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Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood, Ross Clark, Andrew Lycett, Laura Gascoigne and Henry Jeffreys
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: as Lebanon reels from the exploding pagers, Paul Wood wonders what’s next for Israel and Hezbollah (1:24); Ross Clark examines Ireland’s low-tax project, following …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Book Club: Lindsey Hilsum
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Channel 4's international editor Lindsey Hilsum. In her new book I Brought The War With Me: Stories and Poems from the Front Line Lindsey intersperses her…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Edition: Farage's plan, the ethics of euthanasia & Xi's football failure
This week: Nigel’s next target. What’s Reform UK’s plan to take on Labour? Reform UK surpassed expectations at the general election to win 5 MPs. This includes James McMurdock, who Katy interviews fo…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Coffee House Shots: should Labour ditch the ‘doom and gloom’ narrative?
We have some new inflation figures today. Inflation rose 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to August. This is pretty much in line with the Bank of England's target and should be good news for Labour, so …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Americano: Are Democrats to blame for the repeated attempts to kill Trump?
As if there hadn’t been enough drama in America in 2024, Donald Trump has survived another assassination attempt.
The attempted killing of the 45th president at his golf course in Palm Beach, Florid…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Chinese Whispers: a father and son at the edge of the Chinese empire
As a child, the New York Times journalist Edward Wong had no idea that his father had been in the People’s Liberation Army. But as he grew up, a second generation immigrant in the United States, Edwa…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Fraser Nelson, David Whitehouse, Imogen Yates, Sean McGlynn and Ruari Clark
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Fraser Nelson reflects on a historic week for The Spectator (1:15); David Whitehouse examines the toughest problem in mathematics (6:33); Imogen Yates reports on th…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Women With Balls: Lucy Powell
From working on the 1997 general election campaign, to serving in the shadow cabinets of three leaders, politician Lucy Powell has been a prominent figure in the Labour Party for many years. First el…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Edition: Trump’s debate woes, how to catch a paedo & the politics of the hotel breakfast buffet
This week:
The US election is back on a knife-edge. Republicans hoped this week’s debate would expose Kamala Harris’s weaknesses. ‘They forgot that, when it comes to one-on-one intellectual sparrin…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Book Club: Craig Brown
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the satirist Craig Brown, talking about his brilliant new book A Voyage Round The Queen. Craig tells me what made him think there was something new to say…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago