The front page was mildly incomprehensible, with a picture of a smoking Kate Moss staring down on the headline “Armed Forces face shock in public pension reforms”. It took me a couple of seconds to work out what was going on.
It was good to see, from the detailed coverage inside, that Libya has not yet been relegated to old news. The story about Gaddafi’s plastic surgery offered a slightly surprising perspective on the dictator, and the exhaustive examination of the West’s options in dealing with the situation was very informative.
In Times 2 arts, I couldn’t help but feel that perhaps what Charlie Sheen needs most is for people to stop paying attention to him. It seemed a little cynical to state, in the standfirst, that Tim Teeman “picks over the pieces of a very visible car crash”, although I suppose everyone is doing it. David Aaronovitch and Carol Midgley both write about the Duke of York. Aaronovitch’s piece was the more interesting, actually imparting new information, although Midgley’s celebration of our freedom to shout at members of the Royal Family was stirring. Finally, the table was an interesting read, although I’m glad that I waited until after lunch to peruse it. I’m not sure my sandwiches would have fared very well had I been reading Heston’s catalogue of revolting delicacies while eating.