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I'm just going to have a good bitch once again about the Nobserver

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moondog · 06/04/2008 19:22

Apparently there is an article in the magazine about Tony Parsons' sex life.

It's put me off my dinner.
I can't even bring myself to open it.

Worse even thah Jay rayner's staggeringly self indulgnet witterings about 'my life in food' last week.

God,where did it all go so wrong?

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MrsMattie · 06/04/2008 19:23

Oh FFS what is it with their obsession with that twat?! They love him. I gave up buying the Obs a few weeks ago after throwing Obs Woman down in disgust and ranting at DH about refusing to pay good money for such offensive shite ever again. I secretly miss it sometimes , but things like this make me feel better about my decision...

MarkStretch · 06/04/2008 19:25

I love the observer but their 'green' magazine issue made me laugh- it was stuffed full of car adverts!

Why did you go off woman magazine mrsmattie?

artichokes · 06/04/2008 19:25

it is a brief 90 second interview with Parsons in which he refers to enjoying sex and thinking it is important for a good marriage, that is it. don't judge a book by its cover...

its still better than all its rivals IMO. Except on the weeks where it does the Womens' mag, that I bin on sight (therefore ignoring my own advice about judging and covers and stuff).

PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife · 06/04/2008 19:25

If it's any consolation that headline is just a subby getting his rocks off - there's only one para about sex. the rest is just non-sex related sycophancy.

don't get me started on nigel slater's column this week though.

janeite · 06/04/2008 19:25

It's not quite about his sex life, although his sex life is mentioned. It's just one of those "tell us a few boring things about what a tosser you are" kind of interviews. Now the one who gets me is Kathryn Flett; I can't even work out what she's going on about half the time and the other half of the time I just want to slap her.

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moondog · 06/04/2008 19:26

Travel section is the only part still holding its own.
I (accidentally) heard TP on the radio last week.
OMFG
He sounded like the sort of ratty little man one would avoid in a grotty pub.
My hatred has increased fivefold.

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PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife · 06/04/2008 19:26

oh god yes their Woman shite. It turns me a charming shade of fury every time.

Heathcliffscathy · 06/04/2008 19:26

was really moved by the mariella advice column which has moved to the back today.

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moondog · 06/04/2008 19:27

Oh KF.

Our new columnist! they bray

New? New??

She's been boring the tits of us for years.

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moondog · 06/04/2008 19:27

Good section about food in Peru in Travel

I've never fancied S America until now.

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moondog · 06/04/2008 19:28

Ah, Nigel can do no wrong in my books.

None whatsoever.

Prob. only reason i still buy it tbh.

How has he got on yer tits then PhD?

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shreddies · 06/04/2008 19:28

Actually, I quite like Kathryn Flett, but I thought the photo of her today was a joke at first. She looks like a minor member of the royal family.

artichokes · 06/04/2008 19:29

God, I just realised my post may have read like I was saying don't judge TP my his cover. No, no, no. Just the magazine and it's misleading subs.

Heathcliffscathy · 06/04/2008 19:29

read the mariella bit (back page of mag). defy you not to be moved.

MrsMattie · 06/04/2008 19:29

Firstly, I object to the Obs running 4 magazines entitled 'Sport', 'Music', 'Food' and 'Woman' (are women just one of the four main male interests, then? I mean, wtf is that all about? I wouldn't mind quite as much if Obs Woman ever had any intelligent content, but it's all Cosmo-style make-up tips and fawning over Kate Moss. It's insulting.

Agree that Obs is better than all rivals, but think I can do without Sunday papers these days (maybe I'll get them as a novelty occasionally...). I get my news from the web and if I want to read about Posh Spice's new handbag I'll stump up for OK Magazine (yeh, right)...

NotQuiteCockney · 06/04/2008 19:30

The only bit that really bugs me is that Euan bloke at the end. I keep hoping to open the paper to find him replaced, with a small note: 'Euan Ferguson disappeared up his own pompous self-important bottom. Finally. Hurrah!'.

MrsMattie · 06/04/2008 19:30

p.s. Nigel Slater is such a tosser and Mariella's column is just ourtrageously, obviously fabricated

Heathcliffscathy · 06/04/2008 19:31

he's been replaced! he is now mariella!!!

[am i shouting through a pane of glass here ]

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moondog · 06/04/2008 19:31

Oh God,that Euan bloke is repellant. Fucking repellant.

Off to read Nigel and Mariella now.

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MrsMattie · 06/04/2008 19:32

Oh yes, and prattish Euan. And Jess Cartner-Blah-de-Blah. And that annoying 'Green' page for people who drive 4 x 4s and feel guilty.

I know I'm a grumpy old cow. I don't know when it started to annoy me so badly...

Heathcliffscathy · 06/04/2008 19:32

ooo goody.

artichokes · 06/04/2008 19:33

The green page author (Lucy Siegle?) one interviewed me for that column! It was about my use of an eco-friendly coffin when my mum died. She was very nice but completley misquoted me in the column. It made my mum sound twee and I was furious.

janeite · 06/04/2008 19:34

Yes the Mariella column was lovely. I haven't read Nigel Slater yet but he was doing soda bread; how can that annoy you? - soda bread is the food of the gods!

Heathcliffscathy · 06/04/2008 19:35

i really think she'll have made a difference to his self esteem. i hope so anyway.

NotQuiteCockney · 06/04/2008 19:36

Wait, has Euan been replaced?

I was so glad when the sodding Barefoot cunting Doctor was replaced, he was so full of fucking shite ... aarrgh. I don't always notice what page I'm on, so I would start reading, and go WTF?!?!?! And then go ... oh, yes, it's the sodding Barefoot cunting Doctor, right ...