John Harris

John Harris (born 1969) is a British journalist, writer and critic. He is the author of The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock; So Now Who Do We Vote For?, which examined the 2005 UK general election; a 2006 behind-the-scenes look at the production of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon; and Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll (2009). His articles have appeared in Select, Q, Mojo, Shindig!, Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, The Independent, the New Statesman, The Times and The Guardian.

Early life Harris was born in 1969 and raised in Wilmslow in north Cheshire; his father was a university lecturer in nuclear engineering, and his mother a teacher who was the daughter of a nuclear research chemist. He became fixated by pop music at an early age.

Harris attended the comprehensive Wilmslow County High School (at the same time as members of the band Doves ), then went to Loreto College, Manchester, a Roman Catholic sixth form college sited between the University of Manchester and Old Trafford. He applied to study Modern History at Keble College, Oxford, but was rejected, and claimed his membership of left-wing organisations had not won him many favours with such a traditional and conservative college. for The Guardian, documenting the political feelings of people around the country. In December 2018 Harris wrote and presented a four-part BBC Radio 4 series, Tyranny of Story. Harris is a political columnist for The Guardian and is one of the presenters of the newspaper’s Politics Weekly UK podcast.

Harris is the editor of the companion book, published on 12 October 2021, of the documentary The Beatles: Get Back. The illustrated book compiles conversations recorded during the sessions of the album Let It Be. In addition, he hosted a short promotional film for the project called The Beatles, Get Back and London: On the Trail of a Timeless Story. He also contributed a chapter in the hardcover book accompanying the release of the Let It Be: Special Edition that same year.

Personal life Harris lives in Frome, Somerset. He has been a Debbie McGee fan since the mid-1980s.