Stuart Jeffries is a journalist and author. He was for many years on the staff of the Guardian, working as subeditor, TV critic, Friday Review editor and Paris correspondent. He now works as a freelance writer, mostly for the Guardian, Spectator, Financial Times and the London Review of Books. He has written several books:Mrs Slocombe's Pussy, Grand Hotel Abyss, Everything, All the Time, Everywhere and, published by Polity in 2025, A Short History of Stupidity.