
Edited by Adam Macqueen
2nd September 2021
Six decades of jokes and journalism
A history of the last 60 years, as seen by Britain’s first, most successful and indeed only fortnightly satirical magazine.




In This Issue
'We want women to feel safer on the streets' says extremely scary mob… New Washington Ironyometer ironically not up to irony job... Conspiracy update: Cracker barrel special… Lives of the saints: St Lucy of Connolly… Reform Taliban controversy… Daily Mail hails 'politician who gets it'… Nurseryland to crack down on antisocial music… 'How accurate is the Daily Telegraph?' asks King and Conqueror… My summer holiday, as told to Craig Brown
Virgin's miracle
Branson's rail record has been rewritten
Carnal relations
Guess who's chasing clicks with tales of incest…
Don Peron?
Trump's love of state interference
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Branson's rail record has been rewritten
Carnal relations
Guess who's chasing clicks with tales of incest…
Don Peron?
Trump's love of state interference
Read these stories and much more - only in the magazine. Subscribe here to get delivery direct to your home and never miss an issue!

Keir kicker
Starmer's unlikely new hire Street Of Shame, Issue 1655
Starmer's unlikely new hire Street Of Shame, Issue 1655

Spitting Hoyle
Who riled the speaker? HP Sauce, Issue 1649
Who riled the speaker? HP Sauce, Issue 1649

Military fatigue
Sexual abuse in the army In The Back, Issue 1657
Sexual abuse in the army In The Back, Issue 1657