About this title: This work recounts the history of the popular press in Britain. Coverage ranges from the founding of the "Daily Mail" in 1896, to more recent tabloids such as the "Sun", with its Page Three girls and headlines such as "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster".
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. 057506143X
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780575061439ISBN:057506143X
Description: 1st ed. "Harnessing his famously mordant humour to an essentially serious purpose, Matthew Engel introduces us to the Daily Mail hat and ato Daily Mail bread, demonstrates how it became possible to clothe a family through eight weeks' purchase of the Daily Express, explains the significance of Wilfred the Rabbit and of Jane's frilly panties, and shows how topless women and heartless reporting created the tabloid press of today. " Pp.352, 8 pages of b/w photo plates. Black cloth, d/w. Scarce. VG ... read more
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