Who was editor of Private Eye before Ian Hislop?
Ian Hislop on 16 April 1988 in Oxford. They have two children, both born in London: Emily Helen (born 1990), and William David (born 1993). They live in Sissinghurst. Hislop's wife has a career as an author, and in 2010 Hislop played a small role in the Greek television series "The Island", which was based on his wife's bestselling novel. The series premiered on 11 October 2010 on Greece's Mega television channel. At Oxford, Hislop revived and edited the magazine "Passing Wind", for which he interviewed Richard Ingrams, who was then editor of "Private Eye", and Peter Cook, then the majority shareholder.
Ian Hislop aboard". The new editor, dismissive of society gossip, sacked both McKay and Dempster from the magazine without hesitation. As editor of "Private Eye", Ian Hislop is reputedly the most sued man in English legal history, although he is not involved in as many libel actions as he once was. A libel case was brought against "Private Eye" and Hislop in 1986 by the publisher Robert Maxwell after the magazine accused him of funding Labour leader Neil Kinnock's travel expenses as a means of gaining a peerage. After the case Hislop quipped: "I've just given a fat cheque to a fat