I read the news today oh boy

I bought every paper going this morning and have them all spread around me at my desk. The Guardian has a brilliant, striking photo on the front cover of the Live 8 logo on the stage at Hyde Park. I love the Guardian's writing style, the entire front page article on the kids going to Edinburgh is so kind hearted. "Batten down the hatches" indeed! The Mirror has the funniest headline "One Gr8 Day" and a great Live 8 insert. However, the Mirror says this: "In recent years, she (Madonna) has settled into the life of a well bred English society dame living in Britain with her husband Guy Richie and children Rocco, Lourdes and Carlos Leon." And here's me thinking she only has two kids.

The Sun has a great Live 8 insert with a seriously funny bit "If you're a grumpy old git" on page 5. It also has a brilliant horseracing insert, never knew about this but I will certainly get it again when I go racing. The Sun has let the side down by not publishing any more photos of Sodham in his underwear but I guess that's not relevant to today.

The Irish Independent has Bono's photo on the front and and a really funny headline that I don't think I can type on the web, in the middle (clue, it's a quote by, "Sir Bob" as they call him). Didn't think the knighthood counted in Ireland, but I do think "Sir Bob" has a great beat.

The Telegraph has a broadsheet page on Live 8 covering the actual front page - what are those called? The photo of Bob Geldof on the last page isn't very flattering, but the quote is: "When Live Aid happened, we discovered that the planet's lingua franca was not English, but pop music." Just as an aside, great above the fold headline in the Telegraph about forgeries in the National Archives, of course that would interest me!

The Times weighs a ton and has a great British colloquialism in a headline inside "Protesters will be in with a shout", as about 5,000 protesters are to be allowed within "earshot" of Gleneagles in Scotland. Also has a seriously acerbic comment column, with a good point "peasants must become freehold owners of their land" - a point PJ O'Rourke makes in his book Eat the Rich.

The dear old Daily Mail has a big thatched cottage on the front page, with just an unflattering photo of Paul McCartney on the front. He looks tired. "He always does" says my chum just arrived to drag me out to the park. Really good cd in the Daily Mail, that's a nice extra. Daily Mail Weekend magazine has a fabulous photo of Nigella on it, her programme starts Monday, ok Rachel I won't tempt fate.

The Independent has quite a unique front cover but rather low key with all the tiny copy. However, some wonderful colour photos inside, that Live logo is fantastic.

Daily Express has a great photo inside of the bit of the park where the concert will take place, what is that a satellite photo, very cool.

The Star, well, the bright colours jump out at you and the photos are really energetic. Heavens, even the press ads inside seem to jump off the page boldly.

Ok we're off, more later.