[2] Crace is the parliamentary sketch writer for The Guardian, having replaced the late Simon Hoggart in 2014,[3] and previously also wrote the paper's "Digested Read" column.
[6][7] In July 2019, The Guardian retracted statements by Crace implying that right-wing political journalist Isabel Oakeshott had obtained confidential files by having sex with Nigel Farage and Arron Banks.
Following the threat of legal action by Oakeshott, the text was amended to: "leave it conveniently tucked under her pillow".
Oakeshott stated: "It gives me great pleasure to teach John Crace and The Guardian a little lesson about casually slurring women whose politics they dislike".
[8] On 11 March 2024, Crace posted on his X/Twitter account that he had suffered a heart attack and was receiving treatment in St George's Hospital, London.