Alan Coren Quotes


Ethnically, the Germans are Teutonic... being made up of Vandals, Gepidae, and Goths, all of whom emigrated - south from Sweden in about 500 BC; why they emigrated is not exactly clear, but many scholars believe it was because they saw the way Sweden was going, i.e. neutral.


Citations

Coren, Alan. Punch, vol. 254, Punch Publications, 1968, p. 110.

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  • Born: June 27, 1938
  • Died: October 18, 2007
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Humourist, Writer, Journalist

Alan Coren was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of Punch magazine.