Private Eye Prime Minister of the day. The style is chosen to mock the perceived foibles and folly of each Prime Minister: Not all of "Private Eye"'s parodies have been unsympathetic. During the 1980s, Ingrams and John Wells wrote fictional letters from Denis Thatcher to Bill Deedes in the "Dear Bill" column, mocking Thatcher as an amiable, golf-playing drunk. The column was collected in a series of books and became a play in which Wells played the fictional Denis, a character now inextricably "blurred [with] the real historical figure", according to Ingrams. "Private Eye" also contains a variety of regular mini-sections, consisting
Arthur Turner (Tottenham Hotspur football manager) Arthur Turner (Tottenham Hotspur football manager) Arthur Turner (died 1949) was a lifelong employee of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club who served in a number of capacities from 1906 when he joined as Secretary of the Club. On the resignation of Fred Kirkham in 1908 the Directors of the club decided not to appoint new manager. However, Turner took responsibility in the main for running the side until December 1912 when Peter McWilliam was appointed manager. Turner remained at the Club and ensured its continuance during the First World War. Once again, in August 1942 Turner took over as Manager and