Alan Coren

Profile: Full name: Alan Coren (27 June 1938 - 18 October 2007) Area of interest: Satire Journals/Organisation: The Times Email: Personal website: Website: TimesOnline Blog: Representation: Networks:

Biography: About: Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humorist, writer and satirist and journalist, and for nine years was the editor of Punch magazine. Education: Wadham College, Oxford; Yale University; University of California, Berkeley; Rector of University of St Andrews, 1973/1976 Career: Joined Punch in 1963, Editor from 1978/1987; Editor of The Listener, 1987/1989; columns for The Times since 1989 Current position/role: also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: BBC politics Show: An interview with Alan Coren Broadcast media: Panellist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz from 1975; team captain on BBC 1's Call My Bluff Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other: Father of Victoria Coren and Giles Coren

Books & Debate: Books: The Dog It Was That Died, 1965; Idi Amin Bulletins (Punch), 1973; The Sanity Inspector, 1974; Golfing for Cats, 1975; All Except The Bastard, 1978; Lady from Stalingrad Mansions, 1978; Rhinestone as Big as the Ritz, 1979; Tissues for Men, 1981; The Cricklewood Diet, 1982; Bumf, 1984; Seems Like Old Times: a Year in the Life of Alan Coren, 1989; More Like Old Times, 1990; A Year in Cricklewood, 1991; Toujours Cricklewood?, 1993; Alan Coren's Sunday Best, 1993; A Bit on the Side, 1995; Alan Coren Omnibus, 1996; The Cricklewood Dome, 1998; The Cricklewood Tapestry, 2000 ISBN 1-86105-374-6; Waiting for Jeffrey, 2002 ISBN 1-86105-595-1 Latest work: Voodoo histories: the role of the conspiracy theory in shaping modern history OCLC 310154675, 2009. Reviewed here by Johann Hari. Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

The Times: Column name: Notebook Remit/Info: Satire Section: Role: Pen-name: Email: Website: Commissioning editor: Day published: Wednesday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length: 500 words

Articles: Seriously down in the country - 16th May 2007

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Links: Obituary: Alan Coren, Cricklewood's finest, dies aged 69