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Prime Minister parodies are a long-running feature of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, which have been included in the majority of issues since the magazine's inception. The parodies consist of one arch satirical personification of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the day, and use that personification to send up ...
Oct 26, 2021 · The purpose of the Private Eye prime ministerial parody was to render its subject unserious. When the subject manages that all by themselves, satire might be seen to have died.
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Nov 13, 2021 · Martin Farr, Newcastle UniversityThe fortnightly magazine Private Eye turns 60 this year. When it launched, it helped initiate the “satire boom”, and, more profoundly, the increasing lack of defere…
Oct 27, 2021 · Private Eye's 60 years of Prime Ministerial parodies. Spoofs tell a history of modern Britain, says Martin Farr. The fortnightly magazine Private Eye turns 60 this year.
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Oct 26, 2021 · Private Eye at 60: the prime ministerial parodies that tell a history of modern Britain. Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University. 26 October 2021 ·...
Oct 26, 2021 · Comment: Private Eye - a history of modern Britain. Published on: 26 October 2021. Writing for The Conversation, Dr Martin Farr discusses how Private Eye's prime ministerial parodies provide a political history of modern Britain.
