Holy Smoke: how religion shapes football
From idolising players to faithfully following a club, football is often described as the world’s secular religion. But religion has long been woven into the fabric of the game itself. From the sectar...
11 Jul 16min
Coffee House Shots: how we plan to beat Reform | Conservative chairman
The Tories will not stand a candidate against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election – and on today’s podcast Conservative party chairman Kevin Hollinrake explains why.Hollinrake also reveals what is...
10 Jul 14min
The Edition: has Farage lost control?
For this week’s Edition, Lara Prendergast is joined by The Spectator’s political editor Tim Shipman, deputy editor of the US edition Gus Carter and the Mail on Sunday’s restaurant critic Tom Parker Bo...
9 Jul 31min
Americano: the truth about Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom has spent the last two years building a national profile for himself beyond his controversial leadership of California as its Governor. But is he equipped to take on the challenges that w...
9 Jul 44min
Quite right!: did Cummings predict Farage’s downfall?
Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton and will fight a by-election in an attempt to turn questions over his finances into a referendum on ‘the people vs the establishment’. Is this a political m...
7 Jul 48min
Reality Check: Burnham's bid to bridge the North-South divide
Andy Burnham has laid out his plans to 'level up the North'. Something we have heard with almost every Prime Minister pledge to do – but with very little clarity over how this will be achieved and wha...
7 Jul 42min
Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Gavin Mortimer, James Delingpole, Aidan Hartley & Angus Colwell
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery explains the truth about how the British Empire is taught in schools; Gavin Mortimer asks why Giorgia Meloni is courting Emmanuel Macron; James Delingpol...
6 Jul 27min
Holy Smoke: Was America meant to be a Christian nation?
It might be 250 years since the Declaration of Independence but the document continues to prove controversial, with political groups arguing over the intention behind the document – just watch any Sup...
5 Jul 27min
