What a Time to Be Alive! Scenes from a Strange Age – Marina Hyde

in Conversation with John Crace.
Tue 13 October, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Join the inimitable Guardian columnist with her new satirical book, What a Time to Be Alive! Scenes from a Strange Age. This chronicle of absurd political times showcases the award-winning political commentator at her sharpest. Enjoy the antics of a cast of characters including Trump, Farage and Musk, not forgetting Liz Truss, minor royalty and pop culture celebs. In times like these, sometimes the only thing to do is read Marina Hyde and howl with laughter.

Marina Hyde has been named Columnist of the Year and Political Commentator of the year multiple times and is the only woman ever to have been named Sportswriter of the Year by the Sports Journalists’ Association. Her book, What Just Happened?! Dispatches from Turbulent Times was a bestseller. She co-hosts the podcast The Rest is Entertainment with Richard Osman.

“The most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our times.” Phoebe Waller-Bridge

John Crace is a journalist, critic, bestselling author and the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer.