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Spectator Out Loud: Slipshod – by Sarah Perry
For this special Spectator Out Loud, Sarah Perry reads her short story Slipshod, from the Spectator's Christmas issue. The story follows an academic …
5 months ago
Holy Smoke: how transformative has 2025 been for Christianity?
Anglican author The Rev'd Fergus Butler-Gallie, Catholic priest Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith and Evangelical commentator Fleur Meston join Damian Thompso…
5 months, 1 week ago
Coffee House Shots: Stephen Flynn on Reform, Sturgeon & a second referendum
The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, MP for Aberdeen South, joins Lucy Dunn for a special episode to assess the place of the SNP in British po…
5 months, 1 week ago
Table Talk: Michael Gove
Surely needing no introduction to Spectator listeners, Michael Gove has been a staple of British politics for almost two decades. As a Christmas trea…
5 months, 1 week ago
Christmas Out Loud II: Dominic Sandbrook, Philip Hensher, Steve Morris, Christopher Howse, Michael Hann & Mary Killen
On this week’s special Christmas edition of Spectator Out Loud – part two: Dominic Sandbrook reflects on whether Lady Emma Hamilton is the 18th centu…
5 months, 1 week ago
Coffee House Shots: who won 2025? with Quentin Letts
As is fast becoming a tradition on Coffee House Shots at this time of year, James Heale and Tim Shipman are joined by sketch writer Quentin Letts to …
5 months, 1 week ago
Americano: why did Susie Wiles talk to Vanity Fair?
Freddy Gray speaks to Vanity Fair's Washington correspondent Aidan McLaughlin about their latest two-part interview with one of Trump's closest allie…
5 months, 1 week ago
Speaker series: Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe's Storm
The Spectator’s associate editor Toby Young sits down with master storyteller Bernard Cornwell, author of more than 50 international bestselling nove…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Quite right!: where does Islamism come from?
Michael Gove and Madeline Grant confront the horror of the Bondi Beach massacre and ask why anti-Semitic violence now provokes despair rather than sh…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: why religious societies succeed – with Rory Sutherland
Advertising guru – and the Spectator's Wiki Man columnist – Rory Sutherland joins Damian Thompson for this episode of Holy Smoke. In a wide ranging d…
5 months, 2 weeks ago