From 2006 until 2009, Brand wrote a column for "The Guardian" that focused on West Ham United and the England national football team. A collection of the columns from 2006 and 2007 was released in a book entitled "Irons in the Fire". Brand continues to write articles for "The Guardian" that offer his perspectives on current events and pop culture, including the deaths of Amy Winehouse and Robin Williams. Following the 2011 London riots, Brand wrote a column in which he criticised the government's response to the riots in Summer 2011 as a failure to address the root causes.