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The Book Club: Under A Metal Sky
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Philip Marsden, whose new book Under A Metal Sky: A Journey Through Minerals, Greed and Wonder looks in thrilling and surprising detail at the wonders tha…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots: Reform in 'poll' position
It's happened. Reform are now ahead of Labour, according to a voting intention poll by YouGov. Reform leads the landmark poll with 25 points, with Labour languishing all the way down in second place …
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Americano: are Trump's tariffs really that bad?
The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews and Social Democratic Party leader William Clouston join Freddy Gray to try and make sense of Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Table Talk: Jeremy Chan
Jeremy Chan is the head chef and owner of Ikoyi, a West African-inspired restaurant that celebrates British seasonality. He is also the author of a cookbook of the same name.
On the podcast, he tell…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Holy Smoke: are Syrian Christians who speak the language of Jesus about to disappear after 2,000 years?
There has been a Christian community in Syria since the first century AD. But it is shrinking fast and faces terrifying new threats as the country’s government, following the overthrow of President A…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Spectator Out Loud: Loyd Grossman, Tanya Gold, Harry Halem, Angus Colwell, Philippe Sands and Michael Simmons
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Loyd Grossman pleads to save Britain's cathedrals, as he reads his diary for the week (1:31); Unity Mitford is a classic case of aristocratic anti-Semitism says Tan…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Americano: are the Democrats paralysed?
The first phase of Trump’s presidency has been a whirlwind of news. The President signed a succession of executive orders, which overwhelmed and confused the Democratic Party with the amount of ‘ener…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Edition: migration mystery, Ipso’s trans muddle & are you a ‘trad dad’?
This week: why don’t we know how many people are in Britain?
How many people live in the UK? It’s a straightforward question, yet the answer eludes some of the nation’s brightest statistical minds,…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Americano: how is round one of Trump’s deportations plan going?
Colombia has agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants from the US – avoiding a trade war between the two countries. Donald Trump had threatened sanctions on Colombia to punish it…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Book Club: The Surreal Joys of Father Ted
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the novelist Lissa Evans, talking about her previous life as the producer of the sitcom Father Ted – as described in her new book Picnic on Craggy Island:…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago