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The British press

The British are great newspaper readers. They look through newspapers at breakfast, read papers on their way to work, on the bus, on the train and when they come home in the evening.

The British press consists of several kinds of newspapers. There are national and local, morning and evening newspapers; there are daily, weekly and special Sunday papers. There are national papers that are sold all over the country with a large circulation. They give general news and are published in London. There are two main types of national papers – the “popular” papers and the “quality” papers. The popular papers are designed to catch the eye of the reader. They offer their readers different short stories, crime reports, cartoons and advertisements. They are easy to read and often contain little real information. Examples of this type of papers are “The Daily Mail”, “The Sun” and “The Daily Mirror”.

“Quality” papers appeal to the more serious reader, who wants to read about politics and foreign affairs. These papers, such as “The Daily Telegraph”, “The Times” and “The Guardian” are bigger in size with longer articles and wider coverage of events. They have different pages for home news, foreign affairs, feature articles, fashion, business, sport and so on.

The Sunday papers have a higher circulation than the dailies; they are larger than the daily papers and usually contain more articles dealing with general information.

Regional or local papers are published in towns and areas outside London, and mostly cover the local news. There is no censorship of the press in Britain, though all papers are responsible for what they publish.

Answer the questions:

1. Where do the British people read newspapers?

2. What kind of newspapers are there in Britain?

3. Where are national papers published?

4. What are the types of national papers?

5. What are popular papers?

6. What kind of information do they publish?

7. What “quality” papers are published in Britain?

8. Who reads them?

9. In what way are Sunday papers different from the dailies?

10. Where are regional and local papers published?

Give possible beginnings of the sentences:

1. … national and local, morning and evening newspapers; there are daily, weekly and special Sunday papers.

2. … give general news and are published in London.

3. … papers are designed to catch the eye of the reader.

4. … offer their readers different short stories, crime reports, cartoons and advertisements.

5. … papers appeal to the more serious reader, who wants to read about politics and foreign affairs.

6. … have a higher circulation than the dailies; they are larger than the daily papers and usually contain more articles dealing with general information.

Complete the following sentences:

1. There are national papers that are sold all over the country with…

2. The popular papers are designed to catch…

3. They are easy to read and often contain little real…

4. Regional or local papers are published in towns and areas outside London, and mostly…

5. There is no censorship of the press in Britain, though all papers are responsible for…

6. The British are great newspaper…