Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop

Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is a British journalist, satirist, comedian, writer, broadcaster and editor of the magazine Private Eye.

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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

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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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My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

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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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It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.

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