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Holy Smoke: What can we expect from the papal conclave?
Earlier this year Dr Kurt Martens, Professor of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America, joined Damian Thompson on Holy Smoke to unpack what …
1 year, 3 months ago
Coffee House Shots: John Curtice on the local elections
Legendary pollster Prof Sir John Curtice joins the Spectator’s deputy political editor James Heale to look ahead to next week’s local elections. The …
1 year, 3 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews, Matthew Parris, Marcus Nevitt, Angus Colwell and Sean Thomas
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Owen Matthews reads his letter from Rome (1:21); Matthew Parris travels the Channel Islands (7:53); Reviewing Mino…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Edition: See change, A.I. ghouls & long live the long lunch!
This week: the many crises awaiting the next pope
‘Francis was a charismatic pope loved by most of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics’ writes Damian…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Book Club: why are Gen Z turning to Christianity?
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Lamorna Ash, author of Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever: A New Generation’s Search for Religion. She desc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Table Talk: Roger Pizey, Head of Pastry at Fortnum and Mason
Roger Pizey is a baker, chef and one of the most influential pâtissiers in the UK. He started his culinary journey as an apprentice at La Gavroche un…
1 year, 3 months ago
Women With Balls: Deborah Mattinson
Deborah Mattinson joined the House of Lords as a Labour peer in February. Her involvement in politics began when she worked alongside Peter Mandelson…
1 year, 3 months ago
Holy Smoke: Pope Francis dies – what will his legacy be?
Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, has died.
The Argentinian, the first Latin American – and the first Jesuit – to lead the Church…
1 year, 3 months ago
Coffee House Shots: How the Liberal Democrats conquered Middle England
The Liberal Democrats’ foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller, elected as the new MP for Bicester and Woodstock last year, joins James Heale to ta…
1 year, 3 months ago
Holy Smoke Easter special: in praise of faithful dissent, a conversation with Nigel Biggar and Mary Wakefield
The Easter issue of the Spectator includes two provocative articles exploring aspects of Christianity.
Nigel Biggar, Regius professor emeritus of m…
1 year, 3 months ago