The last few years of post-Brexit politics never failed to deliver John Crace with material for his Guardian sketches. After a sold-out event in Exeter, John is now joining us at St. Mary’s Church in Bruton, Somerset. In conversation with Ritula Shah, he will reflect on the many tumultuous and often humorous moments of the past few years, including various Prime Ministers, and some heated parliamentary debates.
From Partygate and Boris Johnson’s farewell to Jeremy Corbyn handing over Labour’s leadership to Keir Starmer – John will take us on a hilarious tour of the whirlwind world of post-Brexit Britain. John is Chief Sketch Writer at The Guardian and author of Depraved New World: Please Hold the Government Will Be With You Shortly.
Speakers
John Crace
Chief Sketch Writer at The Guardian
The Guardian’s parliamentary chief sketch writer has been on the frontline of the last ten bonkers years of politics, from U-turns to the revolving door of Number 10, and from party-gate to Brexit blithering. John’s brilliantly acerbic political sketches have provided the nation with a much-needed injection of humour.
He is the author of A Farewell to Calm, Decline and Fail, I, Maybot, and Depraved New World: Please Hold, the Government Will Be With You Shortly.
Ritula Shah (chair)
Journalist and Broadcaster
Ritula Shah is a journalist and broadcaster who spent more than three decades producing and presenting news programmes at the BBC. She was the main presenter of the World Tonight, Radio 4’s evening news programme until April 2023. Ritula currently presents ‘Calm Classics’ on ClassicFM.
She is a Fellow of the London Centre for the Humanities and a judge for the British Academy’s Prize for Cultural Understanding.