Giles Smith (born 1962 in Colchester, Essex) is a British journalist for The Times.
Smith was one of the members of a band called Orphans Of Babylon[1] with Geoff Lawrence[2] who in 1983 produced the cassette Pinch Me - I Think I'm In Kent, which was recorded and Produced by their friend, Dave Hoser at Future Studios in Chelmsford.
In 1986 Giles joined the Dumb Mermaids for a one-off concert at the Quay Theatre Sudbury.
Smith's career in journalism began when he joined The Daily Telegraph in 1990 after a spell as one half of the 1980s band The Cleaners From Venus with Martin Newell.
He has published four books, Lost In Music, about life and growing up with music, and Midnight In The Garden Of Evel Knievel, and We Need To Talk About Kevin Keegan, both collections of extracts from his sports columns, and My My!