Chalke Talk

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Chalke Talks for SPEAKER: Ian Hislop


  • 141. THE WIPERS TIMES
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    The Wipers Times was a newspaper for the troops that was written, edited and printed under extraordinary circumstances by a small group of British soldiers during the First World War. Wry, irreverent and topical, it was, in many ways, a precursor to Private Eye, of which Ian has been editor for many years. Here he discusses this brilliant […]

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  • 82. I OBJECT: SATIRE AND SUBVERSION, A HISTORY OF DISSENT
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    Today dissent is relatively easy and commonplace. Our voices can be heard in protest, shared across social media and told through satire. But dissent is not a new phenomenon. Ian Hislop considers objects that ordinary people have created, adapted and used to mock and attack the status quo in societies as varied as Egypt in […]

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