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Richard Ingrams

(1937-), Journalist and editor

Richard Reid Ingrams

Sitter in 14 portraits
Richard Ingrams was educated at Shrewsbury and University College, Oxford. He served his National Service as a private in the Royal Army Service Corps, after which, in 1962, he joined the satirical publication Private Eye. He became editor the following year, a post that he retained until 1986. Ingrams was television critic for the Spectator and was a long-standing columnist for the Observer (1987-2005) as well as founder and editor of the Oldie from 1992. He has written a number of spin-off books from Private Eye, as well as a biography of Malcolm Muggeridge.

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'Private Eye', by Lewis Morley - NPG P512(23)

'Private Eye'

by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1965
NPG P512(23)

Private Eye, by Gerald Scarfe - NPG 6433

Private Eye

by Gerald Scarfe
pen and indian ink, 1972
NPG 6433

The Staff of Private Eye, 1965, by Lewis Morley - NPG x135520

The Staff of Private Eye, 1965

by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1965
NPG x135520

Private Eye, by Lewis Morley - NPG x38946

Private Eye

by Lewis Morley
bromide print, May 1965
NPG x38946

Jeffrey Joseph Bernard; Martin Tomkinson; Richard Ingrams, by Eric Hands - NPG x133192

Jeffrey Joseph Bernard; Martin Tomkinson; Richard Ingrams

by Eric Hands
modern bromide print from original negative, mid 1970s
NPG x133192

Richard Ingrams; Malcolm Muggeridge, by Jane Bown - NPG x28623

Richard Ingrams; Malcolm Muggeridge

by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1977
NPG x28623

The staff of Private Eye, by Muir Vidler - NPG x135583

The staff of Private Eye

by Muir Vidler
chromogenic print, 8 September 2011
NPG x135583

The staff of Private Eye, by Muir Vidler - NPG x135584

The staff of Private Eye

by Muir Vidler
chromogenic print, 8 September 2011
NPG x135584

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