A good Sunday read (The Sunday Post)

Member Name: polydeuces

Product:	The Sunday Post
Date:	16/06/08 (35 review reads)
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The Sunday Post is published in Glasgow and is predominantly a paper for Scots people. The paper is available in England for exiled Scots or for anyone with more than a passing interest in matters north of the border.

Published in tabloid format The Sunday Post is a dynamic, lively newspaper. Its writing style is not dumbed down but nor is it haughty. It seems to know its market well and caters for it very successfully. It understandably has its main focus on news from Scotland but it does give coverage to matters in England and further afield. News from Northern England is well covered hinting that circulation extends into Cumbria and the North East. Whilst its focus is strongly Scottish this is not portrayed in a Nationalist anti-English view but rather in a real sense of pride.
As wells as the news the paper has a lively comic section featuring old Scots favourites Oor Wullie and the Broons showing not much has changed over the years. Probably one of the best points about the Sunday Post is its coverage of Scottish sport. Every game in the Scottish Premier League and the Bell's Scottish League is covered and covered so comprehensively that there are often with more words in the match report that there were people at the game. Football from the English leagues are also covered well and the reporting is a cut above the offerings of tabloids South of the border. Other sports particularly Rugby Union is well covered and the involvement of all the nationla teams in their respective sports is thorough.

Since the formation of the Scottish Parliament the Sunday Post has covered the activities well. It also has a an amount of UK national and international news and the extent of its news coverage puts the Sunday Mirror/People/News Of the World to shame. There are no silly celebrity stories in the Post. It does cover TV/Films and music but does so with intelligent articles that have something to say.
I would recommend the Sunday Post as a refreshing change from the usual diet of the Sunday tabloid. You may not be interested in such an extensive coverage of matters Scottish but there is still enough without that to make it a good Sunday read.

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