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Tesco Retro

Rosie Fenton | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Tesco, Supermarkets, Feminism, Private Eye, Sexism, Gender Equality, Everyday Sexism, UK Media, UK Universities & Education News
Rosie Fenton

This particular Tesco has sorted its magazines by placing those magazines, and others, into 'Men's interests'. It's the ignorance that I find most depressing, apparently no one has had a brainwave that a woman might be interested in wider affairs.

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Manorbier Castle Chronicles

Celia Lyttelton | Posted 06.03.2013 | Home
Read More: Tabernacle Talbot Road Pantomime, Private Eye, Saatchi Gallery, Boxing Day, Christmas, Home News
Celia Lyttelton

The highlight of the festivities was 'Oliver Twisted' a satirical and subversive panto at the Tabernacle, off Portobello Road. Written by Peter Jack, 'Oliver Twisted' was worthy of 'Private Eye' at its best, laced with wicked wit and peppered with localized 'in' jokes.

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Bad Review of Unauthorised 'Father Ted' Stage Show Led to Legal Threat

John Fleming | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Stage, Review, Copyright, Claire Smith, Fawlty Towers, Mark Borkowski, Edinburgh Fringe, Pr, Journalism, Private Eye, Television, Show, Father Ted, Ian Fox, Tv, Richard Herring, Scotsman, John Robertson, Comedy, Dinner, UK Comedy News
John Fleming

If you are a performer, reviewers are like Americans. It is difficult to live with them, but it is difficult to live without them.

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Why This Country Needs Satire More Than Ever

The Independent | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Comedy Gossip, Peter Cook, The Establishment, Victor Lewis-Smith, Keith Allen, The Establishment Club, Ian Hislop, Private Eye, UK Comedy News

It is a surprise, and rather a pleasant one, that The Establishment club is to make a muted return to Soho over 50 years after its brief and heady suc...

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20 Comedy Goodies To Spend Your Amazon Gift Vouchers On

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Comedy Gossip, Bridesmaids Movie, The Daily Mash, Sarah Millican, UK Christmas, Comedy Dvds, Comedy Books, Lee Evans, Private Eye, The Office, Harry Hill, Comedy Cds, The Inbetweeners Movie, Bridesmaids, Amazon, Fresh Meat, Miranda, Mindy Kaling, The Inbetweeners, Chris Addison, Tim Minchin, Web's Funniest, Alan Partridge, Tina Fey, Frankie Boyle, UK Comedy News

If you've got the best relatives ever and are therefore in receipt of Amazon gift vouchers this Christmas, and not ill-fitting clothes or unwanted orn...

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SLIDESHOW: Private Eye Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 18.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Video, Cartoonists, UK News, Richard-Ingrams, Private Eye, Political Satire, Slidepollajax, Ian Hislop, Political Cartoons, UK News

Private Eye is Britain's best loved, and indeed only, fortnightly satirical magazine. It was founded back in October 1961, so this month turns the gra...

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Olivia Williams

Satirising The Coalition: Is British Politics Just Not Funny Anymore?

HuffingtonPost.com | Olivia Williams | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: The Thick of It, Coalition, UK News, Conservatives, David Cameron, Private Eye, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, 10 O'Clock Live, Mayor Boris Johnson, Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News

Politically it has taken some hits, but after 18 months in power the Conservative-LibDem coalition has had a fairly smooth ride when it comes to satir...

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Michael Rundle

Private Eye Founder Richard Ingrams On Satire, Scandal And A Woman Named Stassinopoulos

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Richard Ingrams, Satire, UK Politics, Private Eye, Libel, UK Comedy, Private Eye Magazine, The Oldie Magazine, UK News

In the 50 years since Richard Ingrams co-founded the satirical fortnightly news magazine Private Eye, the publication has had to deal with its fair sh...

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That's (not) Enough Female Comedy Writers. Ed.

Andrea Mann | Posted 26.11.2011 | UK Comedy
Read More: Lucy Greeves, Jimmy Carr, Women, Writing, Comedy Writing, Ian Hislop, Comedy, Private Eye, Ukwomen, UK Comedy News
Andrea Mann

As for Ian Hislop's point about women not putting themselves forward in the way that men do: again, I'd argue that whether it's for cultural, social or biological reasons (most likely all three), he's pretty much correct.

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Ian Hislop Warns Against Restricting Press Freedoms

Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Libel Action, UK Parliament, UK Issues, UK Politics, Private Eye, Libel Law, Press Freedom, Ministry of Justice, Ian Hislop, UK Politics News

All eyes in Parliament were on the main Commons chamber because the BSkyB takeover deal had just been delayed. Jeremy Hunt was about to appear before...

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