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Reality Check: Britain's stats have become dangerously unreliable
Britain is facing a quiet crisis — its data is breaking down, and the government’s numbers are increasingly unreliable.
In this episode of Reality Che…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Quite right!: Boris, Cameron or May? – Q&A
To submit your urgent questions to Michael and Maddie, go to: spectator.co.uk/quiteright
This week on the first ever Quite right! Q&A: What’s your mos…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: have the culture wars gone spiritual?
Why are Silicon Valley billionaires obsessing over Heaven & Hell, and what does it tell us about American society today? Spectator World's Arts Edito…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: what Trump II can teach Britain
What lessons does America have for our politics? While progressives look to Zohran Mamdani for inspiration on how to get elected successfully, the re…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Edition: Trump’s gilded age, the ‘hell’ of polyamory & is Polanski Britain’s Mamdani?
A year on from his presidential election victory, what lessons can Britain learn from Trump II? Tim Shipman writes this week’s cover piece from Washi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Book Club: Graham Robb
Sam Leith's guest this week is Graham Robb. In his new book The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History, Graham takes us on a time-travelling bic…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Quite right!: Rachel Reeves’s Budget ‘bollocks’ & Britain’s everyday crime crisis
Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quit…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen, Mary Wakefield, Daniel McCarthy, Michael Simmons & Hugh Thomson
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen looks at a new musical subgenre of Roman Catholic black metal; Mary Wakefield celebrates cartoonist Mi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Americano: James Orr on J.D. Vance
Freddy Gray sits down with academic James Orr at the Battle of Ideas in London for a live Americano podcast to discuss Vice President J.D. Vance. Hav…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Reality Check: the rich are leaving Britain – and making you poorer
Are the rich fleeing Britain? That's what the numbers suggest, but some activist groups have hit back that the data is dodgy. For the second episode …
3 months, 3 weeks ago