The UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop https://www.private-eye.co.uk Copyright Private Eye https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/current-issue&GUID=547 Find out whats in the latest edition of Private Eye. Selected highlights from the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine including our top stories, cartoons, the Eye crossword, Dumb Britain, Lookalikes, Colemanballs and much more. Plus added extras including our online shop for subscriptions offers, binders and back issues plus the eyePlayer, Covers Library, Blog and Classifieds. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/current-issue#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1673&GUID=547 AFTER its drubbing on Channel 4s sewage scandal drama Dirty Business, the Environment Agency is on a blitz to prove that it is a watchdog with teeth. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=media_news&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=media_news&issue=1673&GUID=547 THE BBC was initially tight-lipped about why it had sacked Scott Mills as presenter of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Even the Mirror, which broke the story, took the best part of a day to specify exactly what the accusation was (having been investigated by police several years earlier over alleged sexual offences against a teenager, but not prosecuted due to lack of evidence). https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=media_news#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1673&GUID=547 IS Saudi Arabias global sports(washing) dream over? https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/crossword&GUID=547 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/crossword#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/cartoons&GUID=547 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/cartoons#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/lookalikes&GUID=547 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1673 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/columnists&GUID=547 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1673/columnists#Comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/current-issue&GUID=546 Find out whats in the latest edition of Private Eye. Selected highlights from the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine including our top stories, cartoons, the Eye crossword, Dumb Britain, Lookalikes, Colemanballs and much more. Plus added extras including our online shop for subscriptions offers, binders and back issues plus the eyePlayer, Covers Library, Blog and Classifieds. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/current-issue#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1672&GUID=546 THE family of a desperately ill man who died in a tormented state after being prescribed cannabis costing up to £1,000 a month by a UK clinic is launching a campaign for legal reform to rein in the unregulated industry. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1672&GUID=546 DONALD TRUMP has been less than consistent with his messaging on the war on Iran. So why shouldnt the UK press be too? https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1672&GUID=546 Old Sparky writes: ENERGY secretary Ed Miliband is determined not to let a good crisis go to waste, proclaiming it to be a reason for pouring even more money into building wind and solar farms. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/crossword&GUID=546 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/crossword#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/cartoons&GUID=546 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/cartoons#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/lookalikes&GUID=546 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1672 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/columnists&GUID=546 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1672/columnists#Comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/?issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/current-issue&GUID=545 Find out whats in the latest edition of Private Eye. Selected highlights from the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine including our top stories, cartoons, the Eye crossword, Dumb Britain, Lookalikes, Colemanballs and much more. Plus added extras including our online shop for subscriptions offers, binders and back issues plus the eyePlayer, Covers Library, Blog and Classifieds. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/current-issue#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1671&GUID=545 THE Foreign Office has discouraged colleagues of SOAS postgraduate student Zhang Yadi, detained and missing in China since last summer, from speaking out, telling them the case is more effectively pursued through private diplomatic channels. But more than six months after her detention, theres little sign of any activity from the UK government. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame&issue=1671&GUID=545 COVERAGE of German publisher Axel Springers last-minute swoop to take the Telegraph titles from under the nose of Lord Rothermere has concentrated largely on how the papers will fare under an avowedly pro-European owner. But Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner may be a better fit for the ever-more reactionary broadsheet than many realise. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=street_of_shame#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news&issue=1671&GUID=545 Hedgehog writes... NIGEL FARAGE and other MPs who reacted to the surge in oil prices by criticising the governments planned increase in fuel duty presumably havent noticed that ministers dont control pump prices. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=news#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/crossword&GUID=545 Win £100 in our latest crossword competition <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/crossword#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=cartoons&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/cartoons&GUID=545 A few sample cartoons from the latest issue. <p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/cartoons#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=lookalikes&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/lookalikes&GUID=545 The latest lookalikes in your Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/lookalikes#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=columnists&issue=1671 https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/columnists&GUID=545 Find out what our columnists are writing about in this weeks Private Eye<p> https://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1671/columnists#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT