The trouble with political satire is how quickly it dates. Yes Minister was a much loved TV programme throughout the 80s featuring the attempts to ouwit each other of politician Jim Hacker and obsequious but devious Civil Service mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby. Whilst their badinage is still engaging, it lacks the sharpened edge of realistic situations […]
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‘Johnny Fox’ studied Theatre at Lancaster University and Journalism at City before realising there was no money in either profession and concentrating instead on interior design for investment banks in Singapore, New York and Moscow. Back home, he wrote mostly about theatre, mostly in London, for arts and events websites including Londonist and The Pink Paper. He blogged independently at www.johnnyfox.london. He passed away, after a long battle with cancer, in May 2020.
