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Coffee House Shots: why is Britain's economy so unhealthy?
The Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons is joined by the outgoing boss of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson and the CEO of the R…
1 year, 1 month ago
Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas, John Power, Susie Mesure, Olivia Potts and Rory Sutherland
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas reflects on the era of lads mags (1:07); John Power reveals those unfairly gaming the social housing s…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Edition: Porn Britannia, Xi’s absence & no more lonely hearts?
OnlyFans is giving the Treasury what it wants – but should we be concerned?
‘OnlyFans,’ writes Louise Perry, ‘is the most profitable content subscript…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Book Club: Lucy Mangan
In this week’s Book Club podcast I am joined by Lucy Mangan, author of Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives. She tells me what teenagers did before …
1 year, 1 month ago
Holy Smoke: a Jewish guide to arguing
Daniel Taub, former Israeli Ambassador to the UK, joins Damian Thompson to talk about his new book Beyond Dispute: Rediscovering the Jewish art of co…
1 year, 1 month ago
Americano: left-wing violence is being normalised
In the new edition of Spectator World, author and anthropologist Max Horder argues that the US is experiencing a change in its psyche, and left-wing …
1 year, 1 month ago
Holy Smoke: finding spiritual treasure in César Franck
The Belgian composer César Franck – unfairly associated with kitsch and sentimentality by certain cultural sophisticates – wrote some of the most spi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Rupert Lowe on Reform turmoil, Chagos ‘treason’ and taking the Tory whip
The Spectator’s editor Michael Gove and assistant editor Madeline Grant interview Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth and notorious Westminster provoc…
1 year, 1 month ago
Americano: did the swamp drain Elon Musk?
Billionaire Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump have had a very public falling out. Musk, whose time running the Department of Government Efficie…
1 year, 1 month ago
Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Tanya Gold, Madeline Grant, Matthew Parris and Calvin Po
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery tracks down the Cambridge bike bandit (1:10); Tanya Gold says that selling bathwater is an easy way to…
1 year, 1 month ago