Adam Macqueen
Auteur van Private Eye the First 50 Years: An A-Z
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- Geboortedatum
- 1975
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Bristol, England, UK
- Beroepen
- writer
editor - Organisaties
- Private Eye
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- Werken
- 7
- Leden
- 240
- Populariteit
- #94,569
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 16
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.… (meer)