Matt Boulton

Burton Mail

There aren't many advantages to living in a boring town in the East Midlands of England, but the perverse pleasure of reading the local newspaper just about qualifies. Not much happens here, and what does is usually some combination of dismal and banal, but the Burton Mail documents it all, six days a week, in a publication that runs to over 50 pages. Perusing it reveals Flaubert's dictum to be true: anything becomes interesting if one ponders it for long enough.