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The Sunday Post is a weekly newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland by DC Thomson, and characterised by a 'folksy' mix of news, sentimental stories and short features. The paper was founded in 1914 and has a wide circulation across Scotland and parts of Northern England which may at some points in its history have reached two to three million readers.
In the 1950s, when the newspaper was confined largely to Scotland, sales of the Sunday Post were so high that it was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the newspaper with the highest per capita readership penetration of anywhere in the world.
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The Sunday Post is a weekly newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland by DC Thomson, and characterised by a 'folksy' mix of news, sentimental stories and short features. The paper was founded in 1914 and has a wide circulation across Scotland and parts of Northern England which may at some points in its history have reached two to three million readers.
In the 1950s, when the newspaper was confined largely to Scotland, sales of the Sunday Post were so high that it was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the newspaper with the highest per capita readership penetration of anywhere in the world. It has seen a slow decline, in 1999 having circulation of 700,000, dropping to 415,413 in August 2007.
2007 has seen DC Thomson launch an advertising drive for The Sunday Post, primarily utilised on buses, in which the exclamation "Strip Sensation!" is seen by a picture of the folded paper displaying its masthead; next to this is the tagline punning on the exclamation: "A thoroughly decent read".
Regular features
Regular columns include:
- My Week by Francis Gay (a generic character), featuring sentimental stories and a weekly short poem
- The Honest Truth - question and answer celebrity interview feature
- Raw Deal - consumer problems
- The Doc Replies - medical advice
- Can You Do Me a Favour? - readers asking if fellow readers can help them in their quest to find an item
- The Queries Man - readers send in questions on a range of topics, which an un-named person answers
A colour magazine supplement named Post Plus is included on the first Sunday of each month, featuring celebrity profiles, recipes, puzzles, competitions and a short fiction piece.
Comics
There is a Fun Section featuring comic strips such as:
Comic strips which no longer appear include:
- Nosey Parker Our Muddling Meddler
- Nero and Zero The Rollicking Romans
Editors
- 2001: David Pollington
See also
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