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Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Giles and Esther return to their kitchen table for the first round-up of the papers this year; from the Golden Globes and eco-clothing to Harry Potter at the National History Museum. Giles is heartbroken to learn Esther's returned the gifts he got her for Christmas already.
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
| 0:11.0 | So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas. |
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| 0:19.9 | This is a message from A-cast. |
| 0:22.4 | Hi I'm Marcus. |
| 0:24.0 | And I'm Luke. |
| 0:25.0 | And we're here from the Football Ramble, |
| 0:26.0 | the UK's most entertaining football podcast. |
| 0:28.0 | We react to all the biggest stories from the Premier League |
| 0:30.0 | and beyond with loads of other nonsense thrown into. |
| 0:32.0 | Like Kevin Keegan hosting the Meat Industry Awards? |
| 0:34.0 | Well, more like that Spurs fan, he went to fill his car up and came back to find them 5 kneel down against Newcastle. |
| 0:39.0 | Oh yeah, it's enjoying the week's football just like you would with your mates. |
| 0:42.0 | So come join us. We're here |
| 0:43.4 | four times a week every week and don't take our word for it. We've had a |
| 0:46.2 | hundred and fifty million downloads since we started. Search football ramble and |
| 0:49.3 | hit subscribe. See you there. There. Welcome to Giles Corrin has no idea. It's called this not because I literally know nothing, but because it's all |
| 1:04.4 | about the moment in the week when I have to sit down and write my column but have absolutely |
| 1:08.1 | no idea what to write it about, which is where my wife Esther comes in, who, having read all the papers whilst I take the kids to school, |
| 1:14.8 | always has half a dozen ideas picked out for me when I get back to be discussed at the kitchen table over a nice cup of coffee. Good morning, darling. |
| 1:25.0 | Hello Ben. |
| 1:28.0 | Hi. |
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