{"id":2084,"date":"2011-10-25T14:21:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T11:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2011-10-08T14:23:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T11:23:30","slug":"50-years-today-25-oct-1961-british-satirical-magazine-private-eye-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/50-years-today-25-oct-1961-british-satirical-magazine-private-eye-published\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years Ago Today (25 Oct 1961): The British satirical magazine \u2018Private Eye\u2019 was first published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.<\/p>\n<p>Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency, corruption, pomposity or self-importance and it has become a self-styled &#8220;thorn in the side&#8221; of the British establishment. It has always received criticism from some quarters for its irreverent style and for its willingness to print stories that are controversial and allegedly defamatory. This was reflected in the past by the large number of libel lawsuits against it, a phenomenon for which it became notorious.<\/p>\n<p>As Britain&#8217;s best-selling current affairs magazine such is its long-term popularity and impact that many recurring in-jokes from Private Eye have entered popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Private_Eye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency, corruption, pomposity or self-importance and it has become&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/50-years-today-25-oct-1961-british-satirical-magazine-private-eye-published\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1638,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-june-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":0},"title":"Historical Anniversaries for June 2011","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"May 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"50 years ago today (6th June 1961) Death of Carlth Juneg, Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist, founder of analytical psychology 250 years ago today (7th June 1761) Birth of John Rennie, Scottish civil engineer, built bridges, canals, docks and harbours throughout Britain 20 years ago today (12th June 1991) Boris Yeltsin\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1636,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":1},"title":"Historical Anniversaries for May 2011","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"April 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"50 years ago today (1st May 1961) Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state and abolished multi-party elections 80 years ago today (1st May 1931) The Empire State Building in New York City, USA was officially opened 75 years ago today (2nd May 1936) Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie left the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4442,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/why-and-with-what-effects-did-indians-resist-british-rule\/","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":2},"title":"Why, and with what effects, did Indians resist British rule?","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"May 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Why, and with what effects, did Indians resist British rule? 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