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Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson, Francis Pike, Ysenda Maxtone-Graham & Lloyd Evans
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Damian Thompson says his addiction to the piano has only got worse with age; Francis Pike ponders if Kim Jong-Un i…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Coffee House Shots: Keir Starmer's total lack of curiosity
Today we are delighted to be joined by the Sunday Times’ Gabriel Pogrund, whose book – Get In, which details Starmer’s rise to power – is out now in …
1 month ago
The Edition: America's Iran gamble – why the Royals could be Britain's Trump card
As oil prices rise, the Spectator’s cover story this week – written by deputy editor Freddy Gray – wonders if Trump’s gamble has backfired, and Opera…
1 month ago
The Book Club: Lionel Shriver
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Lionel Shriver, whose new novel A Better Life offers among other things a savage send-up of liberal piet…
1 month ago
Quite right!: is Britain still a great power?
Michael and Maddie discuss the escalating crisis in the Middle East and ask a bigger question about Britain’s place in the world – is the UK still a …
1 month ago
Reality Check: Oil crisis – the worst we've ever seen?
Oil prices surged past $100 per barrel as the war with Iran intensified over the weekend. With the Strait of Hormuz practically closed, and without a…
1 month ago
Americano: why Iran marks the end of neoconservatism
Spectator World columnist – and Heritage Foundation fellow – Daniel McCarthy joins Freddy Gray to explain how Trump's war with Iran could mark the en…
1 month ago
Coffee House Shots: why we left the Foreign Office | Ben Judah & Ameer Kotecha
Does Britain still have a coherent foreign policy? James Heale and Tim Shipman are joined by Ben Judah, former special adviser to David Lammy, and Am…
1 month ago
Book Club: Paris in the Shadow of War
Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the historian Jane Rogoyska, whose new book Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War tells the b…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Edition: Why Trump's ultimate target in this war is China – with Maurice Glasman
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, what is Trump’s game plan? The Spectator’s cover piece this week, by Geoffrey Cain, argues that Trump’s…
1 month, 1 week ago