Best of the Spectator

Winston speaks with Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer, author and co-founder of gay rights charity Stonewall, Simon Fanshawe. They discuss the history of Stonewall, Fanshawe’s recent book ‘The Po...

7 Maalis 202358min

The Chinese Communist Party likes to blame its domestic political problems on foreign interference, and it has done so since the days of Chairman Mao.But sometimes, does this paranoia, this narrative,...

6 Maalis 202346min

In response to Seymour Hersh's recent appearance on Americano, Freddy speaks with open-source intelligence analyst Oliver Alexander, who unpacks his argument against Hersh's claims about the U.S. blow...

5 Maalis 202332min

This week: Max Jeffery reads his letter from Abu Dhabi where he visited the International Defence Exhibition (00:56), Emily Rhodes discusses the tyranny of World Book Day (05:59), and Daisy Dunn tells...

4 Maalis 202318min

Women make up half of the workforce in the UK. Yet when it comes to high-skilled, high-income jobs in tech, just 26 per cent of the workforce are women and 77 per cent of tech leaders are men. Jobs in...

3 Maalis 202329min

This week: Is Putin winning?  In his cover piece for the magazine, historian and author Peter Frankopan says that Russia is reshaping the world in its favour by cultivating an anti-Western alliance of...

2 Maalis 202337min

On this week’s Book Club, I’m joined by the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli to talk about his new book Anaximander and the Nature of Science, in which he explains how a radical thinker two and a h...

1 Maalis 202348min

Winston speaks with American author, film-maker, political commentator and activist Matt Walsh. They discuss Matt’s film ‘What Is A Woman’ and its cultural and political impact, the difference between...

28 Helmi 202348min