UK Tabloids

Girl Guides V Page 3 Girls

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

Could the Page 3 Girl have met her match in the Girl Guide? Members of Girlguiding UK have thrown their weight behind a popular campaign to drop th...

People With Mental Health Are Dangerous Criminals

Kerry Hudson | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Kerry Hudson

There is no close connection between mental health and crime, in fact, statistics show that we are actually more likely to be the victim of the crime.

Could It Be The End For Page 3?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK

Rupert Murdoch has hinted it may be time for The Sun's Page Three girls to join the UK's millions in the dole queue - telling a campaigner that the to...

Was a Crown Court Judge Right to Say That Burglary Requires 'a Huge Amount of Courage'?

Thomas Midlane | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK
Thomas Midlane

To say that burglars are cowards is to play into the conventional political and media narrative that criminals turn to illegal activity because they are too lazy to make it straight. Which simply isn't true.

Jessica Elgot

Sexy Students, Upskirt Shots And 'Titillating' Abuse Stories

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK

British newspapers are regularly "patronising and insulting" when they report on women in public life and victims of sex abuse - with focus on the dre...

Jessica Elgot

'They Read In The Sun That Muslims Want To Ban Christmas'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK

The author of a report investigating how the English Defence League see religious groups like Jews, Sikhs, Christians and Hindus as a recruiting groun...

Have British Tabloids Lost Their Teeth?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK

Are the naked pictures of Prince Harry the first test for a post-Levenson era? Or are the tabloids too scared of the Royals? No major British newsp...

Go Aus Zealand! Australia's Last Ditch Attempt To Steal Medal Glory

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 06.08.2012 | UK

In a last-ditch attempt for Games glory, Australia's tabloid media have tried different tactics to boost the nation's sporting achievements - includin...

Olympics: Tabloid Editors Braced For Second Week Pun Chaos

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 03.08.2012 | UK Comedy

London's tabloid newspaper editors are bracing themselves for potential punning chaos as the London Olympic Games approaches its second week. "We'v...

Whitney, Women, Addiction and the Press

Fran Singh | Posted 17.04.2012 | Home
Fran Singh

The tabloid press can struggle with journalistic ethics surrounding intrusion into grief at the best of times. With the death of Houston they faced two further tests; writing respectfully about women and responsibly reporting drug addiction. On both counts I think they've failed. Much like the case of Amy Winehouse, the reason for her death was considered a given before any official statement was made. "Once an addict, always an addict". It's a lazy and inaccurate portrayal of addiction but one all too often taken up by the popular press.

Leveson: We Are The Problem

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK
Mark Fletcher-Brown

The Leveson Enquiry has been highly informative, beautifully probing and calmly clarifying. The result may cause the media to change their ways. But it will take a lot more than Leveson to stem the demand. Only we can do that.

Death of a Journalist and a New Era for Her Profession

Mark Borkowski | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK
Mark Borkowski

It's a fact that old media is in fast decline, that I will see the death of print. Hopefully the legend of Sue Carrol will be preserved and cherished and not lost in the sea of detritus and the sins of a generation of lazy hacks.

Tabloid Journalism: The Press We Demand

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK
Mark Fletcher-Brown

The tabloid diet sells. The UK loves stories involving celebrities, sex, drugs and rock and roll. We love to see people in high places fall from grace. And we love to watch nobodies live the dream - provided we can watch their fall in full Technicolor afterwards.

Tabloid Roundup: Fools, Foreigners, and a Magic Blanket

Sam Judah | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK
Sam Judah

Welcome to Tabloid Roundup, where we say "yes please" to double dip and "no thanks" to recession. It's the weekend, so let's enjoy the fun stuff from the nation's more affordable range of newspapers.

A Self-Regulating Press is the Only Way to Protect our Media

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
The Cambridge Union Society

The existence of the internet means that people will publish what they want when they want to. If we enforce restrictions on what we can publish in this country, people will write online blogs and write for foreign publications. If our most reliable UK sources are choked off, people will be forced to rely on publications that are less reputable, and perhaps even illegal.

Tabloid Roundup: Loverats, Littlejohn and Lethal Fridges

Sam Judah | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK
Sam Judah

Welcome to Tabloid Roundup, where we wave goodbye to market turmoil and say hello to a simpler kind of confusion. So leave the banks to Berlusconi and the markets to Merkel as we bring you the events that really matter from Britain's biggest-selling papers.

Tabloid Roundup: Noddy Holder, Morris Dancers and Two Big Macs

Sam Judah | Posted 28.12.2011 | UK
Sam Judah

With the eurozone safe for another week, why not relax as we dish out the awards for the week's most entertaining stories, from chubby children to Noddy and the Nazis.

Tabloid Roundup

Sam Judah | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK
Sam Judah

If those FT headlines are getting you down and the Times has left you feeling a bit hopeless, why not lower your brow and enjoy our awards for the very best of all the rest?

How it Feels to Have Your Phone Hacked

Christopher Beanland | Posted 15.11.2011 | UK
Christopher Beanland

The great tabloid scandal of 2011 throws up one last point of order: what was actually in the messages that were hacked? And how does it feel when your privacy is invaded?

Tabloid Tossers - be Nice to us Hacks

Joe Mott | Posted 05.11.2011 | UK
Joe Mott

Not a week goes by without some other hack getting a kicking from the professionally disgusted of Twitter, spurred on by a small army of would-be writers, transparently jealous of their chosen target's success.

Harry Potter and the Curse of Being Unlucky in Love

Andrea Mann | Posted 07.10.2011 | UK Entertainment
Andrea Mann

There are some words that only exist in tabloid-speak. 'Blonde' as a noun. 'Bed' as a verb - and it's normally 'a blonde' who is 'bedded', of course. And 'unlucky in love', which is the tabloids' adjective for 'single'. But only if you're a woman.

The Truth About The BBC

Callum Jones | Posted 28.09.2011 | UK
Callum Jones

Whilst the Beeb faces this constant barrage of intimidation, it just carries on doing what it does best by serving the public. No matter what mud may be slung its way, our public broadcaster just keeps trundling on, as it has done for the past eighty-four years.

Mirror Group Reflects On Its Own Procedures After Phone Hacking Scandal

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 25.09.2011 | UK

The company which owns the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror has launched a review into its editorial practices - amid allegations which suggest hack...

IstyOsty: The Website That Allows the Twitterati to Have a Guilt-Free Two Minute Hate

Patrick Hayes | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK
Patrick Hayes

Using an IstyOsty link is like a 21st century Twitter version of a Masonic handshake.

Labour, the Tabloids and the Contamination of Government

Francis Hoar | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK Politics
Francis Hoar

Truly, this relationship has damaged our governance. It has infected every Party and made it ever more difficult to make complex but essential arguments on behalf of those unable to defend themselves against the mob. The tabloid press, its campaigns, its lack of ethics, its use of emotive rhetoric to advance its causes and its influence on government has changed our democracy for the worse. It is the responsibility of all political Parties, not just the government of the day, to turn their back on cheap tabloid headlines and act, for once, in the public interest.