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The Book Club: Books of the Year 2025
Sam Leith is joined by Philip Hensher to pick over their books of the year.
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1 month, 4 weeks ago
Quite right!: Dominic Cummings interview – part one out now
Dominic Cummings joins Michael and Maddie to reflect on his time in government – what he got right and what he regrets – and what he believes must ch…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Coffee House Shots Live: Year in Review 2025
From scandals and cabinet chaos to Trumpian antics and the ‘special’ relationship that some say is anything but, The Spectator presents The Year in R…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Reality Check: 2025 – tears, tariffs & taxes
Reality Check host and the Spectator's economics editor Michael Simmons reflects on some of the economic highs and lows of 2025.
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2 months ago
From Porn Britannia to Political Chaos: The Spectator’s Year in Review
The Spectator’s senior editorial team – Michael Gove, Freddy Gray, Lara Prendergast and William Moore – sit down to reflect on 2025. From Trump’s ina…
2 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Slipshod – by Sarah Perry
For this special Spectator Out Loud, Sarah Perry reads her short story Slipshod, from the Spectator's Christmas issue. The story follows an academic …
2 months ago
Holy Smoke: how transformative has 2025 been for Christianity?
Anglican author The Rev'd Fergus Butler-Gallie, Catholic priest Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith and Evangelical commentator Fleur Meston join Damian Thompso…
2 months ago
Coffee House Shots: Stephen Flynn on Reform, Sturgeon & a second referendum
The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, MP for Aberdeen South, joins Lucy Dunn for a special episode to assess the place of the SNP in British po…
2 months ago
Table Talk: Michael Gove
Surely needing no introduction to Spectator listeners, Michael Gove has been a staple of British politics for almost two decades. As a Christmas trea…
2 months ago
Christmas Out Loud II: Dominic Sandbrook, Philip Hensher, Steve Morris, Christopher Howse, Michael Hann & Mary Killen
On this week’s special Christmas edition of Spectator Out Loud – part two: Dominic Sandbrook reflects on whether Lady Emma Hamilton is the 18th centu…
2 months, 1 week ago