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Last week (as noted by yours truly) it felt a bit, shall we say, previous to have reviews of the year in the weekend papers. This week felt much more satisfying, not least because the biggest and the best year's news quiz is currently running. (Personally Paper Monitor thinks the link between the three photos so far revealed MUST be something to do with The Wire. But Paper Monitor, currently on series four and wanting no advice about future plot from anyone thank you, can't think about much else anyway.)

There wasn't very much to get excited about in this morning's papers (though if you did spot something, please do the decent thing via the COMMENT form below). Lots of dancing, voting, and bailing.

But Paper Monitor's not too bothered. Still recuperating, it spent a very pleasant weekend with the Financial Times, having been lured in by the Wealth supplement mentioned on Friday. You've got to admire a paper whose end of year quiz has questions like: " Three action heroes are pictured above. Which presidential candidate did the actors playing them support in the US election, either by attending fundraising events or by making a public endorsement?" Big respect, FT.

And lo! Question 7 reads: "The final series of The Wire, a gritty crime series about drug dealing and policing in inner-city Baltimore more frequently described as the greatest TV drama ever, was broadcast this year. How many Old Etonians are in the cast?"

Now THAT's a question. (Though the answer is a trifle disappointing - it's just one - and a better question might have been which member of the cast was once in Absolutely Fabulous.)

The domestic juggling that we all face at this time of year is as nothing compared to the trials of the FT's star columnist (and type-setter's quiz item in his own right) Tyler Brûlé. The only man whose surname includes two ampersands, two semi-colons, and looks like you've fallen asleep on your keyboard (HTML joke). He reports: "A week after writing about the role a club sandwich plays in the overall performance of a hotel, it's only fitting that I'm spending my Saturday in the property that I (and many colleagues) feel comes top of the global sandwich index - the Park Hyatt Milan.... I had thought briefly about going to Palm Beach, Australia, this year, and there were even fleeting discussions about renting something in Brazil. However, this was a record year for travel for me so I can't wait to park myself on the sofa and catch up on TV series that I 've heard of but can never really comment on."

At last, something in common.

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