![]() Writing Īt the age of 14, Coren had a short story published under a pseudonym in Just Seventeen magazine and then won a competition in The Daily Telegraph to write a column about teenage life for their "Weekend" section, which she continued writing during her own teenage years. They were elegant, goyishe west Londoners - they knew things I didn’t". She recalls not fitting in to the culture at St Paul's, stating, "My parents sent me to a very posh school in West London. Ĭoren attended independent girls' schools between the ages of five and 18, including St Paul's Girls' School, and read English at St John's College, Oxford. She is related to Canadian journalist Michael Coren. She grew up in Cricklewood, North London, with her elder brother, journalist Giles Coren. Her father had been brought up in an Orthodox Jewish household. Victoria Elizabeth Coren was born in Hammersmith, West London, the only daughter of the humorist and journalist Alan Coren and Anne Kasriel. She writes weekly columns for The Daily Telegraph and has hosted the BBC television quiz show Only Connect since 2008. Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell ( née Coren born ( )18 August 1972) is a British writer, TV presenter and professional poker player. ![]() Information accurate as of 20 April 2014. ![]() Recorded in April 2011 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live
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