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The Edition: back to the future
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It's been a busy week in Westminster. On Monday, Rishi Sunak's first major reshuffle saw Suella Braverman sacked and David Cameron make a surprise return to politics. Then two days …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The Book Club: Terry Hayes
In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is Terry Hayes, author of the squillion-selling thriller I Am Pilgrim. He tells me about invisible submarines, taking advice on crucifixion from Mel Gibson, …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Chinese Whispers: how China's 'underground historians' battle the state narrative
Controlling history is key to the Chinese Communist Party’s control of the country. Whether it’s playing up the ‘century of humiliation’, or whitewashing past mistakes like the Great Leap Forward or …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Holy Smoke: how light filled the first Roman Churches
When I was in Rome last month, I watched the 'synod on synodality' fizzle out while the Marko Rupnik sex scandal took another sinister turn (and various Catholic journalists shamefully tried to suppr…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Spectator Out Loud: Michael Simmons, Christopher Howse and Melissa Kite
This week, Michael Simmons looks at the dodgy graph thats justified the second lockdown (00:55), Christopher Howse examines what happened to received pronunciation (05:56), and Melissa Kite wonders w…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Women With Balls: Arlene Phillips
Arlene Phillips was born in Lancashire, but moved to London to pursue her love for dance. She started age 3 and by the age of 20 she became a dance teacher. From here she formed the dance troupe Hot …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The Edition: keeping the peace
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In his cover piece for The Spectator Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropolitan Police Chief Mark R…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The Book Club: Jonathan Lethem
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by the novelist Jonathan Lethem. Two decades after his breakthrough book The Fortress of Solitude crowned Lethem the literary laureate of Brooklyn, he ret…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Table Talk with Victoria Hislop
Victoria Hislop is a bestselling author and a lover of all things Mediterranean. Victoria’s first book 'The Island', came out in 2005 and became an immediate international best-seller. Victoria’s sub…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Innovator of the Year Awards: Business Services and AI
Every year, The Spectator travels the country in search of the best and boldest new companies that are disrupting their respective industries. In a series of five podcasts, we will tell you about the…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago