Giles Smith
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Giles Smith (born 1962 in Colchester, Essex) is a British journalist and former musician. In 1998 he was named sports journalist of the year.
Smith was one of the two members of the band Orphans of Babylon who in 1983 produced the cassette Pinch Me - I Think I'm In Kent. This cassette featured 36 tracks including Helluva Break By Ray Reardon and Icarus Dicarus, I Smell A Nail.
Smith's career in journalism began when he joined The Independent in 1990 after a spell as one half of obscure 1980s band The Cleaners From Venus. Since then he has written chiefly for The Times and The Guardian.
He has published two books, Lost In Music, about his time on the very outer fringes of commercial pop success, and Midnight In The Garden Of Evel Knievel, a collection of his sports columns.
He currently writes a motoring column in The Guardian, and a twice weekly sport column in The Times.
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- Lost In Music
- Midnight In The Garden Of Evel Knievel (2000)
