The Sunday Post

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Type	Sunday newspaper
Format	Tabloid

Owner	DC Thomson & Co Ltd.
Founded	1914
Price	£0.90
Headquarters	Dundee
Circulation	415,413 (August 2007)

Website: The Sunday Post

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. 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 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
The Fun Section featuring comic strips such as:
- Oor Wullie
- The Broons

Comic strips which no longer appear include:

- Nosey Parker Our Muddling Meddler
- Nero and Zero The Rollicking Romans

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.

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]}.