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The Book Club: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
My guest on this week’s podcast is the historian Anne Sebba. In her new book The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival, Anne tells the story of how a ragtag group of women musicians for…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: Revenge of the centrists – Carney wins in Canada
Mark Carney has won the Canadian election, leading the Liberal Party to a fourth term. Having only been Prime Minister for 6 weeks, succeeding Justin Trudeau, this is an impressive achievement when y…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Women With Balls: Kirsty Wark
Kirsty Wark has worked for the BBC for almost 50 years and is one of the UK’s most recognisable broadcasters. In 1976 she joined BBC Radio Scotland as a graduate researcher. Having produced and prese…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: What can we expect from the papal conclave?
Earlier this year Dr Kurt Martens, Professor of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America, joined Damian Thompson on Holy Smoke to unpack what happens during a papal conclave. There was heighte…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: John Curtice on the local elections
Legendary pollster Prof Sir John Curtice joins the Spectator’s deputy political editor James Heale to look ahead to next week’s local elections. The actual number of seats may be small, as John point…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews, Matthew Parris, Marcus Nevitt, Angus Colwell and Sean Thomas
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews reads his letter from Rome (1:21); Matthew Parris travels the Channel Islands (7:53); Reviewing Minoo Dinshaw, Marcus Nevitt looks at Bulstrode Whitel…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Edition: See change, A.I. ghouls & long live the long lunch!
This week: the many crises awaiting the next pope
‘Francis was a charismatic pope loved by most of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics’ writes Damian Thompson in the cover article this week. But few …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Book Club: why are Gen Z turning to Christianity?
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Lamorna Ash, author of Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever: A New Generation’s Search for Religion. She describes to me how a magazine piece about some young …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Table Talk: Roger Pizey, Head of Pastry at Fortnum and Mason
Roger Pizey is a baker, chef and one of the most influential pâtissiers in the UK. He started his culinary journey as an apprentice at La Gavroche under Albert Roux before taking on the role of head …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Women With Balls: Deborah Mattinson
Deborah Mattinson joined the House of Lords as a Labour peer in February. Her involvement in politics began when she worked alongside Peter Mandelson and Philip Gould to create Labour’s Shadow Commun…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago