Victoria Coren - Early Life

Early Life

Coren was born in Hammersmith and grew up in Cricklewood. She is the daughter of Dr Anne Coren (née Kasriel) and the humorist and journalist Alan Coren, and the sister of journalist Giles Coren. She attended single-sex independent schools from the age of 5 to 18. She is a graduate of St John's College, Oxford, where she studied English, and has said that she regularly stays up until 6 am, "Smoking, and drinking and gambling. But I like cooking and gardening too, which makes me sound like a very strange mix of an old lady and teenage boy." When asked about this she stated: "It is still true. I'll grow up one day, but not quite yet."

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