‘Private Eye’ – Francesca's Thoughts

22/06/2016

Referendum Flu

Since every other motherfucker in my Facebook and Twitter and household is telling me what they think and/or why I’m wrong, I thought I’d return the favour while I still can – and share some of my favourite referendum satire. I can’t upload the entirety of this week’s Private Eye coverage, but if you see Continue reading

DISCUSS., Government and Politics, Internet, June 2016, Newspapers, Social Media, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘Private Eye’, Brexit, EU referendum, Indifferent Ignorance, Jean Jullien, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Brexit, The Vote Now Show, where the fuck is Lithuania

10/08/2013

Holiday Post 2013 #1: Literature Appreciation Post #3

Last year I did a list of books I was going to read on holiday, and I thought I’d do another. Incidentally, I published the To Kill a Mockingbird fan fiction just last week (this has been a great year for getting stuff done, huh). So, this year I’m reading: We Need to Talk About Continue reading

August 2013, Books, Holidays, Lists, Newspapers

‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, ‘Private Eye’, ‘The Age of Innocence’, ‘The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over the World’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin’, books, Edith Wharton, Holidays, Indifferent Ignorance, Lionel Shriver, literature, Tom Feling

18/04/2013

Political/Musical Reflections

I’ve been trying to work out how to wax poetic on Margaret Thatcher without doing a cheap impersonation of the rest of the British media, so instead I’d like to encourage you to buy this fortnight’s edition of Private Eye. It’s a magazine which is definitely not like the rest of the British media – Continue reading

April 2103, Magazines, Tim Minchin, Videos

‘Fuck the Poor’, ‘Have I Got News for You’, ‘Private Eye’, British media, Indifferent Ignorance, Margaret Thatcher, Tim Minchin