Research any topic before you write.

Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.

Alan Coren

Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English writer, humorist, broadcaster and satirist. He was a regular panellist on the BBC Radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was the editor of Punch for almost a decade; later, he edited The Listener magazine.

Legacy & Career

Use the mouse wheel or two fingers (on touchscreens) to zoom in and out of the map.

Research this topic

Explore the main themes, entities and connections around Alan Coren. Start with the topic map, then use the sections below for research and deeper semantic analysis.

Explore this topic

Start with a few of the strongest sections from the source topic. These are research directions, not a list of keywords you must use.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Education
Wadham College, Oxford (BA) · Yale University · University of California, Berkeley
Born
(1938-06-27)27 June 1938 London, England
Children
Giles · Victoria
Died
18 October 2007(2007-10-18) (aged 69) London, England
Occupations
Humourist, writer, broadcaster, editor
Relatives
Michael Coren (cousin)

Topics to explore

Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life and education

Career

Honours

Personal life

Death and legacy

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

Map overview Semantic statistics

Alan Coren

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples54
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

See the strongest relationship patterns around the current topic before diving into the raw triples.

Alan Coren

Top relations

related to Early life and education · 32
Alan Coren → Alan's, American, Arts, BA, Bachelor, Berkeley, California, Chocolate, Coren, Cuckoo Clocks, East Barnet, East Barnet Grammar School, English, Giles, Harkness Fellowship, Having, He, Hertfordshire, In, MA Oxon
related to Death and legacy · 9
Alan Coren → An, Chocolate, Coren, Cuckoo Clocks, Hampstead Cemetery, He, London, October, The Essential Alan Coren
Education · 3
Alan Coren → University of California, Berkeley, Wadham College, Oxford (BA), Yale University
Children · 2
Alan Coren → Giles, Victoria
related to External links · 2
Alan Coren → IMDb, The TimesAlan Coren
Born · 1
Alan Coren → (1938-06-27)27 June 1938 London, England
Died · 1
Alan Coren → 18 October 2007(2007-10-18) (aged 69) London, England
Occupations · 1
Alan Coren → Humourist, writer, broadcaster, editor
Relatives · 1
Alan Coren → Michael Coren (cousin)
Resting place · 1
Alan Coren → Hampstead Cemetery

Important terminology Word statistics

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

coren alan punch editor cricklewood broadcaster wrote times quiz life career died university children writer giles victoria became published one

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alan CorenBorn(1938-06-27)27 June 1938 London, England1.00infobox
Alan CorenChildrenGiles1.00infobox
Alan CorenChildrenVictoria1.00infobox
Alan CorenDied18 October 2007(2007-10-18) (aged 69) London, England1.00infobox
Alan CorenEducationWadham College, Oxford (BA)1.00infobox
Alan CorenEducationYale University1.00infobox
Alan CorenEducationUniversity of California, Berkeley1.00infobox
Alan CorenOccupationsHumourist, writer, broadcaster, editor1.00infobox
Alan CorenRelativesMichael Coren (cousin)1.00infobox
Alan CorenResting placeHampstead Cemetery1.00infobox
Alan CorenSpouse.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria…1.00infobox
Alan Corenrelated to Death and legacyCoren0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

These clusters group vocabulary that occurs around closely connected concepts in the source material.

    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

    Bridges can reveal useful research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list of related terms.

    Min side: 3
    For writers, content strategists, SEOs, marketers and creators — from quick topic research to advanced semantic analysis.