Richard Coles
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The Reverend Richard Coles |
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Coles speaking at Greenbelt 2012
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| Born |
26 March 1962 Northampton, England |
| Education |
Wellingborough School South Warwickshire College of Further Education King's College London University of Leeds College of the Resurrection, Mirfield |
| Spouse(s) | David Coles (né Oldham) |
| Website | richardcoles.com |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained | 2005 |
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Congregations served
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St Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge St Mary the Virgin, Finedon |
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Offices held
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Chaplain of the Royal Academy of Music |
Richard Coles (born 26 March 1962) is an English musician, journalist and Church of England priest. Now vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, he is known for having been the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards, which achieved three Top Ten hits, including the Number 1 record and best-selling single of 1986, a club/dance version of "Don't Leave Me This Way". He also appears frequently on radio and television as well as in newspapers. In March 2011 he became the regular host of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live programme.
Coles was born in Northampton, England. He was educated at the independent Wellingborough School (where he was a choirboy) and at the South Warwickshire College of Further Education (Department of Drama & the Liberal Arts) in Stratford-upon-Avon. He later attended King's College London where he studied theology from 1990. He was awarded an MA by research from the University of Leeds in 2005 for work on the Greek text of the Epistle to the Ephesians.
Coles is openly gay and lives with his civil partner, the Revd David Coles (né Oldham), in a celibate relationship.
Coles had learned to play the saxophone, clarinet and keyboards and moved to London in 1980 where he played in theatre. In 1983 he appeared with Jimmy Somerville in the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts, which won the Grierson Award. Coles joined Bronski Beat (initially on saxophone) in 1983.
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