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SUMMARY:The Bonfire of the Insanities
DESCRIPTION:John Crace\nThe Bonfire of the Insanities\nFriday 29 May\, 7.00pm\nAnglia Ruskin University\, Chelmsford\nBest-selling author and beloved parliamentary sketch writer John Crace returns to the festival for his latest serving of satire. Selected from Crace's much-loved Guardian column\, The Bonfire of the Insanities\, lights up a new chapter of governmental absurdity with mordant wit and caustic humour.\n\nTickets: £12 / £10 concessions (students\, under 27s and unwaged)\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948\n\n \nEvent Information\n☕ The coffee bar will be open from 6.15pm serving hot and cold drinks\, cakes\, crisps\, chocolate bars and a small selection of sandwiches - card payments only.\n🏢 The event is taking place in the Lord Ashcroft Building. Head for the main reception at ARU.\n💬 The event will include an audience Q&A session.\n🖊️ After the event there will be an opportunity to get the book signed by the author.\n📚 Maldon Books will be at the event selling copies of John Crace's book.\n🚗 The venue has ample free parking on site. Parking instructions will be sent out to ticket-holders a few days before the event.\n♿ The venue is wheelchair accessible. There are disabled facilities on site.\n🪑 Seats are unallocated.\n\n \n\n\n\n \nJohn Crace\n\n\nJohn Crace is the Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer and the author of several books\, including Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10\, Depraved New World\, Decline and Fail\, and I\, Maybot.\n\n@johnjcrace\n@mrjohncrace.bsky.social\n\n \n\n \nThe Bonfire of the Insanities\nby John Crace\n\n\nAfter fourteen years of Tory rule\, John Crace has seen it all: a bucket-load of sleaze and scandals\, myriad questionable policy decisions\, and an ever-revolving door of impressive* candidates trying to get themselves to the top of a sinking ship.\n\nWith a bumpy start\, Keir Starmer\, Rachel Reeves and the Labour Party have taken the reins while Kemi Badenoch and the Tories slink off to regroup in opposition. Many proclaim that the United Kingdom's political landscape has changed - but are those fabled sunlit uplands finally in view?\n\nSelected from Crace's much-loved Guardian column\, The Bonfire of the Insanities lights up a new chapter of governmental absurdity with mordant wit and caustic humour.\n\n(*terms and conditions apply)\n\n \n\nOrder a copy of the book from bookshop.org.\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Bishop Hall Lane\, Chelmsford\, CM1 1SQ
CATEGORIES:Political Satire
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