John Crace
John Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of the ‘Digested Read’ columns. He is the author of I Never Promised you a Rose Garden: A short guide to modern politics, the coalition and the general election and also Baby Alarm: A Neurotic’s Guide to Fatherhood, Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear of Success, Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp, Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century and The Digested Twenty-first Century. In A Farewell to Calm: The New Normal Survival Guide, Crace introduces an infectiously funny selection of his finest pieces from 2020–21, taking in everything from a summer of unfathomable U-turns to Christmas Covid confusion, and from lockdown-lifting to Brexit blithering.
Videos
John Crace @ 5x15 - Digested reads (part 3)
John Crace @ 5x15 - Digested reads (part 2)
John Crace @ 5x15 - Digested reads (part 1)
John Crace @ 5x15 - A Political Sketch
Past Events
5x15 welcomes back the legendary John Crace to discuss his latest infectiously entertaining political satire, A Farewell to Calm live at The Tabernacle
As the political institutions fall into crisis, we’ll hear from from people charting a new path forward…