Craig Edward Moncrieff Brown (born 23 May 1957)[citation needed] is an English critic and satirist, best known for parliamentary sketch writing, humorous articles and parodies for newspapers and magazines including The Times, the Daily Mail and Private Eye.
He created the characters of "Bel Littlejohn", an ultra-trendy New Labour type, in The Guardian, and "Wallace Arnold", an extremely reactionary conservative, in The Independent on Sunday.
He has appeared on television as a critic on BBC Two's Late Review as well as in documentaries such as Russell Davies's life of Ronald Searle.
[6] In announcing the award, Martha Kearney, the chair of the judging panel, described the book as "a joyous, irreverent, insightful celebration of the Beatles, a highly original take on familiar territory.
[7] Brown wrote an essay, The Slippery Art of Biography, for the Times Literary Supplement in 2021 and presented it at the Edinburgh International Book Festival the following year.