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The Book Club: Mary Beard
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer, broadcaster and academic Mary Beard. In her new book, Emperor of Rome, she explores what we can and can’t know about the men who ruled the Rom…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Table Talk: Diana Henry
Diana Henry is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning cook, food writer and author of 12 books including the classic cookbook 'Roast Figs, Sugar Snow', which has just been updated and re-release…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Spectator Out Loud with Matthew Parris, Dan Hitchens and Leah McLaren
Matthew Parris, just back from Australia, shares his thoughts on the upcoming referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (01:08). Dan Hitchens looks at church congregations and won…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
The Edition: Italy's new wave
This week:
Christopher Caldwell writes The Spectator's cover piece on Italy’s new wave of migrants. This is in light of the situation in Lampedusa which he argues could upend European politics. Chri…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Marshall Matters: Mary Harrington
This week Winston speaks to journalist Mary Harrington about her new book, Feminism Against Progress.
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
The Book Club: Sarah Ogilvie
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm talking to Sarah Ogilvie about the extraordinary story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, as told in her new The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Chinese Whispers: What we know about Beijing's spies
Two years ago, Richard Moore, head of MI6, said that China was now the organisation’s ‘single greatest priority’.
Parliamentarians and the British public have been starkly reminded of this by last w…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Cindy Yu, Charlie Taylor and Petroc Trelawney
Cindy Yu tells the story of how she got to know Westminster’s alleged Chinese agent and the astonishment of seeing herself pictured alongside him when the story broke (01.12), Charlie Taylor, His Maj…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Edition: Bombshell
On the podcast this week:
Boris Johnson writes The Spectator’s cover piece, urging the West to supply more military assistance to Ukraine, in order to bring a swift end to the war. Former commander …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Marshall Matters: Silkie Carlo
Winston speaks to Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, about the Online Safety Bill, the Digital Services Act and whether Britain will be the next surveillance state.
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago