I wouldn't normally buy a newspaper like the Daily Mail--the headlines and front cover just scream "tabloid!" to me. And the news stories are generally very sensational. However, we've been buying not one, but two copies every day over the last several weeks, because the Daily Mail has been giving away free DVDs of classic BBC costume dramas inside their papers this month. In fact, demand has been so great that they're extending the promotion another week and adding the film versions of several of my favorite novels, including "Northanger Abbey" and "Wuthering Heights." I've amassed quite a collection of British classic novel film adaptations in the last few weeks (and so has my "English mum" who's also collecting them, hence the double daily dose of the Mail).
However, while the news section of the Daily Mail doesn't impress me much, I've found some great feature writing in it. This provocative article by a fertility expert really made me think yesterday. And today I laughed and laughed and laughed some more when I read this story of an 80-year-old Peter Hildreth, who's been getting into trouble for running up the down escalator at local department stores. Never mind that the guy was an Olympic champion in his heday--the stringent health and safety rules of Great Britain means he can no longer do his training in Marks & Spencer, Debenhams or Elphicks. I feel a sneaking sympathy for him.
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