I Read the News Today, Oh Boy

...Humour, Timing and the Truth

Picture this:

You’re the editor of Private Eye, Britain’s leading satirical magazine. You’re sitting at your desk in Soho, Central London. It’s the afternoon of September 8th, 2022. There’s a sudden knock at the door. One of your colleagues appears in the doorway.

“The Queen’s died.”

Her death was followed by several days of official mourning, huge medi…