Paper Cuts
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Have you SEEN the state of the papers today? PAPER CUTS has. In our thrice weekly podcast, some of Britain’s sharpest commentators and funniest comedians come together to look at the madness, the strangeness, the obsessions, and – occasionally – the brilliance of our national press.Host Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalists and comedians like Jonn Elledge, Grainne Maguire, Jacob Jarvis, Ava Santina, Jacob Hawley, Marcus Brigstocke, Coco Khan and many more.Illustrations by Modern Toss: https://...
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Episodes (387)
Trump: "Call me Nelson Mandela 2.0" – The nightmare Disney dreamland for grown-u...
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Why the Mail hates Angela Rayner – Hardest Geezer’s Africa run: record faker? –...
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Grindr MP’s blackmail bungle – The Amy Winehouse film nobody wants – Blind Date...
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Apr 5, 202433:59pending
Labour set to smash Blair’s victory – Buried in balls! The Guardian finds its ha...
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Apr 4, 202433:17pending
Horror at killing of Brit aid workers – Could AI bots land you a new job? – Jona...
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Apr 3, 202433:49pending
Sunak wants to fine the homeless – Gwyneth Paltrow’s laser dildo – The world’s c...
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Apr 2, 202431:13pending
Special guests Boris Johnson and Liz Truss review the papers
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Apr 1, 202427:18pending
Best of the Year so far!
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Mar 29, 202432:32pending
Sorted for Eels and Whizz – Stop getting Easter wrong! – Romance is dead: Inside...
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Mar 28, 202435:55pending
What’s Prince Harry got to do with P Diddy? – Bum notes! It's time to talk about...
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Mar 27, 202428:33pending
Trump narrowly escapes going bust – Are you a Bonking Boomer or an Anxious Alpha...
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Mar 26, 202428:57pending
Kate news sparks panic backtracks – Women! Strike for the right to be lazy – Cou...
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Mar 25, 202432:11pending
The Sun’s woke police slam England’s new shirt – Elephants in Hyde Park – Yolk?...
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Mar 22, 202430:47pending
The Obama-Macron muscle-off - Is 90 the new 30? - Telegraph: “Death to self chec...
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Mar 21, 202430:26pending
“Leave Kate alone!” says photo flogger – Are YOU having a quarter-life crisis? –...
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Mar 20, 202430:44pending
We've found Princess Kate! – Jeremy Clarkson vs. Jane Austen – Who cancelled gui...
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Mar 19, 202425:12pending
Bonkers Tories: 'Let's swap Rishi for Penny' – Men want big butts and we’ll tell...
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Mar 18, 202431:16pending
Small votes crisis! No May election, says Sunak – Meghan launches tat for toffs...
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Mar 15, 202428:11pending
Why is America banning TikTok? – Would you go to sea on the Titanic 2? – “I’m so...
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Mar 14, 202427:12pending
Tory moneyman’s race row – Lily Allen: “My kids ruined my career” – Vets have go...
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Mar 13, 202429:27pending
Princess Kate says: “Soz, I'm rubbish at Photoshop!” – Does 30p Lee's flounce ma...
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Mar 12, 202431:05pending
Kate Middleton photoshop conspiracy – Who stole the show at the Oscars? – The Gu...
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Mar 11, 202430:28pending
Hooray! The papers end sexism! – Dog eat dog at Crufts – Slay it ain’t so! Queer...
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Mar 8, 202433:55pending
The tabloids’ budget meltdown – The Times dives deep on Britain’s shagging habit...
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Mar 7, 202432:29pending
Cringe on the couch with the Sunaks – Sausage roll with the punches: The Times v...
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Mar 6, 202432:28pending
Trump's lucky day in latest court ruling – Do you know who anyone on Celeb Big B...
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Mar 5, 202432:57pending
Sexts shame of Geri Spice’s F1 fella – Raye, Kylie and CMAT storm the Brits – “F...
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Mar 4, 202435:41pending
George Galloway runs away with Rochdale – Paul Mescal’s pub of love – The world’...
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Mar 1, 202426:17pending
Where is Kate Middleton? – GB News drives the Tories crazier – Don't worry Mille...
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Feb 29, 202432:41pending
BBC, Huw Edwards and The Sun in blame-fest – Peppa Pig corrupts American youth –...
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Feb 28, 202428:26pending
Trump takes on Prince Harry – Jeremy Hunt’s tax cut conundrum – ‘I went to an or...
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Feb 27, 202433:42pending
Lee Anderson sparks latest Tory turmoil – Joe Biden’s saucy sex life – Bridget J...
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Feb 26, 202432:22pending
Lettuce Liz goes mad in America – Barking Bad! Meet Joe Biden’s hell-hound – Are...
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Feb 23, 202433:47pending
Chaos in the Commons – Are the middle-class skint? – London’s new mega hotel for...
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Feb 22, 202430:17pending
Prince William’s Gaza plea – Trolleyed? Spannered? How do you say “I’m drunk”? –...
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Feb 21, 202432:34pending
David Cameron vs. dirty Russian money – Dad bods vs. lady bods – The Mail’s Liz...
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Feb 20, 202432:37pending
Bad Badenoch lays into Post Office ex-chairman – Barbenheimer row settled at the...
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Feb 19, 202432:13pending
Best of the Extra Bits
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Feb 18, 202428:04pending
Sunak double defeat as economy slumps – London’s train lines too ‘woke’ for Mail...
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Feb 16, 202431:51pending
Trump ally to David Cameron: “Kiss my ass” – Nigella vs Nutella – “I relived the...
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Feb 15, 202437:05pending
Harry and Meg’s ‘disgusting’ website – J.Lo’s absurd $20 million love letter – T...
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Feb 14, 202430:11pending
Labour chaos at cursed by-election – The weird world of erotic podcasts – Is it...
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Feb 13, 202433:42pending
Shock as Trump backs Russia to attack allies – Why is Gen Z so boring? – The Tim...
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Feb 12, 202433:55pending
Starmer climate U-turn unites the papers – Attack of the robot toothbrushes! – I...
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Feb 9, 202436:13pending
Sunak’s horrible trans “joke” backfires – No la la! France in sex recession – We...
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Feb 8, 202432:58pending
Meet the PopCons: Liz Truss’s mad new gang – “Why King’s cancer is all about ME”...
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Feb 7, 202435:01pending
King Charles cancer bombshell — Rishi’s crass Rwanda bet with Piers Morgan — Gre...
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Feb 6, 202432:42pending
Papers horror at 'XL bully’ attack – Inside the robot homes of the mega-rich – W...
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Feb 5, 202433:25pending
TikTok vs. the music biz – The great reality show rip-off – Boffins blast rugby...
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Feb 2, 202436:57pending
“Take more sickies!” say boffins – Want to buy Berlusconi’s bunga-bungalow? – Th...
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