Private Eye Libel Verdict Won't End Satire Yet
Alan Fitzgerald reviews the Private Eye libel ruling and argues satire persists despite damages. He notes publishers resisted distribution, praises the magazine's topical lampooning of politicians, and contrasts its edge with broader media conformity. The piece defends the role of irreverent satire in a climate of PR and censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Russell
Liverpool
Private Eye
Hilt
I T
Macmillan
Alec Douglas - Home
Smith
Pipsyivarium Corporation
Eve
Penguin
Harold Wilson
The character of the Man of Destiny DE GAULLE a Political Biography
Werth portrays Charles de Gaulle as a leader shaped by hardship and self reliance. He charts how Gaullist character forged authority from obscurity, through the 1940 crisis to the 1958 Algerian breakthrough, framing de Gaulle as savior of the Republic and a force reshaping postwar independence for France and Europe.
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DE Gaulle
Alexander Werth
Penguin
Patrentiny
Romin
Werth
de Gaudle
Man of
France
North Africa
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hitler
Dakar
Syria
Normandy
Ne Gaulle
French Equatorial Africa
Decaine
Oso Bitte
Francois Mauriac
RPE
Bonaparte
Boulanger
Clemenceau
Poincare
Doumergue
Andre Malraux
de Gaille
RPP
Algiers
Ule Gaulle
Algeria
Francee
Worth 16
Fifth Republic
Ve Cavulle
Pompidou
Debre
USA
Ussr
Europe
Third World
Hut
New paper backs Pelican painting in England 1500 1880
Book notices review Pelican painting in England 1500 1880 by David Piper with price 120 shillings and 12 pence. Also lists 460 A History of English Architecture by Kidson Murray and Thompson priced 19 shillings 6 pence. Penguin Classics items include The Satyricon and the Fragments and Peer Gynt.
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England
David Piper
National Portrait Gallery
Peter Kidson
Peter Murray
Paul Thompson
Oee
Penguin
Petronius
Encolpius
Ibsen
The Cats of Venice by Hal Porter review in Sydney
Hal Porter’s new short stories, The Cats of Venice, mix vivid, often cruel portraits of ordinary Australians with a sharp comic wit. The reviewer compares Porter to White and Nabokov, praising superbly clever etchings yet noting occasional overreach. highlights include Say to me Ronald and The Watcher on the Cast-iron Balcony while admiring Porter’s honesty, memory, and distinctive prose style.
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Mr Wilson
Mr Porter
Patrick White
Sarsapar- Wa
Burt
Australis
RSL
CWA
Hal Porter
Barry Humphries
Venice
Simone de Beauvoir
Mary McCarthy
Hal
Porter
Gretel
Nabokov
Dylan Thomas
Wainewriaht
Hobart Town
Pert
Jimp
OED
Ronald
Singapore
Porterese
Kangaroo Valley
Lord Leighton
Drongo
Overseas Visitors’ Club
Little Old Lacy
Brewer
Sea stories for children and sea rescue tales review
A child friendly criticism of six sea story titles for ages ten to thirteen from Auight Siensee Lambert Gilding and others. Highlights include Captain Cook and Henry Hudson adventures with strong illustrations and an emphasis on danger courage and seamanship while noting missing topics like Henry Broggs.
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Captain Cook
Frank Auight
Wax Parrish
Eric Siensee
Angus — and Robertson
Richard Lambert
Macmillan
Laurence Gilding
Frederick Warne
Henry Hudson
China
Nan
Bounty Bligh
Jav Rosenthal
Australia
Henry Broggs
Cult of 007 Book Review and Bond Souvenir Market
John Lleonart’s The Book of Bond by Bill Tater reviews the fading Bond myth as Amis and other critics weigh in. Bill Tanner sells Bond souvenirs aimed at day dreamers seeking indulgences of 007 without danger, with gimmickry that would amuse Bond himself.
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Bond
Bill Tater
Farnealun Cape
Kingsley Amis
Bill Tanner
Tanner
007
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Penguin Private Eye
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Fye
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Alec
Lord Boohby
John Freeman
Joan Litthewood
Stratford Fast
John Sinsman
Kingsley Martin
Realine
Spade
Roger Casement
Glasmein
Dublin
Order of the Blessed St Brendan
Kenneth Tynan
Div
Ils
Vietnam
Timeth
Stanley Karnes
Man of Destiny
J. H. Grainger
Major de Gaulle
Ecole Superieure de la Guerre
General de Gaulle
Schlunke Stories of
the Riverina
Canberra
Janice Woodley
Angusan Green
Robertson
Civig
Osen
Theic
Mous
Angus and Robertson
Price
Sydney
Angus Wilson
Hal Portes
By John Powell
Frank Knight
Yorkshire
Whitby
Ene Swenson
Cook
Charles Daugherty
John Lleonart
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Fyshwick
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