The Sunday Post
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The Sunday Post is a Scottish newspaper, published in Dundee by DC Thomson, and characterised by a 'folksy' mix of news, sentimental stories and short features.
It is generally associated with the older generation now, but is famous for its cartoons.
The paper was founded in 1914, and is Scotland's top-selling Sunday paper; for years, the Guinness Book of Records noted where it was "Most-Read Newspaper in the World."
Regular columns include:
- My Week by Francis Gay, 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? (which, more often than not, features readers' requests for knitting wool - e.g. "I'm looking for one ball of blue King Cole Magnum Multi Chunky Yarn to finish a sweater for my grandson")
- The 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
A Colour Magazine is included on the first Sunday of each month, featuring celebrity profiles, recipes, puzzles, competitions and a short fiction piece.
With its wide circulation and longevity, The Sunday Post may have set a model for written Scots and its spelling that was more widely-read and understandable than the literary Lallans of the Scottish Renaissance poets [citation needed].
A paper called The Sunday Post appears to be available (although not widely) in England. It has been seen in Onestop, Eaton Socon, St. Neots. Onestop is owned by Tescos, but The Sunday Post is not to be seen in Tesco in Eaton Socon.
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