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Aug 2019
31m 34s

The Great Catsby

THE TIMES
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Giles and Esther return from their holiday to masses of articles on their kitchen table; from Boris Johnson proroguing parliament to sheep returning to Hamsptead Heath. Esther looks forward to getting new kittens and Giles bemoans the acknowledgements in his summer reads.


You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren


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Producer: Ben Mitchell


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