The Mail on Sunday

I often buy the Mail On Sunday when I need a tabloid size newspaper to read in my taxi when I'm out working. My actual Sunday newspaper of choice is the Sunday Times, but it is far too big and bulky to handily read in the car, and in any case there's about a week's worth of reading in the Times, which you couldn't say for the Mail On Sunday. The edition I buy here in Dublin is actually the "Irish" version. It's called the "Irish Mail On Sunday", and is produced and edited in the Mail's Irish offices right here in Ballsbridge, Dublin. A lot of the content is obviously taken straight from the UK edition, but there are a ...

I get it every Sunday morning, which is nice. Well I know what to expect. I know some of it is bound to get me going. Other bits I will either want to slowly linger over or get out of the way as quickly as possible. At the finish though I'm pretty sure I'll be well satisfied. Yes, you can't beat a Mail on Sunday. To me this newspaper reminds me of a wet Sunday. I'll be dressed in a big soft fluffy towelling dressing gown and I'll have a lovely cooked breakfast of veggie sausages, mushrooms, toast and scrambled eggs. All on a thin white plate, of course, with strong, hot Nescafe Gold to sip while I am reading. The rain will be gently ...

It is a good newspaper for me. There is more to read than in the Express. It is interesting although it is perhaps not as good as on the introduction of the Night and Day section. It is irritating that from time to time there are sections missing form the newsagents. Did you get your You magazine and the Whitney Houston CD with the paper. The news and sports pages are adequate. The format of the review and the commentary sections are ok. The writing is not as thought provoking as it once was. There used to be an Insider column that was excellent. It is a shame that no longer exists. Although I think politics apart all the Sunday mid-market ...