Christopher John Penrice Booker (7 October 1937 – 3 July 2019) was an English journalist and author. He was a founder and contributor of the satirical magazine "Private Eye" in 1961. From 1990 onward he was a columnist for "The Sunday Telegraph". Booker was a global warming denier and in 2009, he published "The Real Global Warming Disaster". He disputed the dangers posed by asbestos. In his "Sunday Telegraph" section he frequently commented on the UK Family Courts and Social Services.