Ian Hislop
Ian Hislop
Ian David Hislopis a British journalist, satirist, writer, broadcaster and editor of the magazine Private Eye. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes, and is a team captain on the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for You...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth13 July 1960
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The Tories are still game, but it's almost impossible to get anyone from Labour on. Perhaps we'll get a few more Labour rebels now.
answering life questions
I should go on Mastermind, answering questions on the life and times of Jeffery Archer. I'd get more questions right than he would!
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For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.
I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it.
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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
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It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can't get my head around the fact that I am older than he was - ever.
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They obviously couldn't get the two of them to be happy in the room together at the same time
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.
helping source journalist
No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry England, the Blitz