Paper Monitor
11:37 UK time, Thursday, 10 September 2009
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
On the train in, Paper Monitor divided its attentions between two products of the Murdoch empire - the Sun and the Times. And sharp-eyed readers may spot the fruits of these endeavours in today's .
The Sun falls upon Rio Ferdinand's staycation with great enthusiasm, not least for the opportunity it affords to customise Duran Duran's searing masterwork:
"His name is Rio and he dances in the Sands
His name is Rio and he likes a caravan."
The bathos...
Meanwhile, Paper Monitor has long been a devotee of the People column in the Times. The departure of Hugo Rifkind, the former diarist for whom your columnist once nurtured an entirely unrequited friendship, hit Paper Monitor hard. But time is a great healer and under the new stewardship of Jack Malvern, Paper Monitor finds its heart is a-flutter.
Yesterday, at Channel 4 HQ after he was ordered not to buy a lottery ticket before his televised attempt to predict the winning numbers. "Everyone put poo on their doorstep please," Brown tweeted.
"People would never condone such actions. (C4's office is at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P). "
DMQ SPOILER ALERT
And today, People doesn't just wonder why Sir David Attenborough has been recruited to make music with a - look away now if you haven't yet attempted the on the Magazine page - floor polisher, with this unlikely instrument. "She replied: 'Oh, no, no no.'"
On a not-dissimilar note, G2's Pass notes in the Guardian tackles the
Through the medium of questions and answers, it seeks to find out.
"When, oh when, will this terrible downturn end? It ended in May.
Hoorah! Can I have my job and my house back now? Unfortunately, unemployment and negative equity are still rising."
And finally, last week reader Jacob, of London, asked for recommendations TV-wise, as he shares Paper Monitor's enthusiasm for The Wire and Strictly Come Dancing. Here's another one: Spiral. A twisty turny French police procedural that's back for a second series shortly. Radio Times calls it Le Wire. And Paper Monitor concurs.
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