaten rabbits and mouse innards. And we should further thank the Star for illustrating the story with two magnified insects and Sophie Negappa, 19, who was enjoying the sun in Newquay yesterday.
The Express has also latched on to a story that will affect vast numbers of people. No, not the painkillers, but the French air traffic controllers' six-day strike that is going to cause mayhem. The Mirror, meanwhile, has gone for a story of no conceivable interest to anyone other than its subject. Shocked mum Sue Bramley, 45, lives in the house where Susan and Christopher Edwards shot Mrs E's parents 16 years ago and buried them in the garden. "When I found out I cried and cried," Mrs Bramley tells the Mirror. But in spite of the nightmare of living at the house of horrors, she's not planning on moving: "I love our home," she says. "We have a great garden and a lot of happy times here." Big story, then.
As for the rest, well the herd instinct is in full flow and probably bears further examination elsewhere
The Express has also latched on to a story that will affect vast numbers of people. No, not the painkillers, but the French air traffic controllers' six-day strike that is going to cause mayhem. The Mirror, meanwhile, has gone for a story of no conceivable interest to anyone other than its subject. Shocked mum Sue Bramley, 45, lives in the house where Susan and Christopher Edwards shot Mrs E's parents 16 years ago and buried them in the garden. "When I found out I cried and cried," Mrs Bramley tells the Mirror. But in spite of the nightmare of living at the house of horrors, she's not planning on moving: "I love our home," she says. "We have a great garden and a lot of happy times here." Big story, then.
As for the rest, well the herd instinct is in full flow and probably bears further examination elsewhere
Tuesday 24 June, 2014
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