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Lädt ... Private Eye the First 50 Years: An A-Z (2011)von Adam Macqueen
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This handsome volume was given to me as a present, which baffled me slightly, as I've never been a Private Eye reader, but I loved it. The magazine's history is a history of British news and satire since the 1960s and includes intriguing and interesting characters such as Peter Cook, Willie Rushton, Richard Ingrams and Auberon Waugh. There's a fascinating insight into less well-known or flamboyant characters, including the editor Ian Hislop. I started off reading it in the non-linear fashion for which it was designed (although cross-references are cleverly used to tell stories) and ended up going through alphabetically to make sure I hadn't missed anything. As you might (or perhaps might not) expect, it's also very funny! Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
To mark the 50th anniversary of the magazine in 2011, Adam Macqueen has produced a fascinating A-Z history of Private Eye. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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There is, perhaps, nothing more delightful than a group of public school boys (and yes, they are almost exclusively boys) who reject the elitism that is expected of there breed. Ingrams and Hislop have, for 50 years pricked the bubble of assured arrogance that surrounds so many of these "chaps". I have always admired the way that, hidden amongst the jokes is some of the most cutting edge reportage available to the reader. Eye regularly exposes scandals to which the hard nosed reporters of the press have turned a blind eye, for fear of upsetting an advertiser.
This book does explain the nascent germ of many of the characters found in the Eye over the years and has a descent biography of all the main players: above all, it retains the anarchic humour for which the magazine is rightly famed. If you claim an interest in humour, or politics, and you have not purchased this book, then your claim is erroneous. ( )