Grayson Perry challenges electricity bill rise from £300 to £39,000 a month

Turner prize-winning artist joined on X by broadcaster Jon Sopel a fellow EDF customer, who complained of being asked for 18,000

One is a Turner prize-winning artist, the other is a well-known journalist and broadcaster but both have been brought together by a seemingly evergreen gripe - inordinate energy bills.

Grayson Perry, known for his ceramic vases and tapestries, revealed on X on Monday he had been stung with a 39,000 a month electricity bill - an astronomical leap from the previous charge of 300 a month.