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The Book Club: Alexander the Great's accidental empire
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Edmund Richardson, author of a new biography of Alexander the Great called Alexander: God, King, Man. Ed…
1 week, 3 days ago
Quite right!: Maurice Glasman's manifesto for 'proper' Labour | Part one
Maurice Glasman, Labour peer and founder of Blue Labour, has spent years warning that Labour has lost touch with the people it was created to represe…
1 week, 4 days ago
Holy Smoke: Pope Leo one year on – a promising start?
One year on from when Pope Leo became head of the Catholic church and he remains a bit of an enigma. Is he a Conservative or Liberal? What did we lea…
1 week, 5 days ago
Americano: what have Britons got against America?
British favourability dropped sharply sometime around 2016 and then further declined in 2024. Trump is clearly the main driver of negative feelings, …
1 week, 6 days ago
The Book Club: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Jeffrey Winters, whose new book The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies makes the case th…
2 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: Steve Baker on how to oust a Prime Minister
On today’s Saturday shots, James Heale is joined by former Conservative MP Steve Baker to discuss the fallout from Wes Streeting’s resignation and th…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Edition: Labour’s civil war is distracting from the real crisis
This week: William Moore is joined by The Spectator’s political correspondent Noa Hoffman, Telegraph columnist and Planet Normal co-host Liam Halliga…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Coffee House Shots: inside Labour's leadership crisis
Wes Streeting has made his move today for the Labour leadership – but does he have the numbers? There was some frantic briefing last night, with comp…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Quite right!: Starmer’s last stand
This week: Keir Starmer’s leadership is in crisis. As pressure builds on the Prime Minister, Michael and Madeline ask whether Starmer can survive the…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Americano: what's going on with the Kennedy Center?
Freddy Gray is joined by Josef Palermo, who formerly worked for the Kennedy Center to discuss the historical building and whether its cultural and et…
2 weeks, 5 days ago