in this case". Fake Polish Twitter account In December 2018, it was discovered that Giles Coren had an alternative Twitter account that "he once used to suggest people critical of him were motivated by antisemitism". The account stated to be of a Polish plumber with a bio composed in broken English and Coren's book cover as avatar. Tweets after the death of Dawn Foster In July 2021, following the death of the journalist Dawn Foster, Coren tweeted the following: An earlier version of this tweet included the words, "you can fuck off on to hell now where you belong" in place of, "HA HA HA HA HA HA". Both tweets were quickly deleted but were screen-grabbed and widely shared online. It is alleged Coren was upset because Foster had previously implied he had secured his job writing for The Times through his father. Coren's comments stirred considerable controversy, with several figures in the media criticising him, and some calling for him to lose his jobs with The Times and Times Radio. The press regulator IPSO received several complaints but took no action and Coren's home in North London was daubed in graffiti paying tribute to Foster. It read: "Dawn Foster Forever". Dog excrement was reportedly left at his property. Popeyes review controversy In January 2022, The Times magazine published Coren's review of a new Popeyes branch in Stratford, East London. Coren wrote that "exploiters" of fried chicken recipes in chain restaurants had brought "obesity, sloth, waste, [and] high street degradation" to white communities. In the article Coren wrote: Isn't fried chicken, in a weird way, a form of race revenge? The thrusting young economies of West Africa now must surely look at a KFC bargain bucket and high-five themselves that their ancestors had the forethought, all those years ago, to provide the means by which white culture would one day poison itself to death.The Independent's Race Correspondent, Nadine White, tweeted: "A review of the new London Popeyes restaurant in The Times. Fried chicken = Black people = sloth, waste, degradation." Personal life Coren met his wife Esther Walker, a journalist, author and food blogger, around 2007. They have two children and live in Kentish Town. He drives a Jaguar I-Pace, which has been stolen more than once. Bibliography Coren, Giles Winkler; London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2005 Coren, Giles Anger Management for Beginners: A Self-Help Course in 70 Lessons; London: Hodder