Wednesday, 30 April 2008

106: GLC 8 - JAK

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by Raymond Allen Jackson ("JAK") in "Evening Standard" 25 November 1982 With repeated antagonistic reporting and distort...

105: GLC 7

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in “Private Eye” 24 September 1982 Fundamentally, the same joke as #104, but with a swipe at modern architects. Sir Quentin Blunt = Quentin...

104: GLC 6

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in “Private Eye”, 29 January 1982 Haringey was a Labour-run council in the 80s, and therefore also of the “Loony Left”. Rape was a big femin...
Tuesday, 29 April 2008

103: GLC 5

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in "Private Eye" 25 September 1981

102: GLC 4 - Coren / Mahood

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August Mr Ken Livingstone announces GLC plans for a gay bus route. Travellers will be able to go anywhere for 10p. The necessary subsidy wil...

101: GLC 3

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in “Private Eye” 28 August 1981 Tchh! Gay police, what a thing! This draws upon several “Private Eye” in-jokes. The recurring character of D...
Monday, 28 April 2008

100: GLC 2 – Mac

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Stan McMurtry in “The Daily Mail”, 24 November 1981 Again, it’s “Mac” with those comical transvestites. There is more than a hint of petty t...

99: GLC 1

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cover for "Private Eye" 28 August 1981 Since it’s election time in London this week, let’s take a trip back in time some 25 years...
Saturday, 26 April 2008

98: Gahan Wilson's "Nuts"

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in "National lampoon" October 1972 in "National lampoon" November 1972 Gahan Wilson is best known for this macabre carto...
Friday, 25 April 2008

97: Giles

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Carl Giles in “The Daily Express” 18 April 1974 Giles’s traditional working class family faces up to fears about trendy modernising of educa...