I was born just in time for the satire boom of the 60s - by eight days as it happens because it seems it all started with Beyond the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival in August 1960. Taking in TWTWTW*, the birth of Private Eye and the rise and fall of The Establishment Club, this is an engaging, fascinating and very readable account of the personalities, politics and ideologies behind the story. Well worth a read.
*Editor's note: For those not around in the 60s, TWTWTW stands for That Was The Week That Was, a satirical programme on TV.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 36 September 2006 ) |
