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The Edition: Labour’s Terminator, Silicon Valley’s ‘Antichrist’ obsession & can charity shops survive?
First: who has the Home Secretary got in her sights?
Political editor Tim Shipman profiles Shabana Mahmood in the Spectator’s cover article this week.…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Book Club: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian Sudhir Hazareesingh, whose new book Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the …
10 months, 1 week ago
Quite right!: where Blair is wrong & Farage is right
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 Quite…
10 months, 1 week ago
Americano: how scary is China's military?
Freddy Gray is joined by Harry Kazianis, editor in chief of the National Security Journal, to assess China’s military rise. He argues Beijing aims to…
10 months, 1 week ago
Spectator Out Loud: John Power, Nick Carter, Elisabeth Dampier, Maggie Fergusson & Mark Mason
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power argues the Oxford Union has a ‘lynch-mob mindset’; Elisabeth Dampier explains why she would never date …
10 months, 1 week ago
Holy Smoke: 800 years on, why is Aquinas Gen Z’s favourite philosopher?
This year marks 800 years since the birth of the theologian St Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, best known for his theory of natural law and his magnum opus …
10 months, 1 week ago
Coffee House Shots: should Britain recognise Palestine?
The government is expected to press ahead with recognition of Palestinian statehood, before a formal declaration at the United Nations. Prime Ministe…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Edition: Weimar Britain, the war on science & are you a competitive reader?
First: a warning from history
Politics moving increasingly from the corridors of power into the streets, economic insecurity exacerbating tensions an…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Book Club: Roger Lewis on Peter Sellers
Sam Leith's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger Lewis, whose book The Life and Death of Peter Sellers has been republished to mark 100 ye…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Quite right!: Why Danny Kruger's defection changes everything & could Boris Johnson be next?
This week Michael and Madeline unpick the shock defection of Danny Kruger to Reform UK’s ‘pirate ship’ – as described by Michael – and ask whether th…
10 months, 2 weeks ago