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TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
23rd August 1940 German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
23rd August 1933 First televised boxing match took place in London, between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri.
23rd August 1905 Born today: Leonard Constant Lambert, London England, composer (King Pest)
23rd August 1617 1st one-way streets open (London)
Peter Cook's Baby Lives On
Home to the UKs Number 1 News and Current Affairs magazine
Location: 6 Carlisle Street, W1D 3BN
Description: Private Eye is the UKs number 1 best-selling news and current affairs magazine edited by Ian Hislop.
But did you know that the forerunner to Private Eye was a school magazine edited by Richard Ingrams, Willie Rushton, Christopher Booker and Paul Foot at Shrewsbury School in the mid-1950s.
After the magazine's initial success, more funding was provided by Nicholas Luard and Peter Cook, who ran 'The Establishment' satire club, and Private Eye became a fully professional publication.
In fact it was always Peter Cook's aim to own the 'Eye' and his dream came true in the Summer of 1962 when 'Cook & Luard Productions' were offered and jumped at the chance to buy 75 of the 99 shares on offer from Andrew Osmond for 1500 quid...
Alas there was a sting in the tail...Nick Luard had personally registered all the shares in his name, with Peter blissfully unaware.
The magazine lives on and is as good as ever so why not walk past and pay homage to Peter...you're sure to get the urge to crack a joke, but of course it's unlikely to be anywhere as good as those told by Mr Cook.
Tagged in this Tour: The Madcap Peter Cook Tour
Comedy
Ranking This Month: 809/2717
Pages Hit This Month: 57
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Credits: http://www.private-eye.co.uk
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Cook, Lennon and Dinner Parties
Beatles epic was written and fuelled by happy evenings here
2008-05-18
Chaucer Lived Over the Aldgate», 2.4km
Home of Noel Coward», 1.6km
Virginia Woolf born here», 2.2km
William Blake was born here.», 0.1km
Pepys's Ghost», 0.6km
Author Wilkie Collins lived here», 1.1km
JB Priestley lived here», 3.5km
Samuel Beckett lived here», 2.9km
Don't be Daunted», 0.8km
Poet Dylan Thomas lived here», 3.0km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
