The Sun is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Rupert Murdoch's tabloidization of the paper with a collection of some of its "classic front pages", plus endorsements from such notable figures as Margaret Thatcher's ghostwriter and Dizzee Rascal. (This also serves as an answer to the question "Whatever happened to Dizzee Rascal?" He is doing endorsements for the Sun.) Anyway, this classic is probably the best of the genre. It doesn't even matter if you know who Freddie Starr is or what the story wasn't: It is the platonic ideal of a Murdoch paper front page.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Is that a photo of the beauty or the rape daughter?
the hamster maybe?
Side note: Crazy piles of nouns like "rape daughter" and "death crash" seem to be a peculiarity of British tabloid headlines - you don't really ever see that kind of thing in American tabloids. I wonder when this style evolved.
The man does not discriminate species: In January 2008, Starr and his wife Donna took part in Celebrity Wife Swap, exchanging with Samantha Fox and her partner Myra.
'Zip Me Up Before You Go Go' - sheer poetry
Actually I think it is better if you don't know. It just gives it a sort of otherworldly made up just for the hell of it quality.