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Women With Balls: Anne Jenkin
Anne Jenkin was born in Essex to quite the political family, three of her grandparents were in the House of Lords, and two of them in the Commons as well. Her career in Westminster began in the 1970s…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Edition: Easter special
This week: how forgiveness was forgotten, why the secular tide might be turning, and looking for romance at the British museum.
Up first: The case of Frank Hester points to something deep going on …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Book Club: Viet Thanh Nguyen
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the Pulitzer prize winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose new book is the memoir A Man of Two Faces. He tells me about the value of trauma to literatur…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Table Talk: Gennaro Contaldo
Gennaro Contaldo is an Italian chef, cookbook author and television presenter. He is also known as Jamie Oliver's mentor and Antonio Carluccio's travel partner on Two Greedy Italians. His latest cook…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Americano: why do Trump’s enemies always overreach?
Freddy Gray speaks to editor-at-large of the Wall Street Journal Gerry Baker about whether the media’s wrong reporting of Trump’s ‘bloodshed’ comments have played to his advantage; why America has lo…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Americano: is America in decline?
Freddy Gray speaks to political science researcher Richard Hanania about his (relative) optimism regarding the future of America, and how Sydney Sweeney might have 'ended wokeness'.
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Richard Madeley, Kate Andrews, Lloyd Evans, Sam McPhail and Graeme Thomson
This week: Richard Madeley reads his diary (01:06), Kate Andrews describes how Kate-gate gripped America (06:18), Lloyd Evans warns against meddling with Shakespeare (11:38), Sam McPhail details how …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Americano: Trump vs luxury beliefs
Freddy speaks to Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, in which he coins the term 'luxury beliefs'. These are certain beliefs held by a section of the …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
The Edition: Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act is fraught with danger
On the podcast: Scotland’s new hate crime law; the man who could be France’s next PM; and why do directors meddle with Shakespeare?
First up: Scotland is smothering free speech.
Scotland is gettin…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
The Book Club: Joel Morris
My guest in this week's Book Club is Joel Morris, an award-winning comedy writer whose credits run from co-creating Philomena Cunk to writing gags for Viz and punching up the script for Paddington 2.…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago