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Spare a thought this festive season for those who will be spending the Yuletide period all on their own, with no family to visit them. People like ‘A’, who will spend this Christmas without any of his titles.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Spare a thought this festive season for those who will be spending the Yuletide period all on their own, with no family to visit them. People like ‘A’, who will spend this Christmas without any of his titles.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Trump prepares for Thanksgiving
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump prepares for Thanksgiving
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Given that it’s Halloween, here are some haiku horrorscopes.
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Given that it’s Halloween, here are some haiku horrorscopes.
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It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind Bill Bailey thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind Bill Bailey thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk
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October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.
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The First Minister must stop this project.
There's still time to stop Berwick Bank...but only if we make ourselves heard.
Add your voice and tell them.
Scotland can lead on renewables without sacrificing its seabirds. 👇
www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
There's still time to stop Berwick Bank...but only if we make ourselves heard.
Add your voice and tell them.
Scotland can lead on renewables without sacrificing its seabirds. 👇
www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
Take Action Now - Cancel Berwick Bank
Please take action now - tell SSE and the First Minister to Cancel Berwick Bank.
www.seabird.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The First Minister must stop this project.
There's still time to stop Berwick Bank...but only if we make ourselves heard.
Add your voice and tell them.
Scotland can lead on renewables without sacrificing its seabirds. 👇
www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
There's still time to stop Berwick Bank...but only if we make ourselves heard.
Add your voice and tell them.
Scotland can lead on renewables without sacrificing its seabirds. 👇
www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone...
38d.gs
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
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September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Subscribe today and never miss an issue of Private Eye!
- Delivered free, first-class, every fortnight
- Save £25 a year – just £2 an issue
- Makes the perfect gift (with free e-card included!)
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- Delivered free, first-class, every fortnight
- Save £25 a year – just £2 an issue
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
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Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang.
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him
Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van
manchestermill.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang.
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
Think you will agree @nevillescott.bsky.social
Walking on twisty paths through waving grasses, shining gold in the last light of the evening sun, leading away into the distant hills. These are the tiny moments in life that bring the hugest pleasure, for those who stop to look, to watch, to notice.
📍 Peak District, England
📍 Peak District, England
August 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Think you will agree @nevillescott.bsky.social
Derbyshire CCC helping bees and butterflies with wildflower area at its Derby headquarters @savebutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Derbyshire CCC helping bees and butterflies with wildflower area at its Derby headquarters @savebutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved.
No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️
Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
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I'm caught in a slat,
I can’t get out
To show I love you so much, baby
We can't go on together
With such vicious blinds
I can’t get out
To show I love you so much, baby
We can't go on together
With such vicious blinds
July 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I'm caught in a slat,
I can’t get out
To show I love you so much, baby
We can't go on together
With such vicious blinds
I can’t get out
To show I love you so much, baby
We can't go on together
With such vicious blinds
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London heatwave. Those underground stations in full:
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
July 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
London heatwave. Those underground stations in full:
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
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Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
July 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
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“Our trains are routinely patrolled by Tory leadership hopefuls desperate for publicity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
June 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Our trains are routinely patrolled by Tory leadership hopefuls desperate for publicity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
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Some conclusions from this dismal episode:
* heritage trees need listing & strong legal protection
* a sense of nature/the living world as disposable, even laughable, runs deep
* “Far from being the big men they thought they were…they were rather pathetic.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
* heritage trees need listing & strong legal protection
* a sense of nature/the living world as disposable, even laughable, runs deep
* “Far from being the big men they thought they were…they were rather pathetic.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, found to have criminally damaged tree and Hadrian’s Wall
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Some conclusions from this dismal episode:
* heritage trees need listing & strong legal protection
* a sense of nature/the living world as disposable, even laughable, runs deep
* “Far from being the big men they thought they were…they were rather pathetic.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
* heritage trees need listing & strong legal protection
* a sense of nature/the living world as disposable, even laughable, runs deep
* “Far from being the big men they thought they were…they were rather pathetic.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This winter I finished writing a full-length choral requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree, called The World Tree.
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
Nature writer’s requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree
Robert Macfarlane’s composition The World Tree will performed by the Helsinki Chamber Choir this year
www.thetimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This winter I finished writing a full-length choral requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree, called The World Tree.
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...