John Crace (writer)

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John Crace ( KRAYSS; born 9 October 1956) is a British journalist and critic. He attended Exeter University. Crace is the parliamentary sketch writer for The Guardian, having replaced the late Simon Hoggart in 2014, and he previously also wrote the paper's "Digested Read" column. Crace is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and has written several books on the club. He blogs for ESPN FC on Tottenham. According to his columns, he is an enthusiastic collector of ceramic pots. Writing in 2019, Crace described his "cold turkey" rehabilitation from heroin addiction 32 years earlier. In July 2019, The Guardian retracted statements by Crace implying that right-wing political journalist Isabel Oakeshott had obtained confidential files by having sex with Nigel Farage and Arron Banks. His article included the claim that Oakeshott only got confidential emails if Farage and Banks "slips it to her". Following the threat of legal action by Oakeshott, the text was amended to: "leave it conveniently...

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