President Donald Trump has been honoured with a second state visit to the UK. He had a stay at Windsor castle, met Esther’s sister and took a trip to Chequers. But what would have given him a more realistic reflection of Great Britain? Join a queue, attend A&E, get stuck in a traffic jam…?

In his column last week, Giles incurred the wrath of Times readers…again. He wrote about the inflated guesstimates of the numbers attending the Tommy Robinson march. Confused as to why readers are so annoyed, he wonders if he is still in tune with the average reader?

After the break, a tribute to Hollywood great Robert Redford and who will win this year’s booker prize?

Please send your book recommendations or favourite Robert Redford films to: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.