George Parker, of the Financial Times, gives his take on the week in Fleet Street on BBC Radio 4's What the Papers Say at 1045 BST.
If you can't wait until then - here is a sneak preview of the script. Can you guess the stories?
"If you are among those who think Mr Blair has messianic tendencies and a penchant for sucking up to the wrong people, this is the story for you..."
a) Tony Blair saying regime change in Iran would make him "significantly more optimistic about the whole region"
b) The revelation that Tony Blair is godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's daughters?
c) Tony Blair's infamous "deal in the desert" with Colonel Gaddafi
Click here to find out.
"The only place to eat was the canteen and that was revolting. There was a huge celebration when a Waitrose opened nearby. It was a sign of how desperate we were."
a) A Guardian journalist on the paper's move to King's Cross
b) A Sunday Times journalist on the paper's move to Wapping
c) Nadine Dorries after a "frustrating" prime minister's questions
Click here to find out.
"Serious economists should not indulge in fact-free grandstanding"
a) The letters page of the Financial Times
b) The op-ed page of The Times
c) The showbiz page of the Daily Star
Click here to find out.
"I suspect they are the only pages of the magazine that a teenage boy hasn't stuck together in reading the magazine."
a) A contestant on Celebrity Big Brother
b) Chancellor George Osborne
c) Comedian David Walliams emerging from The Thames
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"Lobal domination"
a) A dog from Boulder, Colarado, with record breaking ears
b) Artists such as Paul McCartney and Cliff Richard win battle for longer copyright protection
c) The growing popularity of "ear lifts" for older women
Click here to find out.
"The conversation rapidly descended into inane bickering, outright lies and insults."
a) Cabinet disagreements over the 50p top tax rate
b) A conversation between "chatbots"
c) A select committee hearing on the recent riots
Click here to find out.
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