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September 2022

  • Mavis Nicholson<br>mavis nicholson

    Mavis Nicholson obituary

    Television interviewer, broadcaster and writer best known for Afternoon Plus and Mavis on 4

October 2021

  • Queen Elizabeth II

    ‘You are as old as you feel’: Queen declines Oldie of the Year award

    Monarch ‘politely but firmly’ turns down title because she ‘does not believe she meets relevant criteria’

April 2019

  • Stanley Price

    Other lives
    Stanley Price obituary

    Other lives: Leading British writer for stage, screen and television

February 2017

  • Alexander Chancellor

    Alexander Chancellor: 'He had a zest for the good things in life'

  • Peter Preston

    Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
    Alexander Chancellor: the ‘bohemian’ who beat every deadline

    Peter Preston

January 2017

  • Alexander Chancellor

    Alexander Chancellor obituary

  • Alexander Chancellor

    Alexander Chancellor, former Spectator and Guardian journalist, dies aged 77

February 2015

  • The Economist magazine

    Economist's digital charge helps keep Private Eye at bay

  • A Martin Honeysett cartoon for Private Eye.

    Martin Honeysett obituary

June 2014

  • Greenslade
    More contributors leave The Oldie in sympathy with Richard Ingrams

  • Peter Preston

    Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
    Good luck to the Oldie's younger model

    Peter Preston
  • Greenslade
    Alexander Chancellor to edit The Oldie after walkout by Richard Ingrams

  • Richard Ingrams

    The G2 interview
    Richard Ingrams: 'I have lots of enemies, some of them enduring'

May 2014

  • Richard Ingrams

    Richard Ingrams resigns as editor of the Oldie over dispute with publisher

    Co-founder of satirical magazine considered himself ‘too old’ to attend disciplinary meeting

February 2014

  • Private Eye

    Private Eye retains the top spot among news magazines

    Satirical title has a print circulation of more than 220,000, ahead of The Economist and The Week. By John Plunkett

August 2012

  • Private Eye - August 2012

    Private Eye's sales up nearly 10% year on year

    Satirical fortnightly boosted by 50th anniversary and phone-hacking coverage, as The Oldie and The Week also make gains. By Dan Sabbagh

February 2012

  • Peter Preston

    Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
    Why do some magazines sell well? Maybe they don't worry about the web

    Peter Preston
    Peter Preston: Private Eye and The Oldie are booming. Could the reason be their lack of digital presence?
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