The News of the World - the good, the bad and the ugly

New book charts the remarkable history of Britain’s best-selling newspaperThe ignominy of the News of the World’s closure in 2011, itself preceded by years of hacked celebrity gossip and sleazy scandals, has tended to obscure the newspaper’s social and cultural significance in previous eras.It was a national Sunday title with a long history, a goodly portion of which was anything but unsavoury. As with all popular papers, by recording the interests of its large readership, it reflected and amplified developments in society. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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