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Coffee House Shots: have we been too quick to judge Kemi Badenoch?
Kemi Badenoch is just over a month into her tenure as leader of the opposition, and already she has been criticised for her performances at PMQs and …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Edition: Best of 2024
This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revi…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Edition: Best of 2024, with Dominic Sandbrook, Mary Beard and Harriet Harman
This week is a special episode of the podcast where we are looking back on some of our favourite pieces from the magazine over the past year and revi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Holy Smoke: why was C.S. Lewis such a killjoy at Christmas? with Alister McGrath
Which 20th-century Scrooge had the following to say about the celebration of Christmas?
‘It gives on the whole much more pain than pleasure… Anyone…
1 year, 5 months ago
Chinese Whispers: Peter Hessler on what English names can reveal about China
Why do so many Chinese people choose such curious English names? You must have come across this phenomenon – whether they are names from a past centu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Christmas Out Loud II: Andrews Watts, Marcus Walker, Ali Kefford, Roger Lewis, Ayaan Hirsh Ali and Christopher Howse
On this week’s Christmas Out Loud - part two: Andrew Watts goes to santa school (1:11); Marcus Walker reads his priest’s notebook (7:20); Ali Kefford…
1 year, 5 months ago
Coffee House Shots: Year in Review 2024
It’s been a historic year in British politics. At the start of 2024, the UK had a different Prime Minister, the Tories had a different leader, and Th…
1 year, 5 months ago
Women With Balls: Maureen Lipman
Dame Maureen Lipman has been a fixture of stage and screen for over five decades. She has been a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre compan…
1 year, 5 months ago
Americano: are migrants 'self-deporting' in fear of Trump?
Springfield Ohio became a talking point in this year's Presidential election after Donald Trump referred to Haitian migrants 'eating the cats and dog…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Book Club: Chris Ware
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Chris Ware — author of Jimmy Corrigan, Building Stories and Rusty Brown, and a man widely regarded as on…
1 year, 5 months ago