30 Years of "Private Eye" Cartoons

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Meet the Clintstones – The Prehistoric First Family – drawn in the style of The Flintstones, this was a parody of Bill and Hillary Clinton during his presidency and the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

Remembering Peter Cook: 'The Funniest Man Who Ever Drew Breath' ". vice.com . Retrieved 1 February 2022. The Adventures of Mr Millibean – former Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband, is portrayed as Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean. Carpenter, Humphrey. (2003) A great, silly grin: The British satire boom of the 1960s (Da Capo Press, 2003). Selling England (and Wales) by the pound". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017 . Retrieved 25 June 2017. Andrew Osmond – Obituary". The Guardian. 19 April 1999. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016 . Retrieved 12 December 2016.a b Erlanger, Steven (11 December 2015). "An Enduring and Erudite Court Jester in Britain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 13 August 2019. EUphemisms by RGJ – features a European Union bureaucrat making a statement, with a caption suggesting what it means in real terms, depicting the EU in a negative or hypocritical light. For example, an EU official declares: "Punishing Britain for Brexit would show the world we've lost the plot", with the caption reading: "We're going to punish Britain for Brexit. We've lost the plot". Criticism and controversy [ edit ] Princess Diana [ edit ] The front cover of the infamous "Diana issue", number 932, in September 1997 Letters". Private Eye. London: Pressdram Ltd (1221): 13. October 2008. Mr Callaghan is referred to the Eye's reply in the famous case of Arkell v. Pressdram (1971).

Gibb, Frances (21 May 2009). "Failure to gag Private Eye clears the way to publication of rulings against lawyers". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Private Eye does not publish a list of its editors, writers, designers, and staff. In 1981 the book The Private Eye Story stated that the owners were Cook, who owned most of the shares, with smaller shareholders including actors Dirk Bogarde and Jane Asher, and several of those involved with the founding of the magazine. Most of those on the list have since died, however, and it is unclear what happened to their shareholdings. Those concerned are contractually only able to sell their shares at the price they originally paid for them. Obituaries, Telegraph (1 September 2023). "Hilary Lowinger, long-serving gatekeeper, counsellor and keeper of secrets at Private Eye – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 5 September 2023. Private Eye hits highest circulation in 55-year history 'which is quite something given that print is meant to be dead' ". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017 . Retrieved 16 June 2017.Wilmut, Roger (1980). "The Establishment Club, 'Private Eye', 'That Was The Week That Was' ". From fringe to flying circus: celebrating a unique generation of comedy, 1960–1980. Eyre Methuen. ISBN 9780413469502. Vodafone's Swiss Swizz". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017 . Retrieved 16 June 2017.