Paper Cuts
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)
Boo-Hoo Braverman’s Blow Up – plus Daily Mail Diva Dump-fest.
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Night of the Living Dave! Cameron joins zombie government — plus Mrs. Bezos spil...
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Barmy Braverman finally booted – plus The mad world of Doomsday Preppers
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Revolting Suella revolts – plus Farage is a Celebrity, Please Leave Him There
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Home Secretary Alone! Suella vs. the Met and Rishi – plus Boffins have a Napoleo...
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Never mind the Monarch! Inside the King’s Speech – plus The world’s poshest sex...
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Charles grits his teeth for Sunak’s eco-war – plus, How common are you?
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Dorries lifts lid on Tory sex party sewer – plus Where’s your ****ing poppy, Bri...
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Robo Flop! When Rishi met Elon – plus Dorries' bunny boiler fan fiction
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The bully boys of Downing Street – plus "You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro's ha...
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Dirty Dom Cummings lets it rip – plus The Guardian vs. sandwiches
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Captain Chaos: Johnson blasted for wrecking COVID response – plus is your inner...
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LOADED JOHNSON - who's paying Boris at GB News? – and the press pays respect to...
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Beatles say “Help! A.I. need somebody!” – plus, Still making voice calls? You’re...
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Royal Spy who Spooked Harry and Meghan – plus Secret origins of conspiracy theor...
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Big bonuses for bankers? In this economy? – plus Britney Spears’ shocking memoir
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Floody hell! The papers ignore Storm Babet – plus is Taylor Swift a spy novelist...
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Suella blasts the Met – plus men vs. the truth
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A bad day for ‘Dr Death’ Sunak – plus Why we all want dates from the States
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Tory hopeful to voters: “F*ck off” – plus are animals stealing our jobs?
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The sex lives of Guardian readers – plus Darth Fader! Goldman Sachs boss quits D...
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The Israel-Hamas crisis: Is this the British press at its best?
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WhatsAppocalypse! How Queen Carrie ran COVID – plus, A.I. teachers put us in dig...
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A terrible dilemma: How the press is covering Israel/Palestine – plus rich man a...
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Prison Broke! No jail time for crims – plus Pound control to Captain Tom(’s daug...
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Keir’s glitter-sweet symphony – plus inside the MANopause
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Starmer faces his big moment – plus Murder victim’s mum takes on True Crime indu...
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Special edition: The papers react to Israel’s terror nightmare
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Stonking Starmer told to be bold – plus why can’t we be friends?
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Flat broke! Why Britain’s housing market is the worst – plus Papers fix your sex...
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Sunak promises he’ll fix what he broke – plus Gen Z jonesing for astrology
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Truss and trains wreck Sunak’s conference – plus Trump’s day in court
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Mad Mancs! Tories go back to the 50s – plus Elon Musk's weird dad
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Motorhead Sunak’s need for speed – plus Sharon Osbourne vs. demons from hell?
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GB News in meltdown – plus the madness of columnists
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TRUMP's don a fraud – plus BORIS sparks nanny horror story frenzy
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Met opens Brand investigation – plus inside the divorce of the year
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Boris and nanny in wine time trouble – plus armed cops on gun strike
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Murdoch finally Fox off – plus Chazza’s in Paris
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Russell Brand fallout latest – plus you’re calling your kid that!?
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Inside the Brand scandal – Anatomy of a scoop
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Apocalypse almost! Russian pilot nearly blasts RAF jet – plus boffin says Aliens...
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Biden’s bad boy drama – plus, just say no to dogs!
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Hi, spy! China taps up toff – plus Liz Truss vs. the Blob
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Prison break! Manhunt after jail fail – plus Captain Tom's daughter in hot water
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Gillian Keegan blasts schools – plus workers smash the Great Wall of China
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You can’t handle the roofs! – plus ranking Britain’s weird inventions
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School's out, National Service is in – plus footballer sleep secrets
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Flights fiasco blamed on French – plus boffins take on beer goggles
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Spanish Kiss Kick-Off – plus Suella’s big ideas
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