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11:44 UK time, Wednesday, 15 August 2012

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

It's been a strange old summer. A rain-spattered June and July during which an England team lose on penalties and everyone says "oh well".

Then came the Olympics when all facets of British life seemed to be teleported to some kind of warm, Kurt Vonnegut universe in which everyone - even the Daily Mail - was nice to each other and won prizes. It's left Paper Monitor a little confused about what time of year it is.

But today's papers bring us back to typical August fare - the travel snaps of the Prime Minister.

Why, there's Dave and Sam drinking espresso in a foreign clime. Majorca this year. Sam is checking her phone and Dave is pointing at the mobile device.

"Now holiday Dave's really chillaxed" the Daily Express As soon as the couple left the table, journalists must have swooped.

But all is well - unlike - for the waitress confirms, he had left a "nice tip".

Despite jettisoning his trusty black polo shirt the Daily Mail is unhappy with Cameron's "drab, uninspiring wardrobe".

The answer the paper suggests is for him to invest in "cotton tops by Derbyshire-based John Smedley, or linen shirts and tailored shorts by Orlebar Brown". And of course who could forget the Superga plimsolls.

It's all so much easier if you've just won the Tour de France and a cycling gold medal. Bradley Wiggins is also on holiday in Mallorca, as observed by the Daily Mirror. He doesn't bother with Smedley or Orelbar Brown. He's topless in one shot. That's what holidays are for.

But think of Wiggins' pristine lungs. It must be like the first exhaust fumes in Antarctica.

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