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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 f…
1 year, 8 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…
1 year, 8 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 …
1 year, 8 months ago
Americano: Andrew Neil & Piers Morgan on America's 2024 election
The Spectator's chairman Andrew Neil and journalist Piers Morgan join Freddy Gray, host of the Americano show, to analyse the presidential race so fa…
1 year, 8 months ago
Table Talk: Simon Raymonde
Musician Simon Raymonde is perhaps best known as part of the Scottish band the Cocteau Twins, but he has found further success as the co-founder of B…
1 year, 8 months ago
Americano: Has everyone got election fatigue?
Freddy Gray is joined by Bridget Phetasy, comedian and Spectator World columnist. They discuss whether everyone is suffering a bit of election, and T…
1 year, 8 months ago
Holy Smoke: Losing faith - will Labour’s VAT policy hit religious schools hardest?
In this week’s copy of The Spectator, Dan Hitchens argues that a lesser reported aspect of Labour’s decision to impose VAT on private schools is who …
1 year, 8 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Ian Thomson, Andrew Watts, Sam Leith, Helen Barrett and Catriona Olding
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Ian Thomson reflects on his childhood home following the death of his sister (1:20); Andrew Watts argues that the …
1 year, 8 months ago
Americano: Nate Silver on risk-takers, the US election & the power of luck in politics
Labor Day is a critical mile-marker on the road to the general election, now just two months away. Pollsters are busy processing data and making pred…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Edition: Miliband's net zero madness, meet Reform’s new poster boy & the plight of the restaurant critic
This week: Miliband’s empty energy promises. Ed Miliband has written a public letter confirming that Labour plans to decarbonise the electricity syst…
1 year, 8 months ago