Tag archives for Satire
Gaspers are Good for You
RICHARD PRICE almost choked on Inconvenient Facts (HIP 234) and urges you not to believe everything you read in the papers. Tobacco smoking alarmism has reached fever pitch. I am fuming…
Golden Age of Sewage
In a recent speech, the Environment Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, admitted there was ‘no way’ the government could end sewage spills. HIP has obtained a transcript of a conversation between her…
Teigh-Anne Advice
Hello dear readers! Welcome to my new advice column. With so many problems these days, I am only too happy to involve myself and offer wise counsel. Though I must…
Seeing Stars with Kenny Dickering
Your Horrorscope for February Aries March 21–April 19 You’ll lock horns with someone in February, Aries. Speaking of which, I nearly came to blows with Freddy Bunion the other day.…
At Last, the 1973 Society
Inside the head of Trevor Strang as he prepares the inaugural lecture. I suppose I should organise my thoughts. Quite an honour, after all. Don’t forget the small things. I…
Silent Twins of St Leonards
Teigh-Anne Toast, Hastings’ literary answer to Donald McGill, burst onto our pages in 2022 with her iconic ‘Postcards from St Leonards’, and has been almost impossible to erase ever since.…
… and a nappy new year
By The Spider A cleaner, emptying a wastepaper basket at a prominent address in Westminster, came across the following list of New Year’s resolutions: 1 Get more sleep! I…
Diary of a Somebody
compiled by Patrick Carabine An occasional series in which we randomly browse the recollections of an anonymous diarist. DECEMBER/JANUARY SATURDAY 24TH DEC I can’t say I’ll be sad to see…
Diary Of A Somebody
Compiled by Patrick Carabine An occasional series in which we randomly browse the recollections of an anonymous diarist. NOVEMBER MONDAY 14th I have decided to write a novel, and start…
Sausage Life
by Bird Guano The column that doesn't shrink when you put it in the tumble dryer. MYSELF: Why the long face? READER: I’m not happy with all this Brexit mullarkey.…
The Bayeux Tapestry: expert academic reveals 1066 saga’s subversive seam
The Bayeux tapestry is widely regarded as propaganda by the victorious Norman overlords, celebrating their victory over the Saxons. Professor Gale Owen -Crocker holds up a section of a copy…