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John has also never been shy of publicity - any publicity will do. He admitted his affair with Ms Cox during a 'hogwhimperingly' drunken lunch with his old university mate, Ian Hislop, so cannot have been shocked at the coverage that it got. He...
In May 2002 he faced lurid headlines about his alleged use of prostitutes and cocaine. At the start of the next Have I Got News For You he told viewers, ‘Do not adjust your set. My face really is this red.’ He was teased mercilessly about it on air by...
British journalist and editor of Private Eye magazine, Ian Hislop, arrives at High Court in central London on January 17, 2012, to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry. The inquiry is being lead by Lord Justice Leveson and is looking into the culture,... View Photo »
Well, that was Mr Desmond. I don't think he can be used as a rule of thumb.
He affects to check himself with a brisk cough. "I'm being terribly rude about most of my friends." Some of his former friends have been quite rude about him. Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, HIGNFY's team captains, were widely reported to resent their...
He’s right when he says “victims should be supported and not be let down by the criminal justice system.” But he’s horribly wrong when he insists that the financial support they deserve should come in whole or part from the pockets of motorists. If...
It is indeed strange that, with all the banker-bashing going on, it is rarely asked why today’s City plutocrats are not as generous as their 19th century forebears. And yet as Ian Hislop's excellent BBC documentary When Bankers Were Good recently...
MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Private Eye editor Ian Hislop (L) attends a private viewing of 'Private Eye: The First 50 Years' marking the 50th anniversary of Private Eye magazine at The Victoria & Albert Museum on October... View Photo »
Ian Hislop is hilariously incompetent as team leader.
January 2012 Last updated at 06:39 ET Jon Canter grew up in London, but has lived in Aldeburgh since 1993 A Suffolk literary festival is hoping star names such as Roddy Doyle, Ian Hislop and Alistair Darling will help keep an independent bookshop alive.
In the 2009 case, the journalist in question claimed he tracked down the blogger by piecing together pieces of evidence from across the internet. Ian Hislop yesterday wrongly identified a married mother as the unknown woman who had an affair with...
Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is an English satirist, writer, broadcaster and editor of the magazine Private Eye. He has also appeared on many radio and television programmes, most notably as a team captain on the BBC current affairs quiz Have I Got News for You. Full Article
MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Private Eye editor Ian Hislop (L) attends a private viewing of 'Private Eye: The First 50 Years' marking the 50th anniversary of Private Eye magazine at The Victoria & Albert Museum on October 17, 2011 in London, England.
View Photo »Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop, poses for photographers behind a replica of his desk, at the "Private Eye: The First 50 Years" exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in central London October 17, 2011. The exhibition is a free display celebrating 50 years of. Private Eye magazine.
View Photo »Ian Hislop, Editor of Private Eye magazine is photographed as he stands in front of a wall of the magazine's front covers, at the V&A Museum, in London, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. A display to celebrate the magazine's first 50 years is open to the public on Oct. 18 until Jan. 2012. The...
View Photo »Ian Hislop, Editor of Private Eye magazine sits in a recreation of his office, with a cardboard cut out of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, at the V&A Museum, in London, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. A display to celebrate the magazine's first 50 years is open to the public on Oct. 18 until...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 27: (UK TABLOID Ian Hislop and Emily Hislop attend the Jameson Empire Awards 2011 held at Grosvenor House on March 27, 2011 in London, England.
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 27: Ian Hislop attends the Jameson Empire Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on March 27, 2011 in London, England.
View Photo »MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Private Eye editor Ian Hislop (L) attends a private viewing of 'Private Eye: The First 50 Years' marking the 50th anniversary of Private Eye magazine at The Victoria & Albert Museum on October 17, 2011 in London, England.
View Photo »Well, that was Mr Desmond. I don't think he can be used as a rule of thumb.
Ian Hislop is hilariously incompetent as team leader.
The lesson I learnt from that was not to give prior notification
If the state regulates the press, the press no longer regulates the state
isn't always pretty and there are things that go wrong, but I really hope this inquiry doesn't throw out the baby with bath water
Nowadays it's almost a term of abuse
