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The Book Club: Francesca Peacock
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by Francesca Peacock to talk about the remarkable life and extraordinary work of Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle. Famous in her …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Kate Andrews, Katy Balls and Max Pemberton
Kate Andrews talks crumbly concrete, overcrowded trains, NHS waiting lists, and describes the general air of despair and asks – who broke Britain? (01.15). Katy Balls analyses Keir Starmer’s reshuffl…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Edition: Broken Britain
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In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s economics editor Kate Andrews writes that political short termism has broken Britain. She joins the podcast alongside Giles Wilk…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Book Club: Masha Gessen
The Book Club podcast returns next week. In the meantime, here's another from the archives, and one which looks more timely now even than it was when we recorded it in 2017. Here's perhaps Russia's m…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Chinese Whispers: Is China still a Confucian country?
For thousands of years, Confucianism has run through the fabric of Chinese society, politics and culture. Decades of Communism has taken its toll on China, so can it still be considered a Confucian c…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Owen Matthews, Kate Andrews and Ian Thomson
This week Katy Balls asks whether Rishi is a risk taker or whether he’ll choose to play it safe as Conference season approaches (01.17), Owen Matthews explains why America is still Ukraine’s best hop…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Americano: what does Vivek Ramaswamy stand for?
This week Freddy speaks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, about Vivek Ramaswamy. What does he stand for? Could he be the ideal candidate for Trump's vice president?
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Edition: India's century
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In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s political correspondent James Heale writes that the PM’s visit to New Delhi for the G20 Summit next week could be a defining moment in…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Book Club: Tom Holland
As Sam is still away, we've dug out one our favourite podcasts from the archives. Back in 2019 Sam spoke to the historian Tom Holland, about his book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. The boo…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
With Sir Nicholas Mostyn
The Hon. Mr Justice Mostyn was a British high court judge who left the Bench just a few weeks ago. Nick Mostyn enjoyed a long and distinguished career and earned the nicknames 'Mostyn Powers' and 'Mr…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago