Sunburn
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4.3 • 16 Ratings
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
JAMES FELTON'S "A******S" IS OUT NOW
'An astonishing piece of work' James O'Brien
'This book was a delight. Funny, scathing and witty' Ian Dunt
You should buy this book if: a) you dislike the Sun, but have never actually read it to know why and/or b) you're still not sure how we got into this mess.
Using his famed on-the-nose commentary, Twitter legend James Felton has dissected 99 of the most outlandish stories the Sun (for a long time the biggest-selling British newspaper) has run since it became a tabloid in 1969, hoping to answer once and for all whether the press has reflected - or manipulated - the British people over the last 50 years.
Included: joke-riddled and illustrated analyses of the Sun's most infamous stories about celebrities, war, royals, crime, the LGBTQ+ community, migrants, the EU, politics, bacon sandwiches and page 3.
Not included: A blindfold. We suggest reading through your fingers instead.
'James Felton makes me laugh like a bellend' Robert Webb
'James Felton makes me laugh every day' Marina Hyde
'James never fails to make me laugh and then think, then laugh some more' Dermot O'Leary
Customer Reviews
Sunburn burns The Sun
This book is both a joy and a bitter pill. A carefully and pithily put together collection of The Sun’s worst journalism and the outright lies that have caused so much damage to the country. It’s funny, sharply written and, if you’re of a certain age, will make you wonder how this awful publication of venom has been so successful for so many years. I have the audio version narrated by Alexi Sayle, which gives it a poignancy and punch, given the disgusting coverage of the Hillsborough tragedy. It left me wondering why it’s been allowed to continue it’s poisonous path in UK society. The conclusion is that we live in a very l, very corrupt country.
Felton Singes the Sun in, “Sunburn,” Shocka!
An exemplar of the saying, “If we didn’t laugh, we’d have to cry,” this occasionally laugh out loud cornucopia of contempt for the lowest of humanity’s journalism is made all the more enjoyable to listen to, by Alexi Sale’s angular Scouse delivery, who manages to add to the laughs, with his professional comic timing.
Having said that, don’t expect to laugh all the way, without intervals? James Felton is making a point here, which appears to be that the Sun was one of the worst rags ever to have exposed the lowest characteristics of human failings, ever put to print . . . for decades . . . and, unaccountably, selling better than any other newspaper in Britain . . . FOR DECADES!
Therefore, it is as depressing and as upsetting to listen to, as it is utterly hilarious. But, never is it dull, or does it fail to entertain. (Felton’s book, not the Sun).
Felton’s humour, incision and obvious hard work, researching decades of, “journalism,” is easy to overlook, as he breezes expertly through a litany of criminal irresponsibility and sexually deviant, “news,” stories that Britain tolerated for far too long.
Quite brilliant