Private Eye books on Christmas themes from regular contributors. Patrick Marnham’s ‘’The Private Eye Story’’ (1982) was the first major attempt to tell the history of the magazine. A fiftieth anniversary biography by Adam Macqueen was published in 2011. Anthologies of the unintentionally humorous newspaper cuttings which have formed a regular part of the magazine since its earliest days. A mixture of revised reprints of material featured in the magazine, retrospectives and entirely new material. Specials were later abandoned in favour of occasional ‘pull out sections’ in the main magazine. Private Eye books "Private Eye", the fortnightly British satirical magazine, has published various
Ron Gingell from the club. Ron Gingell Ron Gingell (born 22 October 1920 - October 1988) was an English professional footballer, football scout and manager. He assumed the name "Ron" as he disliked his birth names "Claude Samuel". Gingell, who was born in Warmley, near Keynsham, played as a full back for Exeter City before World War II, and for Chelsea, Liverpool and Bury as a wartime guest. After the war, he signed for Cheltenham Town. He later became chief scout for Bristol Rovers, and became their caretaker manager for one game in 1981 at the age of 61, following the departure