Giles Coren Has No Idea

Giles and Esther traverse the week’s top news stories; from John Bercow stepping down as Speaker of the House of Commons to James Bond increasing rural Italian tourism. Esther enforces a new Coren family discipline regime and Giles professes his love for Gary Lineker.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribeProducer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther sift through this week’s top stories; from the looming potential general election to a change in rules for alcohol in airports. Giles blames Esther for how long the bathroom refit is taking and young Sam Coren makes his podcast debut.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribeProducer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther return from their holiday to masses of articles on their kitchen table; from Boris Johnson proroguing parliament to sheep returning to Hamsptead Heath. Esther looks forward to getting new kittens and Giles bemoans the acknowledgements in his summer reads.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribeProducer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther make their way through the week's top stories; from French hoverboards to Peaky Blinders and alternative school holiday activities. Giles berates Esther's dishwashing etiquette and her love of Mrs Brown's Boys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther rummage through this week’s top stories; from Meghan Markle editing Vogue to climate change and the Fortnite World Cup. Esther wants to befriend Carrie Symonds and Giles reenacts his favourite scene from Rocky II.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribeProducer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther sweat their way through the week's top stories; from the record breaking heatwave to the cabinet reshuffle and dad jokes. Giles discusses the importance of beach etiquette and Esther expresses her hatred of puns.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribeProducer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther return to the kitchen table to flick through the paper's top stories of the week; from Kate Winslet's ancestry to how much sleep we should get and a postcard from DH Lawrence. Giles fears he's being gaslighted and Esther reveals she's related to Billy the Kid...or was it Jesse James?You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther gather round the kitchen table to sift through this week’s top stories; from Wimbledon to private schools and running with the bulls in Pamplona. Giles relives his short-lived teenage interrailing trip and bumps into Baroness Shirley Williams whilst buying comics.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther comb through the papers at their kitchen table to find an idea for this week’s column; from the Women’s World Cup to robot bees and the Queen’s secret diary. Esther reveals disreputable behaviour at sports day and finds out Giles has been reading her teenage diaries.You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-corenAnd subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing the new podcast from The Times columnist Giles Coren. How does a newspaper columnist come up with ideas for their weekly newspaper column? Join Giles (and his wife Esther Walker) as they work out what he's going to write about this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.