The Wipers Times Av Ian Hislop, Nick Newman

The true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme, interspersed with comic sketches and spoofsfrom the vivid imagination of those on the front line.In a bombed out building during the First World Warin the French town of Ypres (mispronounced Wipersby British soldiers), two officers discover a printingpress and create a newspaper for the troops. Far frombeing a sombre journal about life in the trenches, theyproduced a resolutely cheerful, subversive and veryfunny newspaper designed to lift the spirits of the menon the front line.