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Coffee House Shots: H.M. Chief Inspector of Prisons on accidental prison release
Britain’s prisons are a legislative problem that has beset successive governments. New revelations show 91 accidental early releases in just six mont…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Edition: BBC in crisis, the Wes Streeting plot & why 'flakes' are the worst
Can the BBC be fixed? After revelations of bias from a leaked dossier, subsequent resignations and threats of legal action from the US President, the…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Book Club: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
Sam Leith’s guest this week is Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust. They discuss why trust is such an import…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Quite right!: BBC bias & Bridget ‘Philistine’s’ war on education
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…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
6 months, 3 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…
6 months, 3 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…
6 months, 3 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…
6 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…
6 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…
6 months, 3 weeks ago