View Full Version : Which UK Newspapers do you usually read online?
Catfish
14 Jul 2005, 10:48 AM
Please tell me which UK or English newspapers you read and WHY?
I usually float around and read various ones, but haven't had much time this summer just curious at to what my fellow Gooners read for British news.
Thanks.
surfcam
14 Jul 2005, 10:58 AM
I check out the Sun because there are usually soom booby shots, but I look at the Guardian for footie news.
ibreak4coffee
14 Jul 2005, 11:06 AM
The Guardian is hands down the best UK paper, and has the best website as well... their footie coverage is pretty damn good as well - the daily "Fiver" email you can sign up for on their site is usually pretty hilarious.
However, if you're a Bush voter, or RickB, the Times is probably your better choice. They have good UK and World coverage with a clear conservative bent, but their sports coverage is lacking.
Sometimes when I feel like laughing, I'll access any of the other tabloid papers - the Daily Mirror, the Sun, the Daily Telegraph (sorry, Torygraph). I really like the fact these papers spend no time employing fact checkers, and dont care what they print.
Miles Brasher
14 Jul 2005, 11:09 AM
Sun at weekday lunchtimes, the times in the evenings, NOTW+Sunday Times on sunday
MIxture of fun and frolics, and big words for me to practise on...
phishy
14 Jul 2005, 11:13 AM
Sun at weekday lunchtimes, the times in the evenings, NOTW+Sunday Times on sunday
MIxture of fun and frolics, and big words for me to practise on...
exactly what Miles said.
HighburyGoon
14 Jul 2005, 11:17 AM
I check out the Sun because there are usually some booby shots, but I look at the Guardian for footie news.
Exactly what Cam said. :p
Catfish
14 Jul 2005, 11:20 AM
The Guardian is hands down the best UK paper, and has the best website as well... their footie coverage is pretty damn good as well - the daily "Fiver" email you can sign up for on their site is usually pretty hilarious.
I can't find where you sign up for the Daily Fiver. Please help.
In the past I usually read The Times or The Guardian. They were the 2 papers that we got for free on our honeymoon.
ibreak4coffee
14 Jul 2005, 11:22 AM
Here you are Catfish...
http://football.guardian.co.uk/fiver/0,8783,415657,00.html
exactly what Miles said.
Oh ffs. You do not read the Times.
Please say you don't. :(
yossarian
14 Jul 2005, 12:42 PM
Oh ffs. You do not read the Times.
Please say you don't. :(
I read the Bridgemonkee Gazette.....it's full of all kinds of "interesting" information.
Achtung
14 Jul 2005, 12:42 PM
The Guardian is usually an interesting read, though often with an anti-American slant. I can live with it though. I like their Sport and Travel sections best.
I read the Bridgemonkee Gazette.....it's full of all kinds of "interesting" information.
Hell, that's even better than the Times. :p
jatm516
14 Jul 2005, 12:59 PM
Cam just reads The Sun for the Page 3 Girl!
mad theory
14 Jul 2005, 01:08 PM
ib4c, your sig is brilliant!
ibreak4coffee
14 Jul 2005, 01:09 PM
ib4c, your sig is brilliant!
Thanks man... but I cant take any credit for it... its those witty writers at the Fiver that come up with this stuff... oh wait... today's Fiver just came into my inbox... might have a new sig in 15 minutes :)
mad theory
14 Jul 2005, 01:11 PM
i stopped reading newspapers since piers morgan was sacked!
Monarch Bay Beachbum
14 Jul 2005, 01:13 PM
The Guardian is hands down the best UK paper, and has the best website as well... their footie coverage is pretty damn good as well - the daily "Fiver" email you can sign up for on their site is usually pretty hilarious.
However, if you're a Bush voter, or RickB, the Times is probably your better choice. They have good UK and World coverage with a clear conservative bent, but their sports coverage is lacking.
Sometimes when I feel like laughing, I'll access any of the other tabloid papers - the Daily Mirror, the Sun, the Daily Telegraph (sorry, Torygraph). I really like the fact these papers spend no time employing fact checkers, and dont care what they print.
Greetings from Mayfair.
We have been here visiting this week. I have been enjoying the footie news in the Guardian, but the front pages make me laugh. It is the like the Move On News, very anti-American. I have also been reading the Telegraph and the Times and been enjoying both.
surfcam
14 Jul 2005, 01:53 PM
Cam just reads The Sun for the Page 3 Girl!
I never denied that! :D
The Sun is also good for such stories as "Pires to be tapped up by Martians" and "Fergie hits Becks with Boot" (ooops, that did happen)!
Achtung
14 Jul 2005, 03:34 PM
Thanks man... but I cant take any credit for it... its those witty writers at the Fiver that come up with this stuff... oh wait... today's Fiver just came into my inbox... might have a new sig in 15 minutes :)
My favorite bit from today is:
Most people can afford to take time out when chasing Mark Viduka, and Graeme Souness did just that today to warn Arsenal that they'll have to pay "a lot more than the £12m Patrick Vieira is reportedly being sold for" if they want to buy Jermaine Jenas. Hilariously, the Scot then added that he may try to lure Sol Campbell to St James's Park.
ibreak4coffee
14 Jul 2005, 03:37 PM
My favorite bit from today is:
Most people can afford to take time out when chasing Mark Viduka, and Graeme Souness did just that today to warn Arsenal that they'll have to pay "a lot more than the £12m Patrick Vieira is reportedly being sold for" if they want to buy Jermaine Jenas. Hilariously, the Scot then added that he may try to lure Sol Campbell to St James's Park.
I really liked this letter submission too... :)
"With the aide of a salt cellar, pepper grinder and a selection of random condiment jars I tried explaining the new 'interfering with play' offside rule to my girlfriend last night. Although this method has worked successfully in the past, after numerous attempts I gave up. On the bright side we ended up with a fantastic marinade for our chicken"