Discomforting the Comfortable

Marina Hyde live streamed from London

According to Armando Iannucci: “An infinite number of gag-writers, working all day in a gag factory, couldn’t come up with any of the perfectly-formed one-liners that populate Marina Hyde’s hilarious writing… But behind the wit lurks real anger, argument, exasperation and intelligence. Her writing is more than a gentle poke in the ribs: it’s a well-wrought and deftly aimed smash in the teeth." Journalist Marina Hyde joins Lenore Taylor to talk about her new book and take us on a wild ride, from David Cameron to Liz Truss, the dangerous idiocy of the Trump presidency and never-ending royal capers.

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Marina Hyde has worked at The Guardian since 2000, where her three weekly columns - on sport, celebrity and politics - have won her a reputation as one of the most "lethally funny" and admired journalists in the UK. Her latest book is What Just Happened: Dispatches from Turbulent Times.

Lenore Taylor is editor of Guardian Australia. She spent almost three decades as a political correspondent and commentator based in the federal press gallery. She has won two Walkley awards and has twice won the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery journalism. She co-authored a book called Shitstorm on Australia's response to the global financial crisis.

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