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Table Talk: Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is a novelist, political scientist and essayist. She has published 21 books – 13 of which are novels – and her books have been translated…
1 year, 5 months ago
Coffee House Shots: would Brexit voters really accept the return of freedom of movement?
New research last week suggested that a majority of Brexit voters would accept the return of freedom of movement in exchange for access to the EU sin…
1 year, 5 months ago
Holy Smoke: is the end of Christendom nigh? with A.N. Wilson
Thousands of Brits will be attending Christmas and carol services throughout December. Yet festive attendance masks the reality that church congregat…
1 year, 5 months ago
Christmas Out Loud I: Katy Balls, Craig Brown, Kate Weinberg, Craig Raine, Lisa Haseldine and Melissa Kite
On this week’s Christmas Out Loud - part one: Katy Balls runs through the Westminster wishlists for 2025 (1:26); Craig Brown reads his satirist’s not…
1 year, 5 months ago
Americano: has Trump already become President?
Freddy Gray is joined by an Americano favourite, Jacob Heilbrunn, to reflect on 2024 in American politics. They discuss why Trump appears to be the d…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Edition: Christmas Special 2024 with Rod Liddle, Lionel Shriver, Matthew Parris and Mary Wakefield
Welcome to a special festive episode of The Edition podcast, where we will be taking you through the pages of The Spectator’s Christmas triple issue.…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Book Club: Daniel Tammet
In this week’s Books podcast, I am joined by the writer Daniel Tammet, whose new book Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum is a pen portrait of ni…
1 year, 5 months ago
Americano: is Assad’s downfall a ‘catastrophic success’?
Over the weekend, the rebels from the Syrian opposition claimed Damascus and president Assad had fled to Russia. Keir Starmer has welcomed the collap…
1 year, 5 months ago
Chinese Whispers: Xi Jinping's PLA purges
More than a year after Xi Jinping purged two senior generals in the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force unit, China’s investigation into its milita…
1 year, 5 months ago
Holy Smoke: Defender of the Faith - how have the King’s religious beliefs changed?
As we approach the end of a uniquely painful year for the Royal Family, the King's trusted biographer, Robert Hardman, joins Damian Thompson to discu…
1 year, 5 months ago