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Richard Ingrams

(1937-), Journalist and editor

Richard Reid Ingrams

Sitter in 12 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
NPG P512(23)
Private Eye, by Gerald Scarfe - NPG 6433Private Eye
by Gerald Scarfe
NPG 6433
'The Private Eye men against whom an injunction was granted' (Richard Ingrams; Willie Rushton; Christopher John Penrice Booker; Nicholas Lamert Luard), by Unknown photographer - NPG x198432'The Private Eye men against whom an injunction was granted' (Richard Ingrams; Willie Rushton; Christopher John Penrice Booker; Nicholas Lamert Luard)
by Unknown photographer
NPG x198432
The Staff of Private Eye, 1965, by Lewis Morley - NPG x135520The Staff of Private Eye, 1965
by Lewis Morley
NPG x135520
Private Eye, by Lewis Morley - NPG x38946Private Eye
by Lewis Morley
NPG x38946
Richard Ingrams; Tony Rushton and two unknown women, by Lewis Morley - NPG x38961Richard Ingrams; Tony Rushton and two unknown women
by Lewis Morley
NPG x38961
Jeffrey Joseph Bernard; Martin Tomkinson; Richard Ingrams, by Eric Hands - NPG x133192Jeffrey Joseph Bernard; Martin Tomkinson; Richard Ingrams
by Eric Hands
NPG x133192
Richard Ingrams; Malcolm Muggeridge, by Jane Bown - NPG x28623Richard Ingrams; Malcolm Muggeridge
by Jane Bown
NPG x28623
Contact sheet including Jeffrey Barnard; Martin Tompkinson; Richard Ingrams; Dudley Moore; Peter Cook; Willie Rushton; Malcolm Muggeridge; Auberon Waugh; Francis Claud Cockburn, by Eric Hands - NPG x133201Contact sheet including Jeffrey Barnard; Martin Tompkinson; Richard Ingrams; Dudley Moore; Peter Cook; Willie Rushton; Malcolm Muggeridge; Auberon Waugh; Francis Claud Cockburn
by Eric Hands
NPG x133201
Contact sheet including Craig Edward Moncrieff Brown; Tony Rushton; Richard Ingrams, by Eric Hands - NPG x133202Contact sheet including Craig Edward Moncrieff Brown; Tony Rushton; Richard Ingrams
by Eric Hands
NPG x133202
The staff of Private Eye, by Muir Vidler - NPG x135583The staff of Private Eye
by Muir Vidler
NPG x135583
The staff of Private Eye, by Muir Vidler - NPG x135584The staff of Private Eye
by Muir Vidler
NPG x135584

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