Paper Monitor
12:22 UK time, Tuesday, 26 April 2011
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Paper Monitor has got that back to school feeling, despite having been on duty during the sunniest Easter weekend in living memory (subject to verification, and your own location).
Nonetheless, your humble correspondent is feeling a little bit flitty-flighty. And what better suits this sort of mood than a charivari from the papers. Apt, given what is happening on Friday.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY: The Daily Mirror mourns the passing of the Easter heatwave: "APRIL COOLS DAY" (the online version is more prosaic).
SECOND HEADLINE OF THE DAY: The Daily Mail on royal wedding guests the Palace is keeping rather quiet about: "From mercenaries' sons to the man who stuffed $1m down his underpants... Guess who WON'T be sitting next to the Queen". Truly, a headline so comprehensive there seems little need to read the accompanying story.
LETTER OF THE DAY: To the editor of the Times:
Sir, To continue the theme of Trafalgar as another public holiday (letter, April 22), we could also have Hastings, Crécy, Agincourt, Armada, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Talavera, Waterloo, El Alamein, Kohima etc.
Who knows? The British might never have to work again.
RA Connell
Guildford, Surrey
REVELATION OF THE DAY: People shouldn't dress up as oversized rabbits as it may cause "psychological harm" to animals. The Daily Telegraph reports that four Easter Bunnies and a spring chick were refused entry to Edinburgh Zoo for fear it would upset the animals.
SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE DAY: Humans should behave more like dogs, the author of a self-help book tells the Mail:
- display delight when greeting a loved one
- be a loyal and true friend
- stop over-analysing and tune in to your gut instincts
- lead by example if you are a boss
- Doggedly persist when a problem needs solving
- And embrace the here and now
Right. Paper Monitor is going to take that advice and head to the park. Ears up, tail wagging and OFF THE LEAD.
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