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Americano: Trump's tariffs – madman or mastermind?
President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs, including a 10 per cent duty on all UK exports to the United States, as part of his 'Reciprocal Tariffs' plan aimed at addressing trade imba…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Edition: Cruel Labour, the decline of sacred spaces & Clandon Park’s controversial restoration
This week: Starmerism’s moral vacuum
‘Governments need a mission, or they descend into reactive incoherence’ writes Michael Gove in this week’s cover piece. A Labour government, he argues, ‘cannot …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Americano: will Trump’s tariffs unravel the neoliberal global order?
Freddy is joined by James Fishback – writer, investor and chief executive of investment firm Azoria – on ‘Liberation Day’, when Donald Trump is set to announce a raft of new tariffs (at 9 p.m. UK tim…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Book Club: Joe Dunthorne
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the poet and novelist Joe Dunthorne, who is here to talk about his new non-fiction book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance. In it, he describes how …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: the tin ear of Justin Welby
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is back in the news following his interview this week with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg. The interview – his first since he resigned last November – w…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Americano: Douglas Murray on JFK, Covid-19 & conspiracy culture
The Spectator's columnist Douglas Murray joins Freddy Gray to discuss his recent column on why the JFK conspiracies just won't die. They also discuss the moon landing, the emergence of American self-…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Women With Balls: Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater has been an MP since winning the Batley & Spen by-election for Labour in 2021. She was elected to the constituency that her sister, Jo Cox, had served until she was murdered during the…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews, James Heale, Francis Pike, Christian House and Mark Mason
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews argues that Turkish President Erdogan’s position is starting to look shaky (1:19); James Heale examines the new party of the posh: the Lib Dems (7:51)…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: Michael Heseltine on Thatcher, Boris and Badenoch
An MP for 35 years, Michael Heseltine served as Environment Secretary and then Defence Secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s government. Following his well-publicised resignation in 1986, he returned to g…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: who is actually running the Catholic Church?
A greatly enfeebled Pope Francis is now living in enforced isolation in a suite at his Santa Marta residence that has been converted into hospital accommodation. He won't be resuming public duties fo…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago