It's a mainstream paper and it's pretty good by the standards of the British press. It's got a right-wing slant but that's not a bad thing in and of itself, it's not sensationalist in the same way the tabloids are. It's been more overtly Tory (in contrast with small-c conservative) over the last few years but I suspect that has a lot to do with our current Prime Minister having once been on their payroll as a journalist.

I tend to read a range of ideological slants when it comes to the British press, I find the Telegraph's and the Guardian's takes to be the most interesting of the bunch usually.