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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Svitlana Morenets, Melanie McDonagh and Richard Madeley
This week James Heale describes the mess the Conservative Party has got itself into when selecting its parliamentary candidates (01.17), Svitlana Morenets is in Ukraine witnessing first hand the trag…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Edition: Trumpvision
On the podcast this week:
In his cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator’s deputy editor Freddy Gray says that he was hardly surprised that Donald Trump chose not to participate in last night’s…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Chinese Whispers: What Beidaihe reveals about the changing nature of Communist leadership
178 miles to the east of Beijing, there’s a beach resort called Beidaihe. The water is shallow and the sand is yellow and fine. Luxurious holiday villas dot the coastline. Starting from the 1950s, le…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Lisa Haseldine and Neil Clark
This week: James Heale reads his politics column on why the Tories should fear the Greens (00:56), Lisa Haseldine outlines some of the changes to Russia's school curriculum (06:04) and Neil Clark ext…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Edition: Degrees of failure
This week:
The cover of The Spectator magazine looks at whether after years of Covid-based disruption, rising cost and lecturer strikes, university students are getting what they paid for. The Spec…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Table Talk: James Dreyfus
James Dreyfus is an actor, best known for his roles in TV sitcoms The Thin Blue Line and Gimme Gimme Gimme. James also appeared in the film Nottinghill and has a long and distinguished stage career. …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Americano: Why are Democrats winning on abortion?
Freddy Gray speaks to Inez Stepman, a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute who was last on Americano to discuss the overturning of Roe vs Wade last year. As seen in the November midterms, could …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls, Peter Hitchens and Anthony Horowitz
This episode of Spectator Out Loud features Katy Balls on the new divisions within the Labour Party and what Jeremy Corbyn might run for next (01.08); Peter Hitchens describes the joys of cycling and…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Week in 60 Minutes: Is Putin winning the culture war? Plus, Hitchens vs e-bikes
Freddy Gray is joined by Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver and Rob Henderson to discuss Putin’s view of the western world and ask – does he have a point? Also on the show... William Moore takes aim …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The Edition: Country strife
This week:
It’s a special episode of the Edition podcast because our very own William Moore writes The Spectator’s cover piece, on how rural pursuits are being threatened by lawfare from countrysid…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago