The Secret Diary of Giles Coren aged 13 ¾
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Artist Jonathan Yeo has painted luminaries such as Tony Blair, David Cameron and most recently the King. He has also painted Giles (twice) and Esther’s sister. As old friends of Jonathan, Giles and Esther are well placed to guide the philistines of Instagram through his artistic talents.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is seeking to reassure the nation that all is well in the UK. Unfortunately, his lacklustre writing style is the least of his problems; he has an 800 year old tax rebate and a batty flautist to sort out first.
A new carrot and carrot approach to the obesity crisis is showing positive results. Are incentives the way forward to change behaviours…? How much to make people pronounce semaglutide correctly…?
Finally, Giles gets in touch with his feminine side in the swimming pool, once he has buried his acorns…
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Peter Franker Pan. |
| 0:02.0 | And in our podcast, Legacy, we explore the lives of some of the biggest characters in history. |
| 0:06.8 | This season, we are exploring the life of Cleopatra. |
| 0:10.0 | An iconic life full of romances, sieges and tragedy. But who was the real Cleopatra? |
| 0:17.4 | It feels like her story has been told by others with their own agenda for centuries. |
| 0:21.6 | But her legacy is enduring and so we're going to dive |
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| 1:07.0 | Good morning, morning, Giles. Morning, morning, |
| 1:13.2 | Giles. Morning, morning. |
| 1:14.2 | I think, because we're planning to talk after the podcast is over, |
| 1:18.4 | to have a power hour with Neil about how we're going to try and put some indents in. |
| 1:21.5 | Because I have only just noticed that it |
| 1:23.9 | doesn't sort of go welcome to Jarskorn has no idea the weekly podcast in which we take a |
| 1:28.3 | rye look at the week's news or whatever the fuck we do. |
| 1:31.0 | Whereas other podcasts do declare what they are. |
| 1:34.0 | We have it for a long time, being a legacy podcast with a million episodes. |
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