Paper Monitor
12:47 UK time, Monday, 16 November 2009
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
How old is the Sun? As the king of the red-tops launches a week of celebrations marking its 40th anniversary, Paper Monitor was momentarily left scratching its head as it recalled this moment from the .
It seems the latest 40th anniversary is merely that of the Sun being bought by Rupert Murdoch and going tabloid.
But the Sun's reprint of a selection of pages from its issue of 40 years ago still provides a diverting moment or two.
"Are beautiful women really to be envied? Can beauty be a handicap? A remarkable series of interviews with some of the most beautiful women of our time begins today on Page 15." It could almost be today. Eerie.
Page two's leader explains the strangely Mao-tinged slogan that the paper adopted: "Forward with the people." It admits: "It is not original."
The now veteran cartoonist Posy Simmonds gets an extraordinary introduction on page four. "Who is Posy?" the blurb asks. "Posy Simmonds 24. Single. Lives in Holborn, London." It asks: "What is she?"
And then the legend: "Freelance artist Public School, Two Years Starving in Paris, Tap-Dancing as a hobby."
And of course, the first page three girl makes her bow. Clothed.
Elsewhere in redtop world, there is clearly a mandate at Daily Star towers - Jordan in the Jungle is the splash every day.
On Friday, it was: "Jordan: I'm going to be Queen of the Jungle."
Today, it's: "JORDAN: MY GIRL ON GIRL JUNGLE LUST."
Apart from puzzling Paper Monitor about whether the Daily Star even has a style entry on capitalisation of headlines or indeed hyphenation of "GIRL ON GIRL", today's headline leaves one puzzled.
Paper Monitor would assume Ms Price must have commented on her "GIRL ON GIRL JUNGLE LUST".
Searching for said quotes is rather like searching for edible material in the bushtucker challenge.
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