Private Eye
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| Circulation | 246,628; (July-Dec 2017) |
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| Editors | Ian Hislop |
| Company | Pressdram Ltd |
| First issue date | 1961 |
| Based in | London |
| Categories | Satire |
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| ID | 1002945 |
About Private Eye
Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986. The publication is widely recognised for its prominent criticism and lampooning of public figures.
Sir Michael Gambon: A career in pictures
... Dennis Potter s menacing and imaginative TV series The Singing Detective cast Sir Michael in the lead role, a man crippled with psoriasis who has a fantasy life as a Private Eye...
Obituary: Mohamed Al Fayed
... He moved to the UK in 1974 adding the " Al" to his name, a decision that saw him dubbed " the phoney pharaoh" by the satirical magazine Private Eye...
Teesworks: Mayor Ben Houchen brands MP 'liar and a coward'
... They followed multiple reports in Private Eye and the Financial Times about the site and how contracts and land agreements were issued to private developers...
Barry Humphries: The satirist and comedian whose life was dominated by Dame Edna Everage
... SatireHumphries created the character, Barry McKenzie, the boorish, sexist, arrogant Australian, who appeared in a comic strip he wrote for the magazine, Private Eye...
Bill Tidy: Cartoonist who appeared on Countdown and Countryfile dies aged 89
... He went on to publish cartoon strips in a host of UK national newspapers, including The Fosdyke Saga for the Daily Mirror and The Cloggies for Private Eye...
Journalist wins 'kleptocrat' book High Court libel case
... Andrew Caldecott QC, for Mr Burgis and HarperCollins publishers, told the court: " This is not a Private Eye nudge-nudge book...
Man who dislikes whisky sells 4,000 miniatures for £30k
... A rare Springbank boxset of four miniatures sold for £1,054 and a miniature bottle of Macallan 1961, commemorating Private Eye magazine s 35th anniversary, sold for £340...
Revealed: The Cryptoqueen's £13. 5m London penthouse
... Private Eye later estimated the flat contained works of art worth £500,000, bought from London s Halcyon gallery...