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The Edition: is Rishi ready for the rebels?
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Survival plan: is Rishi ready for the rebels? Ever since his election, Rishi Sunak has been preparing for this weekend – where the most likely scenario is that dire local election results…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
The Book Club: Ariane Bankes
On this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by Ariane Bankes, whose mother Celia was one of the great beauties of the early twentieth century. Ariane's new book The Quality of Love: Twin Sisters at t…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Americano: Coleman Hughes on neo-racism, US election, and The View
Freddy Gray speaks to writer, podcaster and musician Coleman Hughes. His latest book The End of Race Politics, The: Arguments for a Colorblind America put forward Martin Luther King's teachings for a…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Chinese Whispers: How China is quietly cutting out American tech
Last week, President Joe Biden finally signed into law a bill that would take TikTok off app stores in the US, eventually rendering the app obsolete there. This is not the end of the saga, as TikTok …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Americano: does America run Britain?
Freddy speaks to Angus Hanton, entrepreneur and author of Vassal State: How America Runs Britain, and William Clouston, leader of the Social Democratic Party. They discuss the ‘Special Relationship’ …
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Douglas Murray, Lionel Shriver, Mark Mason and Graeme Thomson
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: reporting from St Helena, Douglas Murray reflects on the inhabitants he has met and the history of the British Overseas Territory (1:12); Lionel Shriver opines on t…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Women With Balls: how can Britain back women-led businesses?
Young, female entrepreneurship is on the rise. Two years ago, 17,500 businesses were founded by women aged 16-25, which is 22 times greater than in 2018. Now, 20 per cent of all businesses across the…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
The Edition: China's global spy network
This week: The Xi files: China’s global spy network.
A Tory parliamentary aide and an academic were arrested this week for allegedly passing ‘prejudicial information’ to China. In his cover piece Ni…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
The Book Club: Kathryn Hughes
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the author and historian Kathryn Hughes, whose new book Catland tells the story of how we learned to love pusskins. Content warning: contains Kipling, Edw…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Table Talk: Joel Golby
Joel Golby is a journalist who has written for – among others – Vice and the Guardian, where he has a regular column, the watcher, reviewing television. He has since translated his skill for wry obse…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago