One Step Ahead (Private Eye)

Member Name: windwhisperer

Product:	Private Eye
Date:	18/12/08 (22 review reads)
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Advantages: Delivered to your door, up to speed, not afraid of upsetting the establishment

Disadvantages: Some swearing and its simple manufacture may offend some.

Due to current events, personally I don't think that there can be any other time in its 47 year history when Private Eye was more relevant.

However, if you have a particular fondness for a political party, can't bear to hear the establishment badmouthed, or generally think the 'powers that be,' can do no wrong - then this magazine isn't for you - it wouldn't take long before you were muttering 'doom-mongers,' and 'conspiracy theorists,' to yourself!

Private Eye is satire ... at its very best, and like all good satire it has one foot firmly founded in fact, but for some such truths are too uncomfortable to bear. Also, it must be noted that it does have the occasional swear word spattered about, so those who would be offended should also not proffer cash to the newsagent.

That aside, recent political and economic events have made many want to investigate further into the decline of our society and try to establish just where the rot lies. PE will give you a very good idea.

As a fortnightly publication it is also 'up to speed' on most current events, in fact it usually trumps other publications by suggesting such problems may arise, so none of the 'by the time it gets into the media it's too late,' that usually litters mainstream press.

You are though, going to be disappointed if you are expecting a shiny ad filled coffee table tome - Although its 40 pages are generally packed with information from cover to cover, PE is rough paper and A4 sized.

Price wise - well, if you pop into your local newsagents it will cost you £1.50 at the counter, but you can subscribe on-line and have it delivered straight to your door at the current price of £14 for six months (13 issues) or £28 for one year (26 issues). I also managed to get in on their Christmas offer and got a pack of twelve Christmas cards thrown in for good measure!

So if you have an inquiring mind or just want to know what is going on around you and have a good laugh into the bargain, then this magazine is definitely for you - and it isn't going to break the bank. (Unintentional irony in my final comment!)

Summary: A brilliant foray on a not 'whiter than white' establishment