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Aug 2019
27m 32s

The Thing

THE TIMES
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Giles and Esther rummage through this week’s top stories; from Meghan Markle editing Vogue to climate change and the Fortnite World Cup. Esther wants to befriend Carrie Symonds and Giles reenacts his favourite scene from Rocky II.


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


Producer: Ben Mitchell


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