Goodbye from Paper Cuts — Star brands Reeves “Lettuce 2.0” — Pegging goes mainstream

About this episode

The episode marks the farewell of Paper Cuts while discussing various topics including media coverage and personal relationships.

We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: We say goodbye to Paper Cuts as the Daily Star crowns Rachel Reeves the next “lettuce.” Kate Lister adopts a new philosophy over at The i, so Miranda and Gráinne are ready to embrace the “let them” theory. Finally – at The Mail, an anonymous reader is worried about his wife’s fascination with pegging – so we've brought in Jonn to offer his sage-like wisdom on the subject. Miranda Sawyer is joined by a BAFTA nominated comedy writer Gráinne Maguire and journalist and pegging enthusiast Jonn Elledge. Use code PAPERCUTS to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/papercuts Follow Paper Cuts: • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/papercutsshow.bsky.social • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshow • Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Production. Liam Tait. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor…

People in this episode

Host: Miranda Sawyer

Guests: Gráinne Maguire, Jonn Elledge

Topics covered

• farewell
• media analysis
• social commentary
• relationships
• pegging
• humor

Keywords

• Rachel Reeves
• lettuce
• pegging
• Daily Star
• The i
• The Mail
• humor
• relationships
• Incogni

Sponsors

Incogni

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daily Star, The i, The Mail

Products: Incogni

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