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The Edition: Labour’s China pivot, Yvette Cooper’s extremism crackdown & the ladies who punch
Successive governments have struggled with how to deal with China, balancing them as a geopolitical rival yet necessary trade partner. Recent moves from Labour have sent mixed signals, from the free …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The Book Club: Alan Johnson
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the former Home Secretary Alan Johnson, who joins me to talk about his new biography of Harold Wilson. He tells me about Wilson’s rocket-powered rise to t…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Table Talk: Claire Dinhut
Claire Dinhut is known to thousands on social media as CondimentClaire. Raised in a European household in Los Angeles, her upbringing and her background studying history have influenced her other pas…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Eylon Levy: is the world still with Israel?
On the anniversary of the October 7th attacks on Israel by Hamas, former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy joins Freddy Gray to discuss everything that has happened since. Does the world sti…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Holy Smoke: could religious voters in the swing states decide the US election?
The US presidential election looks as if it’s coming down to the wire in a handful of battleground states. Neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has established a clear lead, and that raises the que…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Fraser Nelson, Cindy Yu, Mary Wakefield, Anthony Sattin, and Toby Young
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Fraser Nelson signs off for the last time (1:30); Cindy Yu explores growing hostility in China to the Japanese (7:44); Mary Wakefield examines the dark truth behind…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Americano: Could America go to war with Iran?
Israel has launched what it has described as "limited, localised and targeted ground raids" in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah’s deputy leader says they’re ready for a ground offensive. It comes as more …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The Edition: Israel's revenge, farewell Fraser & the demise of invitations
This week: Israel’s revenge and Iran’s humiliation.
As the anniversary of the October 7th attacks by Hamas approaches, the crisis in the Middle East has only widened. Israel has sent troops into sou…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
The Book Club: Malcolm Gladwell
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Malcolm Gladwell. Twenty-five years after he published The Tipping Point, Malcolm returns to the subject of his first book in Revenge of the Tipping Point…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Coffee House Shots live: the struggle for the future of conservatism
The mood at Conservative conference has been surprisingly jubilant considering the turmoil that the party finds itself in. Labour's misfortunes may have contributed to this, but there seems to be a g…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago