The Reverend Richard Coles
The Mid•Point with Gabby Logan
Spiritland Creative
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Musician turned priest, and now author and broadcaster, the Reverend Richard Coles, joins Gabby to talk about his fabulous and varied journey to the midpoint! Richard speaks about his early years in London as a self-described gay runaway, and working with Jimmy Sommerville; how he went from 80’s pop to the pulpit; and dealing with the death of his husband in midlife before finding love again.
Richard is really enjoying his sixties, and speaks about his return to piano lessons and the importance of learning new things at any age. They also touch on topics both big and small, including assisted dying, Gaelic football, and Richard’s time on Strictly and in The Jungle!
Richard’s latest podcast The Apple & The Tree unpacks the complex bonds between parents and their grown-up children, and you can listen to it now on all podcast platforms.
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| 0:00.0 | Mum first died and she couldn't work out how to prepare a legendary roast. |
| 0:05.0 | Mum died again when she asked me what my name was. |
| 0:11.0 | On the 10th of March, mum died a final time, surrounded by her family. |
| 0:19.0 | With dementia, you die again and again and again. |
| 0:23.9 | Which is why at Alzheimer's society, we'll be with you again and again and again. |
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