James May

Personal context

Summary

James May is a British television presenter, journalist and producer known for Top Gear, The Grand Tour and factual series about travel, science, technology and practical skills. His work often celebrates engineering, hands-on hobbies and traditional male pastimes; he has also said he welcomes the blurring of traditional gender roles. May has described his politics as liberal and supported remaining in the European Union, while more recently criticizing what he called the “wokerati” and rejecting the idea that he should apologize for being an older white man. No public advocacy or affiliations on DEI, identity politics or activist causes are on record.