30 Years of "Private Eye" Cartoons

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Pay up, pay up and play the game!". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017 . Retrieved 25 June 2017. The Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 16 June 2017. Private Eye has long been known for attracting libel lawsuits which, in English law, can easily lead to the award of damages. The publication maintains a "fighting fund," [ citation needed] although the magazine frequently finds other ways to defuse legal tensions, such as by printing letters from aggrieved parties. As editor since 1986, Ian Hislop is one of the most sued people in Britain. [63] From 1969 to the mid-1980s, the magazine was represented by human rights lawyer Geoffrey Bindman. [64] Private Eye Issue 932". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007 . Retrieved 15 June 2007. In a review article published in 2010, after Wakefield was disciplined by the General Medical Council, regular columnist Phil Hammond, who contributes to the "Medicine Balls" column under the pseudonym "MD", stated that: " Private Eye got it wrong in its coverage of MMR" in maintaining its support for Wakefield's position long after shortcomings in his work had emerged. [55] Accusations of hostility [ edit ]

Private Eye Wins Court Case!". Private Eye. No.1237. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009.The Eye At 50 Blog". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017 . Retrieved 25 June 2017.

Andy Capp-in-Ring – a parody of Andy Capp, satirising Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham and his rivals, portraying Burnham as Capp.UK satire's scourge of power: Private Eye hits 50". Reuters. 20 October 2011 . Retrieved 13 August 2019. 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. Gordon Anglesea: Former policeman sentenced to 12 years". BBC News. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016 . Retrieved 5 November 2016. The magazine is owned by an eclectic group of people and is published by a limited company, Pressdram Ltd, [84] which was bought as an "off the shelf" company by Peter Cook in November 1961.

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. Covers Library: Issue 1". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017 . Retrieved 16 June 2017.Ingrams, Richard (12 June 2005). "Diary: Dishonourable, dishonest". The Observer. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014 . Retrieved 15 August 2013. The magazine has many recurring in-jokes and convoluted references, often comprehensible only to those who have read the magazine for many years. They include euphemisms designed to avoid the notoriously plaintiff-friendly English libel laws, such as replacing the word "drunk" with " tired and emotional", [39] [40] or using the phrase "Ugandan discussions" to denote illicit sexual exploits; [39] and more obvious parodies utilising easily recognisable stereotypes, such as the lampooning of Conservative MPs as " Sir Bufton Tufton". Some of the terms have fallen into disuse when their hidden meanings have become better known.