What is the world coming to?

If you’re anything like me your City routine includes picking up one of the free papers on the way home to make the journey more interesting or to line the cat litter tray when you get home. It’s normally a relaxing read on the train to help avoid inflicting that dreaded ill of “conversation” on fellow commuters but when I picked up last night’s Metro I was reduced to apoplexy by their front-page splash.

So what was the most important news of the day that the Metro wanted me to know about? The markets? Job losses? Gaza? Corruption amongst Labour Peers in the House of Lords? No. The banner story was “Kisses as Jade Goody greets her boyfriend outside prison gates“. My first reaction was that anything involving Z-list celebrities isn’t welcome on a front page at any time and my second reaction was that he only served 4 months of an 18 month sentence for assaulting a 16 year-old with a golf club! Only 4 months?!?! I’m surprised a welcoming committee of a different sort wasn’t waiting outside for him. I guess you get what you pay for when it comes to newspapers but the Standard was running it too, though I admit they they did get bought out for a quid.

…and breathe…

There are better things to think about this week and Chinese New Year gives us a suitable excuse to party so get on down to Chinatown, or Docklands, at the weekend and join the crowds in celebrating the Year of the Ox. I feasted on Wing Yip’s finest collection of delicious, if intimidating, seafood on Monday and I’m looking forward to a rematch on Sunday. If you’re interested then head on over to the TFL website who’ve got useful travel info and a list of events.