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Oct 2025
29m 30s

We’re Getting a (sleep) Divorce

THE TIMES
About this episode

Sixteen percent of UK couples sleep in separate bedrooms. (Giles knows because he asked Grok.)

Esther and Giles have now joined that group as Giles’ snoring has finally got too much for Esther. Is this a problem that listeners are familiar with…are their other causes for sleeping separately besides snoring?

Government ministers have announced they will investigate the brightness of modern car headlights, about time to seems to be the response. But can these ministers be relied upon to do such research, given they don’t appear capable of much else?

A quick question – is it fair to dress dogs up on Halloween? And lastly, having used Grok Giles wonders what a Grok rival to Wikipedia might look and sound like.

 

And as always please do get in touch: noidea@thetimes.com


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