Podcast Episodes

Spectator Out Loud: Lisa Haseldine, Roya Nikkah & Lionel Shriver

This week: Lisa Haseldine on Britain's failing maternity services, Roya Nikkah writes the diary and Lionel Shriver on gerrymandering in America.

Hos…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Quite right!: how to stage a leadership coup

In this week’s Q&A: how do you mount a Labour leadership coup? As the results of the local elections roll in and speculation builds about Starmer’s f…

3 weeks ago

Coffee House Shots: how 'the progressives' killed Labour – Maurice Glasman

As the full picture of the local elections emerges, Labour faces a dilemma: stick with Keir Starmer, or put forward an alternative?

Calls for Starmer …

3 weeks, 1 day ago

The Edition: will Labour learn the wrong lessons from the locals?

This week: Lara Pendergast is joined by Tim Shipman, Lionel Barber and Alice Loxton, author of Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England’s Lost Q…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

The Book Club: The Poems of Sylvia Plath

My guests on this week’s Book Club podcast are Amanda Golden and Karen V. Kukil, editors of the new The Poems of Sylvia Plath, a variorum collection …

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Quite right!: how antisemitism became a 'national emergency'

To listen to this week's podcast in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you get your podcasts.

This week: antisemitism in Britain, the government’s …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

LIVE: Conservatives vs Reform debate

The Conservative party was once the natural political home for those on the right. No longer. The Tories’ vote share collapsed at the 2024 general el…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Spectator Out Loud: Martin Vander Weyer, Freddy Gray & Arabella Byrne

This week: Martin Vander Weyer on British steel and his chat with Andy Haldane, Freddy Gray has been stateside & Arabella Byrne on why she's no fan o…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Reality check: why Polanski is wrong about drug legalisation

Britain has recorded the highest drug deaths in Europe. Green Party leader Zack Polanski has declared that this means the so called 'war on drugs' is…

4 weeks ago

Americano: how the Declaration of Independence made America

King Charles and his wife Camilla have been on a state visit to the White House meeting Donald Trump and the First Lady. At a state banquet in the ev…

4 weeks, 1 day ago