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Private Eye had covered the case of a Mr J. Arkell, whom the Eye accused of receiving kickbacks from a debt collection agency in his role as retail credit manager at Granada Group. [8] [9] The plaintiff's lawyers wrote a letter which concluded "His attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of your reply." The magazine's response was ...
Mrs Wilson's Diary was the imaginary diary of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's wife Mary, in the style of the BBC radio serial Mrs Dale's Diary.Written primarily by John Wells with input from Richard Ingrams and Peter Cook, it chronicled the events in Wilson's life from Mary's more down-to-earth and homely perspective.
Private Eye is Britain's best-selling current affairs magazine, [2] and such is its long-term popularity and impact that many of its recurring in-jokes have entered popular culture. The magazine bucks the trend of declining circulation for print media, having recorded its highest ever circulation in the second half of 2016.
At first, Private Eye was a vehicle for juvenile jokes: an extension of the original school magazine, and an alternative to Punch. Peter Cook—who in October 1961 founded The Establishment, the first satirical nightclub in London—purchased Private Eye in 1962, together with Nicholas Luard, [16] and was a long-time contributor. [17]
The following is a list of regularly appearing mini-sections appearing in the British satirical magazine Private Eye. These are mostly based on clippings from newspapers sent in by readers, often for a cash fee.
"Recurring jokes in Private Eye" or "Private Eye in-jokes" would both be more WP:CONCISE however. HumanBodyPiloter5 06:07, 31 January 2021 (UTC) Move - As discussed above (Talk:Memes_in_Private_Eye#Terrible title), meme is inappropriate. Happy to support "Recurring jokes in Private Eye" or the concise suggestion.
Marianne LentiniVeteran private investigator Marianne Lentini runs Evidence Investigations in Boynton Beach, FL. It's easy to romanticize being a private eye. We've all got that image of Dick ...
List of practical joke topics; Recurring jokes in Private Eye This page was last edited on 26 January 2024, at 16:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...