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Quite right!: the political Islam debate
Search ‘Quite right!’ wherever you are listening now, to hear the episode in full.
This week: the row over political Islam and a bigger question bene…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Holy Smoke: Iran, Shia Islam & its tradition of martyrdom
When Ayatollah Khamenei was assassinated early in the Iran conflict, and during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, it was celebrated by the Trump admi…
3 weeks ago
Spectator Out Loud: Ruaridh Nicoll, Angus Colwell, Mary Wakefield, Philip Hensher & Nicholas Farrell
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Ruaridh Nicoll reads his letter from Havana; Angus Colwell takes us through an A-Z of London horrors; Mary Wakefie…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Americano: can anyone beat a madman President?
Freddy Gray speaks to James D. Boys, author of the new book US grand strategy and the madman theory. He is also a senior research fellow at UCL. They…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Coffee House Shots: Britain’s decline – and how to reverse it | with John Bew
In this special edition of Coffee House Shots, our political editor Tim Shipman is joined by historian, biographer and foreign policy adviser to four…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Edition: does Nigel Farage really want to be Prime Minister?
Nigel Farage is a shark – hell bent on devouring Britain's political class, as illustrated with the Spectator's cover story this week, co-authored by…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Book Club: Howard Jacobson
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson, whose new novel Howl emerges from his rage and despai…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Quite right!: what’s the point of Keir Starmer?
This week: the stark question of Keir Starmer’s leadership. After a bruising week in Westminster – from fresh revelations about the Mandelson appoint…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Holy Smoke: who is Sarah Mullally?
One week from the enthronement of Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, her biographer Andrew Atherstone – Professor of Modern Anglican…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Coffee House Shots: is the government right to restrict jury trials?
The government's plan to restrict jury trials passed its first parliamentary hurdle this week. It is one measure, amongst many, in a Bill designed to…
4 weeks, 1 day ago