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The Edition: end of the rainbow, rising illiteracy & swimming pool etiquette
End of the rainbow: Pride’s fall
What ‘started half a century ago as an afternoon’s little march for lesbians and gay men’, argues Gareth Roberts, bec…
1 year ago
Americano: what does Sam Altman want?
Freddy Gray speaks to writer and author Karen Hao, whose new book Empire of AI looks at a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI. On the podcast they…
1 year ago
Book Club: Robert Macfarlane
Sam Leith's guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Robert Macfarlane. In his new book Is A River Alive? he travels from the cloud forests of Ecuad…
1 year ago
Americano: what does Sam Altman want?
Freddy Gray speaks to writer and author Karen Hao, whose new book Empire of AI looks at a new, ominous age of empire with OpenAI. On the podcast they…
1 year ago
Holy Smoke: The mystifying process – and problems – behind choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury
After Pope Francis died, it took the Roman Catholic Church just 17 days to choose a successor in Pope Leo XIV. It has been well over 6 months since A…
1 year ago
Coffee House Shots: Why is antisemitism so pervasive? Irving v Lipstadt 25 years on
This spring marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark judgment in the infamous Irving v Lipstadt Holocaust denial case. David Irving sued American a…
1 year ago
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Angus Colwell, Alice Loxton, Lloyd Evans, Richard Bratby, Christopher Howse and Catriona Olding
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale analyses the splits in Labour over direction and policy (1:27); Angus Colwell asks if the ‘lanyard cla…
1 year ago
Women With Balls, from the archives: Jo Coburn
Broadcaster Jo Coburn stepped down from Politics Live this week and has left the BBC after 28 years. To mark the occasion, here’s a special edition o…
1 year ago
Coffee House Shots: David Gauke on prisons, probation & the political reaction to his review
Former Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor David Gauke joins James Heale to talk about his review into prison sentencing. The former Tory minister …
1 year ago
The Edition: the real Brexit betrayal, bite-sized history & is being a bridesmaid brutal?
The real Brexit betrayal: Starmer vs the workers
‘This week Starmer fell… into the embrace of Ursula von der Leyen’ writes Michael Gove in our cove…
1 year ago