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The Spirit Of Free Enterprise

‘YOU’VE insured your house, your car, your cat and your complete collection of The People’s Friend Yearbook. But have you insured your home against ghosts? Ultraviolet, a Bristol-based insurance company, … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Scum Of The Earth

‘MINUS 44. It’s nothing to be proud of, is it? In fact, as scores go, it’s pathetic. Yet that’s the score awarded to British tourists in a poll of the … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


Aussies In Top Gear

‘THE TIMES continues to plough its own distinctive furrow, and reserves space on its front page for a curious report of the impending journey of Ian Thorpe, aka ‘The Thorpedo’, … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


Scoth Red Mist

‘TALKING of heavy drinking, Charles Kennedy is in the news today, as the recipient of a rare apology from Jeremy Paxman. The Independent reports that the grand inquisitor was adjudged … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


Jamie Puckers Up

‘THERE are some headlines guaranteed to make even those of the hardiest disposition nervous. And one such appears on the front page of this morning’s Express. ‘Britain In Germ Terror … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Babe And The Woods

‘HAPPY now, Bob Styles, aged 26, of Eastbourne? Yesterday, readers will recall, you were gutted at Channel 4’s decision not to show a full frontal of Big Brother’s Kate when … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Readers’ Pets

‘IT is just as well for the charms of Miss Nordegren because being a Mail reader is a depressing business. This morning, that misguided bunch learn that a ‘summer of … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Belinda Passes Her MOT

‘Laura decided to take Ian back after he promised her that she could have a baby. But being the lying, two-faced little weasel that he is, he’s also booked himself … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Les Not be Having You

‘If Norris wants to live long enough attend the next Shirley Bassey tour, he’s going to have to stop annoying Richard. Richard finally lost his temper with Norris after he … (read more)

Posted: 19th, July 2002 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Tim’s Up

”I’D pull me pants down and have a piss in the corner!’ declared Jade, during a typically refined mealtime conversation in the house of Big Brother.’If, like me, you fancy … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Police In Pub

‘WE all know the police weren’t exactly happy about Home Secretary David Blunkett’s plans for reform, but few of us suspected that the Boys In Blue would go this far. … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Dyke Tied Up

‘THE papers seem obsessed this morning with what everyone’s wearing or not wearing. While the Star’s Page 4 is devoted to Kate’s topless back, the Mail’s Page 4 is concerned … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Benny Is Innocent

‘PASSING the buck is nothing new in government, as anyone with a passing interest in our current leaders will know. But the Daily Telegraph carries a story that surely trumps … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


In A Hole

‘THE TIMES has long ploughed its own furrow when it comes to selecting its lead stories. It likes to give space to the arcane, the idiosyncratic, and, occasionally, the downright … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


Never Hurry A Surrey

‘CIVILISATION is continually being traced back to earlier and earlier periods of history, through the discovery of human-style skulls, early tools and metals, and all manner of pots, paintings and … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


Sweet PFA

‘IF history is a lesson, Rio Ferdinand’s move between the Uniteds of Leeds and Manchester will result in another glorious period for the Red Devils. Last time such a transfer … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Back pages | Comment


The Red Devil Within

‘RIO Ferdinand has pretty much burnt his bridges after his agent announced that the England centre-back was looking to play for ‘a bigger and better club’. It may be true, … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Back pages | Comment


Bring Your Own

‘MARCO Arellano, 34, of Brooklyn, New York was arrested in the Alpine Gourmet Farm on Seventh Avenue for adulterating the food. He had done the same in various salad bars … (read more)

Posted: 18th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment