Forget about the Chlorine-Washed Chicken! What about the Glow-In-The-Dark Goldfish?
Last week the Chlorine-Washed Chicken finally displaced President Donald Trump as the UK middle class’s supreme international hate figure. The …
Tag Archives: Satire
Our Interview with the Botendaddy.
Readers of many summers and winters will remember that my editor James and I had once travelled to the USA …
EU Democracy in Crisis!
Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the European commission): This European parliament is ridiculous! Really ridiculous! I would like to welcome those …
The Paradox of a Revolutionary Cup of Coffee
My employment agency sometimes sends me to a pub in the south of Edinburgh which is called The Buns. It …
The Day That Jeremy Corbyn Lost My Vote.
When did politicians get into this annoying habit of speaking with their backs to their audiences? I have a feeling …
Private Eye Then, Now, and No More.
Whilst of course we are all deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events of last Tuesday, we should not …
“FAKE NEWS”: A Guest Post from President Donald Trump.
[The following is a transcript of some remarks about “fake news” which President Trump made during last night’s press conference.] …
An Edinburgh Valentine’s Day Tale.
Artur’s girlfriend Wicktoria did not actually have a bedroom. In the living room of her flat, there was a space …
An Independent Scotland Looks Set To Continue.
Tychy is relieved to report that after the uncertainties of the last week, the social media project, an independent Scotland, …
What Should Jessica Valenti Tell Her Six-Year-Old Daughter?
What should Jessica Valenti tell her six-year-old daughter? This is the question which has increasingly distracted me since Donald Trump …
The Wee Ginger Dug: A Scottish Horror Story for Halloween.
Fergus and Morag MacAskill lived in a large farmhouse some miles down the road from Inverness. They were eager to …
The Scandal of the Bristo Square Redevelopment.
Students were left gibbering this afternoon after the Tychy website broke the news that the Edinburgh University endowment fund is, …
Book Review – The Corporation Wars: Dissidence.
Now the hurly-burly’s done, or at least now that we are on the sunny side of Brexit, let us catch …
A Tale of Middle-Class Hysteria.
“Nigel Farage has told a session of the European Parliament that “the little people” had rejected “big politics” in order …
Bad News From Antarctica.
On the day that the UK went to the polls, to decide on its membership of the European Union, there …
