Alan Coren
Alan Coren (born
27 June 1938,
London) is a
British writer and
satirist. Coren attended
Wadham College, Oxford,
Yale University and
University of California, Berkeley.
He is a regular panellist on
The News Quiz and
Call My Bluff and writes both his own and the
Notebook columns for
The Times. Coren was editor of
Punch from 1978 to 1987, and of
The Listener from 1987 to 1989, and he has also written for
Penthouse and
The Daily Mail. Coren also wrote an unsuccessful vehicle for
Leonard Rossiter in 1978,
The Loser, about a boxing promoter.
His son
Giles Coren and daughter
Victoria Coren have both followed him into journalism.
Waiting for Jeffrey (Robson Books, 2002) ISBN 1861055951
The Cricklewood Tapestry (Robson Books, 2000) ISBN 1861053746
The Cricklewood Dome (1998)
Alan Coren Omnibus (1996)
A Bit on the Side (1995)
Alan Coren's Sunday Best (1993)
Toujours Cricklewood? (1993)
A Year in Cricklewood (1991)
More Like Old Times (1990)
Seems Like Old Times: a Year in the Life of Alan Coren (1989)
The Cricklewood Diet (1982)
Rhinestone as Big as the Ritz (1980)
Lady from Stalingrad Mansions (1978)
All Except The Bastard (1978)
The Sanity Inspector (1976)
Golfing for Cats (1976)
Idi Amin Bulletins (Punch 1973)
The Dog It Was That Died (1965)
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The Times - Alan Coren column archives
