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How Does This Government Thing Work Again?

with John Crace
Curious Minds Festival
Fri 20 Mar ’26 19:30 - 20:30
Fri 20 Mar ’26
19:30 - 20:30
  • Fri 20 Mar ’26
    Doors open
    19:00
    Start
    19:30
    Approx. end
    20:30
    St Swithin's Church, BA1 5LY
    Tickets
  • Tickets from £11 (inc. fees)

Sharp satire, political absurdity and laugh-out-loud insight from Britain’s best-loved parliamentary sketch writer.

Can satire help us navigate a political world that often feels stranger than fiction?

Prepare for an evening of razor-sharp wit as celebrated Guardian political columnist John Crace takes to the festival stage to discuss his latest work, Bonfire of the Insanities. With the trademark humour and humane scepticism that have made his writing so beloved, Crace will dissect the dizzying theatre of public life - where scandal outpaces common sense, yesterday’s certainty becomes today’s punchline, and we collectively try to keep our footing amid the noise.

This event will be followed by a book signing, supported by Mr B’s Emporium of Books.

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I lap up everything John Crace writes gratefully: I love his cleverness, his wit, and his heart

Nigella Lawson

About John Crace

John Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and author of Decline and Fail and I, Maybot.

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