Ranked: The biggest Covid eff ups – The Mail goes ‘Fat Jab’ crazy – Meet the women lusting over Bigfoot
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: The Mirror is the only front page to mark the five year anniversary of Covid. Jason can’t quite get their head around the government's baffling response to the pandemic. Meanwhile, Sarah Vine at The Daily Mail has gone ‘fat jab’ mad, so Jonn takes a look at some of the most baffling columns around the weight loss drug. Plus – The Guardian looks at the romantasy revolution and Miranda questions if she would be happier with a beastly beau.
Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist and the Messiah of the YIMBYs Jonn Elledge and comedic writer and man about town Jason Hazeley.
Use code PAPERCUTS to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/papercuts
Follow Paper Cuts:
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/papercutsshow.bsky.social
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshow
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow
Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com
Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Production. Liam Tait. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production
Podmasters.co.uk
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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://moderntoss.com
- No. of episodes: 385
- Latest episode: 2025-05-01
- News Daily News News Commentary
Where can you listen?
