Paper Cuts

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: Sunak ploughs further into the climate war in his gas guzzler. Plus, the Daily Mail compiles its woke list – who missed out on such an accolade? And, the papers all have their particular pet hates – why?Rob Hutton is joined by historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann and comedian and actor extraordinaire Fergus Craig.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Rob Hutton. Audio production by Alex Rees. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: Rage and disbelief as British Gas rakes in record profits of £969m from cash-strapped customers. Sinéad O’Connor was a saint, say papers who treated her as a madwoman when she was alive. Footballers bin principles to take Saudi cash. And will more sex stop you getting cancer?Miranda Sawyer is joined by stand-up comic Fin Taylor and Marie le Conte of the New Statesman (and everywhere else) to battle the ravening newsbeast.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Robin Leeburn, Alex Rees, Simon Williams. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: Farage’s banking debacle continues to distract from the world burning. Meanwhile Rishi’s on the rampage as he wages war on eco pledges to make himself look tough. Plus, Gregg Wallace’s man-meat mockumentary puts the nation off its mid-morning steak bakes.Miranda Sawyer is joined by comedian and actor Marcus Brigstocke and Jonn Elledge, author and New Statesman columnist to gaze in bewilderment at the Great British Press.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Audio editing: Alex Rees. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: The blue bird’s over. Elon Musk wants to rebrand Twitter as “X”. Why? And would you trust the world’s most unpredictable billionaire with your bank details? Plus, firestorms in Rhodes and calls to cut green policies on the front pages. Will the papers make the connection? And one of our panel is taking the Ashes result very hard.Miranda Sawyer is joined by comedian Athena Kugblenu and The Critic magazine’s parliamentary sketch writer Rob Hutton to triage the papers.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: The press frantically spin the triple by-election to suit their very specific agendas. How better to combat the cost of living crisis than a massive pay rise for the Royal Family? The Mail goes all woke-feminist and discovers the Plot to Stop Women’s Football (in the 1920s). And the truly terrible end-of-term presents that kids give their teachers.Comedian Ria Lina and writer, historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann hoover up the headlines with Miranda Sawyer.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: The world is on fire but absolute banker Nigel Farage is still hogging attention. Plus, could “phubbing” (snubbing your partner for your phone) wreck your relationship? And the best and worst headlines from another day of newspaper madness.Miranda Sawyer nose-dives into the swimming pool of news with New Statesman columnist Marie le Conte and comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: Is Starmer overdoing the whole prudence, no-spending-for-you thing? Short of ideas, Sunak decided the biggest problem facing Britain is… Mickey Mouse degrees? Britain’s thickest crooks. This week’s #FixTheHeadline winner. And you won’t BELIEVE what “boffins” are doing with spiderwebs… Comedian Grainne Maguire and the New Statesman’s Jonn Elledge nosedive into a pile of newsprint with Miranda Sawyer.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: Boris Johnson says he “can’t remember” the PIN for his secrets-stuffed phone. Dog ate my homework or what? Courage of soccer star Dele Alli: he talks of being abused as a child and his mental health problems. The Government’s stingy pay deal for teachers and doctors. And should we ban gorillas from using mobile phones?Miranda Sawyer goes on a newsprint binge with not one but TWO Parliamentary sketch-writers: John Crace of the Guardian and The Critic’s Rob Hutton.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow/Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com/Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Audio production: Alex Rees. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: The BBC scandal has gone from binfire to blaze – despite stories shifting, The Sun is still going… Plus, in another heavyweight clash, it’s Hunt vs Sunak vs the Cabinet in a public sector pay row. And, Barbie madness – finally, we can all wear pink!Miranda Sawyer chews through the news with historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann and comedian-writer extraordinaire Fergus Craig.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow/Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com/Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We read the papers so you don’t have to… Today: The papers can’t name the star allegedly involved in the BBC sex pictures scandal – so they’re putting the boot into the Beeb anyway. Are YOU an energy vampire? Does Keir Starmer really “hate tree-huggers”? And our #FixTheHeadline competition sweeps the nation.Miranda Sawyer gorges on the buffet of news with comedian and former forensic investigator (really!) Ria Lina and New Statesman columnist Marie le Conte.Follow Paper Cuts:Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Sophie Black. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices