John Crace (writer)

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John Crace (/ˈkreɪs/ KRAYSS; born 9 October 1956)[1] is a British journalist and critic. He attended Exeter University.[2] Crace is the parliamentary sketch writer for The Guardian, having replaced the late Simon Hoggart in 2014,[3] and previously also wrote the paper's "Digested Read" column. He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and has written several books on the club. He blogs for ESPN FC on Tottenham.[4] According to his columns, he is an enthusiastic collector of ceramic pots.[5]

Writing in 2019, Crace described his "cold turkey" rehabilitation from heroin addiction 32 years previously.[6][7]

Views[]

John Crace is skeptical about the truthfulness of Boris Johnson, he wrote in, The Guardian:

No one knows this better than Boris Johnson. If he has a talent, it’s a talent for lying. And while it may have cost him countless relationships and friendships, it has taken him all the way to Downing Street. Put simply, he has become prime minister by lying better than all the other contenders for the job. But now he has run out of road and the lies have caught up with him. He’s the cartoon villain hopelessly spinning his legs before plunging into the abyss. Brexit has failed to deliver any of its promised rewards and inflation, at more than 5%, is far higher than wage growth. No matter how Boris tries to spin it, people are feeling more broke by the week.[8]

Bibliography[]

  • Wasim and Waqar: Imran's Inheritors (1992)
  • The Digested Read (2005)
  • Vertigo: Spurs, Bale and One Fan's Fear of Success (2011)
  • Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century (2012)
  • Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp (2013)
  • The Digested Twenty-first Century (2014)
  • I, Maybot: The Rise and Fall. Guardian Faber Publishing. 2 November 2017. ISBN 978-1783351435.
  • Decline and Fail: Read in Case of Political Apocalypse. Guardian Faber Publishing. 2019. ISBN 978-1783351930.
  • A Farewell to Calm. Guardian Faber. 2021. ISBN 978-1783352449.

References[]

  1. ^ "On Brexit, I was out of time and out of ideas. But elsewhere in life? Hopefully not". The Guardian. London. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "How the experience of being at university has changed". The Guardian. London. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "John Crace – Profile". The Guardian. London. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur Blog – ESPN FC". ESPN FC. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ^ Crace, John (16 October 2020). "Digested week: stocking up on ceramics and cramming in dinner parties ahead of London tier 2". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Crace, John (15 February 2019). "And the award for most incompetent minister goes to …". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Crace, John (25 March 2019). "How I overcame my heroin addiction – and started to live". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Broken Boris Johnson can no longer lie his way out of trouble

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