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LIVE: The Spectator’s Alternative Covid Inquiry
As the official Covid Inquiry comes to an end, the Spectator has convened a panel of our own experts to ask the questions that the Inquiry didn’t – o…
5 months ago
Americano: Trump strikes Iran
Donald Trump has urged Iranians to ‘take over’ their government after the United States and Israel struck targets across the country. A multitude of …
5 months, 1 week ago
Quite right!: Munira Mirza | part two
This is the second part of Michael Gove’s conversation with Munira Mirza. After reflecting in part one on multiculturalism and the fractures in moder…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Edition: is Labour too close to the City – with Lionel Shriver & Robert Hardman
Britain’s banks have a hold over Rachel Reeves, declares Michael Simmons in the Spectator’s cover piece this week. Almost two decades on from the 200…
5 months, 1 week ago
Book Club: Francis Spufford
Sam Leith's guest this week is Francis Spufford, whose fabulous new novel Nonesuch is a fantasy adventure set during the Blitz containing magical Naz…
5 months, 1 week ago
Quite right!: Munira Mirza | part one
This week, Michael is joined by Munira Mirza. Raised in Oldham and educated at Oxford, Munira worked at Policy Exchange before serving as Deputy Mayo…
5 months, 1 week ago
Holy Smoke: how Russia is waging Holy War in Ukraine
On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Dr Yuri Stoyanov – of SOAS university in London – joins Damian Thompson to refl…
5 months, 1 week ago
Coffee House Shots: why by-elections matter
Two titans of broadcasting – LBC’s Iain Dale and Sky's Jon Craig – join deputy political editor James Heale for a whistle-stop tour of British by-ele…
5 months, 1 week ago
Reality Check: the £100 billion problem nobody talks about
There is an area of public spending nearly double what Britain spends on defence, more than policing borders or our streets. It's servicing the costs…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Book Club: A Philosophy of Addiction
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the philosophy professor Hanna Pickard, whose new book is What Would You Do Alone In A Cage With Nothing…
5 months, 2 weeks ago