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Edited by Ian Hislop the 2023 Private Eye Annual presents the year's best cartoons, jokes, parodies and topical sketches from the UK's most successful, best-selling satirical news and current affairs magazine

The book explores the impact of innovative architectural interventions on social movements and urban landscapes. It highlights various projects, such as a bamboo pyramid in London and brick structures resembling 'mini Stonehenge' in Hong Kong, which serve as tools for protest and community expression. By examining these unique designs, the narrative showcases how architecture can play a pivotal role in shaping societal change and fostering public engagement in urban environments.

Set in a secluded walled garden, two elderly sisters live by their late mother's strict almanac, believing that isolation is their only path to survival. Their self-sufficient existence is disrupted by the arrival of a young boy, who challenges their perceptions of safety and truth. As one sister clings to their mother's teachings, the other yearns for a different life, leading to a tension between tradition and the allure of the unknown. The boy's true nature adds an unsettling layer to their already fragile world.

Filled with the funniest and most influential examples of Private Eye cartoons reflecting the social, cultural and political history of the past half century. With over 1500 comics, many of which have never been republished, this compendium is a real treasure!

The true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme, interspersed with comic sketches and spoofs from the vivid imagination of those on the front line.

Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford - only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson's monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson's career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself - along with his inner Lear! "terrific comedy packed with killer comic dialogue... plenty of twists and turns" ***** Whatsonstage "Deliciously stuffed with Shakespeare...a laugh-a-minute" **** Mail on Sunday

Tim de Lisle hands you the keys to good writing, explaining how to be clear, concise and vivid. He rattles through the basics of grammar and reveals the tricks that will bring your writing alive.

Following critical acclaim for The Wipers Times, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have once again taken inspiration from real life events for their new play Trial by Laughter. William Hone, the forgotten hero of free speech, was a bookseller, publisher and satirist. In 1817, he stood trial for 'impious blasphemy and seditious libel'. The only crime he had committed was to be funny. Worse than that he was funny by parodying religious texts. And worst of all, he was funny about the despotic government and the libidinous monarchy. A Watermill Theatre production.

This inspiring volume assembles a remarkable global collection of 180 objects that showcase the human instinct to challenge authority.

It's 1950s austerity Britain, and out of the gloom comes Goon mania as men, women and children across the country scramble to get their ear to a wireless for another instalment of The Goon Show. While Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers get down to the serious business of becoming overnight celebrities, fellow Goon and chief writer Spike nds himself pushing the boundaries of comedy, and testing the patience of the BBC. Flanked by his fellow Goons and bolstered by the e orts of irrepressible sound assistant Janet, Spike takes a ourishing nosedive o the cli s of respectability, and mashes up his haunted past to create the comedy of the future. His war with Hitler may be over, but his war with Auntie Beeb - and ultimately himself - has just begun. Will Spike's dogged obsession with nding the funny elevate The Goons to soaring new heights, or will the whole thing come crashing down with the stroke of a potato peeler?