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Chinese Whispers: who will be Taiwan's next President?
Taiwan goes to the polls in just over a month. This is an election that could have wide repercussions, given the island’s status as a potential flashpoint in the coming years.
The incumbent Presiden…
Published on 2 years ago
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Michael Simmons and Mary Wakefield
This week: James Heale reads his politics column on Sunak's migration minefield (00:55), Michael Simmons says that Scotland's 'progressive' teaching methods have badly backfired (05:53), and Mary Wak…
Published on 2 years ago
Women With Balls: Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith was born in Malvern, where she joined the Labour party aged 16. After graduating from Oxford, Jacqui moved to London and worked briefly as a parliamentary researcher but trained to be a …
Published on 2 years ago
The Edition: does Keir Starmer stack up?
In her cover piece for the magazine this week, The Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls writes that whilst Keir Starmer’s accession seems certain, his agenda is less so. She tries to piece togethe…
Published on 2 years ago
The 26 million: how to care for people living with long-term health conditions
How should we think of the 26 million people in the UK living with a long-term health condition? Under the current system, only a handful of long-term conditions are prioritised. This leads to a huge…
Published on 2 years ago
The Book Club: Andrew Lycett
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Arthur Conan Doyle's biographer (and historical consultant to the new BBC TV programme Killing Sherlock) Andrew Lycett. Introducing his new book The World…
Published on 2 years ago
Table Talk: Tara Wigley
Tara Wigley is the in-house writer for the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, she also has a weekly column in the Guardian and a monthly column in the New York Times which she shares with Yotam Ottolenghi.
On…
Published on 2 years ago
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Lionel Shriver and Marcus Walker
This week: Katy Balls on what the Elgin Marbles row is really about (00:56); Lionel Shriver on feckless politicians when it comes to immigration (06:43) and Marcus Walker on his rage against multi-fa…
Published on 2 years ago
The Edition: carbon capture
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In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator's assistant editor Cindy Yu – writing ahead of the COP28 summit this weekend – describes how China has cornered the renewables mark…
Published on 2 years ago
The Book Club: Good Scammer
On this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is Guy Kennaway, whose new novel Good Scammer sprinkles a protective dusting of fiction over the true story of the real-life king of Jamaica's phone scammer…
Published on 2 years ago