It was founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard, both of whom were also important in the history of the magazine Private Eye. The name \"The Establishment\" is a play on the meaning of \"establishment\" as in \"institution,\" i.e. the club itself, and the broader definition meaning the prevailing social order of the time, which the satirists who founded, funded and performed at the club typically
It was founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard, both of whom were also important in the history of the magazine Private Eye. The name \"The Establishment\" is a play on the meaning of \"establishment\" as in \"institution,\" i.e. the club itself, and the broader definition meaning the prevailing social order of the time, which the satirists who founded, funded and performed at the club typically
