Daily Express

Cards on the table: I don't usually buy the 'Daily Express' but when I was a cleaning lady in the early 1990s one of my colleagues brought it with her to work every day - and I used to regularly read the second hand copies while we were skiving together in a downstairs broom-cupboard. That's a good thing about tabloid newspapers in general I've found: the content is such that usually it makes very little difference whether you read them on the day of publication, or not. Back then my 20-odd year old self at least, thought 'the Daily Express' was all right. Didn't it use to have a 'Dilbert' or a 'Calvin & Hobbes' cartoon or something? Whatever it was, I found ...  Read the complete review

Back in the eighties when street poets were cool there was one who wrote a poem entitled 'You never get a nipple in the Daily Express'. His poem really reflected my views on this paper. The Express likes to think of itself as miles above other tabloids like The Sun, and simply a different size to real newspapers. Personally I find the Express more offensive than The Sun and The Mirror. It claims to be above the sleazy papparazzi activities of 'lesser' papers, but is always packed full of gossip and snatched photographs, particularly of royalty. The main thrust of the paper is family values, yet it takes great delight in ...  Read the complete review

I have been reading the express on and off for much of my life. My parents used to take it when I was a child - and we had a headmaster who was a stickler for children knowing what was happening in the world. He was liable to fire a current affairs question at you whenever he met you, and if you couldn't answer then you got a detention - Oh those were the days..... but then I digress. I got into the habit of reading a newspaper, and have always done so ever since. During my teens, I transfered my allegiance to the Sun, prefering what I thought was their snappy style and sense of fun. God how can I dare to admit that ???? Suddenlyin my early twenties I grew up ...  Read the complete review

The express is not a paper that I would usually buy. However, whilst getting tea the other evening. We had a paper delivered. At first sight I thought we had been given someone elses paper by the paperboy but once I read he caption at the top of the front page. I realised we had been given the copy free. The Express were obviously sending out free copies to houses in the hope to gain more readers. I decided that once the kids had gone to bed I would have a good look. I was impressed. It was not too intense. And after a day looking after kids you want something a bit adult but not too brain damaging. This seemed to fit the bill. There were heading ...  Read the complete review

I'm noy being snobbish and there's nothing wrong with tabloids, but if I wanted to buy one, I'd buy one. I wouldn't have expected The Express to change that much since its recent takeover, but things obviously have. I've been a regular reader of this paper for a few years now. This is because I regarded it as an unbias paper in comparison to its peers. Balanced views are what I look for and decent content covering a wide range of issues. This along with daily extras such as health and internet supplements is what attracted me. So what's changed? Well, since the takeover it does retain some of its features but it seems to be ...  Read the complete review