Private Eye

British satirical and current affairs magazine

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April 22 2023 Died at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney, at the age of 89, after complications from hip surgery.
February 2023 Suffered a fall that led to complications following hip surgery.
2022 Hislop co-wrote 'Spike', a play about Spike Milligan during the period of writing The Goon Show, with Nick Newman.
January 2022 Hislop, along with Richard Brooks and Solomon Hughes, presented evidence on MPs' conduct to the House of Commons' Standards Committee.
2019 Received the Outstanding Contribution to British Media award at the Campaign British Media Awards.
2018 Criticized on social media for comments about transgenderism, leading to the Barry Award being renamed.
September 6 2018 Curated an exhibition at the British Museum called 'I Object: Ian Hislop's Search for Dissent', which ran until 20 January 2019.
2017 Hislop co-wrote 'A Bunch of Amateurs' with Nick Newman and the play 'Trial by Laughter' was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
April 2017 Hislop won the London Press Club's print journalist of the year award, highlighting Private Eye's strong sales figures.
2016 Delivered the prestigious George Orwell Lecture at London's UCL.
2016 Hislop co-wrote 'The Wipers Times', a play based on a World War I newspaper, with Nick Newman.
2013 Appeared in the documentary 'Chalky' about his longtime friend and colleague Michael White.
2011 Elected a member of the Roxburghe Club, an elite bibliophilic society.
October 11 2010 Played a small role in the Greek television series 'The Island', based on his wife's bestselling novel, which premiered on Greece's Mega television channel.

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