Giles and Esther pick apart the papers for this week's column idea; from a scary fiscal event and saving Britain's wild birds, to cheating at chess with a sex toy and saying farewell to the boss. Giles pays tribute to his outgoing editor and Esther is picks bits of ceiling out of her tea. Get more of The Times and The Sunday Times for less than £1 a day - visit <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/gilescorenhasnoidea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thetimes.co.uk/gilescorenhasnoidea</a> to start your free trial. Producer: Ben Mitchell<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Giles and Esther pick apart the papers for this week's column idea; from a scary fiscal event and saving Britain's wild birds, to cheating at chess with a sex toy and saying farewell to the boss. Giles pays tribute to his outgoing editor and Esther is picks bits of ceiling out of her tea. Get more of The Times and The Sunday Times for less than £1 a day - visit www.thetimes.co.uk/gilescorenhasnoidea to start your free trial. Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles and Esther pick apart the papers for this week's column idea; from a scary fiscal event and saving Britain's wild birds, to cheating at chess with a sex toy and saying farewell to the boss. Giles pays tribute to his outgoing editor and Esther is picks bits of ceiling out of her tea. Get more of The Times and The Sunday Times for less than £1 a day - visit <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/gilescorenhasnoidea" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.thetimes.co.uk/gilescorenhasnoidea</a> to start your free trial. Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Banging Out

Each week Giles Coren finds himself with no idea what to write about in his weekly column. Having read all the papers and found nothing of interest whatsoever, he takes a break and does the school run. That’s where his wife and fellow journalist Esther Walker comes in. Upon his return, Esther has half a dozen ideas she’s spotted ready to knock around with him over the kitchen table and a much needed pot of coffee. You can read Giles in The Times here; <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren?page=1" target="_blank">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren</a> And subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here; <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/" target="_blank">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Each week Giles Coren finds himself with no idea what to write about in his weekly column. Having read all the papers and found nothing of interest whatsoever, he takes a break and does the school run. That’s where his wife and fellow journalist Esther Walker comes in. Upon his return, Esther has half a dozen ideas she’s spotted ready to knock around with him over the kitchen table and a much needed pot of coffee. You can read Giles in The Times here; https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren And subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here; https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Each week Giles Coren finds himself with no idea what to write about in his weekly column. Having read all the papers and found nothing of interest whatsoever, he takes a break and does the school run. That’s where his wife and fellow journalist Esther Walker comes in. Upon his return, Esther has half a dozen ideas she’s spotted ready to knock around with him over the kitchen table and a much needed pot of coffee. You can read Giles in The Times here; <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren?page=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren</a> And subscribe to The Times and Sunday Times here; <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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