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Chinese Whispers: did some good come from the Qing’s dying century?
In the 1800s, Qing China’s final century, European powers were expanding eastwards. The industrialised West, with its gunboats and muskets, and the s…
2 years, 8 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Freddy Gray, Mary Wakefield, Gareth Roberts and Rachel Johnson
This week (01.13) Freddy Gray, on why Ron De Santis is no longer ‘de future’ in the race for the Presidency, (09.50) Mary Wakefield recounts the trai…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Edition: Road rage
This week:
In his cover piece for the magazine Ross Clark writes about ‘the war on motorists'. He argues that the backlash against London Mayor Sad…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Book Club: Ferdinand Mount
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by Ferdinand Mount who in his long career has been literary and political editor of this very magazine, a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Marshall Matters: Yeonmi Park
Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector who from fled home country through China where she was saved by Christian missionaries. She is the author of t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Americano: What went wrong for Ron DeSantis?
Freddy is joined this week by Roger Kimball, editor of the New Criterion to talk about the diminishing power of Ron DeSantis. It wasn't so long ago h…
2 years, 8 months ago
Can Britain’s grid take the strain?
The way we use energy is changing. As electric heat pumps and electric vehicles become more popular, and as the government tries to phase out fossil …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Week in 60: Barbie Britain & Yudkowsky on death by AI
James Heale is joined by Tom Hunt MP and Tim Farron MP to debate the illegal migration bill. Also on the show, will AI kill us all? Eliezer Yudkowsky…
2 years, 8 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Olenka Hamilton, Damian Thompson
This week: (01:08) Katy Balls on the tricky relationship between Labour and the Unions, (07:11) Olenka Hamilton on why Poland is having a row with Br…
2 years, 8 months ago
Women With Balls: Cleo Watson
Cleo Watson is a former No.10 advisor to Boris Johnson and now author or the recently published book Whips, a novel set in SW1 filled with sex, polit…
2 years, 9 months ago