richard coles, welcome to hardtalk. britain has just lived through a rather extraordinary, momentous experience, the death of queen elizabeth, the mourning that came with it. and many people have said that the death of the queen revived very sharp memories for them of their own losses and how they felt during their own losses. you've just written a book about grief. is that true of you, too? oh, yes, very much so. i think the queen had a representative life as well as a sort of constitutional life and a personal life. and her loss is a loss we all experience. people say, oh, but you didn't know her, but of course, we all did know her from banknotes, from stamps, from simplyjust being there, the christmas message. and that absence affects all of us. and any absence will elicit in you your own experience of grief, reviving your own experience of grief, i think. i remember when princess diana died, having a look at all the books of condolence in stjames's palace. and it was full of stuff that people were writing about thei

my guest today is the one time pop star turned church of england vicar, the reverend richard coles,

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cole new ball game," the "new york post," talking about the 21 playoff flop. no pressure on you. way to pat the guys on the back before the playoffs start. richardwillie, are you excited about tonight? you think this yankee's team is going to break the curse? >> i'm excited but i'm nervous. >> what about you, willie? >> on paper, this is the most competitive of the four series, you know, the other three teams, the astros, the dodgers and the braves won their divisions, won over 100 games. guardians have been sneaky good all year. especially late in the season. you're always a little nervous, but this is why you paid cole all of this money. it won't amount to much if they lose the series. >> the yankees, i'm surprised when we went and saw the yankees, jack and i would look up at all the batters, judge was incredible, but we were surprised at home people had .220 averages, .225 averages. i don't know what the average is on the team, but they didn't seem to be really good hitters and you match that against just a pitching staff that looked incredible this weekend. i think you're right. i think this series matches up to be really exciting. >> the ya