Politics: Is It a Laughing Matter?

John Crace is a staff feature writer for The Guardian, where he is best known for the literary pastiche ‘Digested Read’. He has also written several books, including Vertigo: One Football Fan’s Fear of Success. His latest book is Taking the Lead, on post-Brexit Britain. A committed Spurs supporter, he lives in south-west London but travels to N17 for every home game. 

Annabel Crabb is an ABC writer and presenter who has covered Australian politics for nearly 25 years as a news reporter and columnist. She was the creator and presenter of MS Represented, and she has written and presented the documentary series Kitchen Cabinet for seven seasons on ABC TV. She is also a regular commentator across the ABC’s radio network and is a regular face on ABC TV’s election night and budget broadcasts. 

Cathy Wilcox is a Sydney-based cartoonist and illustrator who has been drawing cartoons since 1989. Her work appears almost daily in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She is the president of the Australian Cartoonists Association and also an award-winning illustrator of children’s books. Wilcox received a Gold Stanley in 2021 and she was the Museum of Australian Democracy’s Political Cartoonist of the Year in 2009, 2016 and 2020.