Reverend Richard Coles
Richard Coles is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 and appears, from time to time, on QI, Have I Got News For You, and Would I Lie To You. He has won Christmas Masterchef, Celebrity Mastermind twice, and captained Leeds to victory in Christmas University Challenge in 2019. A contestant on Strictly in 2017, he scored a lamentably low mark for a Paso Doble. He writes regularly for The Sunday Times, and is the author of half a dozen books, including a best selling autobiography, ‘Fathomless Riches’, and the bereavament best seller ‘The Madness of Grief’ after the death of his partner the Revd David Coles. He is the author of the number one bestselling Canon Clement Mysteries. Richard is Patron of Greatwell Homes, a Housing Association providing social and affordable housing in east Northants, and is Chancellor of the University of Northampton.