Spectator Out Loud: Anshel Pfeffer, Laura Gascoigne and Simon Barnes
This week: Anshel Pfeffer discusses Bibi's recent misstep (00:54), Laura Gascoigne reads her arts lead on Vermeer's women (06:54), and Simon Barnes examines the cultural life of orcas (14:32). Produce...
18 Feb 202318min
Women With Balls: Victoria Prentis and Vika
For this special episode of Women With Balls, the government’s Attorney General, Victoria Prentis joins Katy along with Vika … a young Ukrainian woman who came over to the UK under the Homes For Ukrai...
17 Feb 202325min
The Edition: after Sturgeon
This week:What next after Sturgeon?In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator's political editor Katy Balls considers what Sturgeon's exit means for the future of Scotland – and the Union. She...
16 Feb 202339min
The Book Club: Richard Bradford
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the scholar and biographer Richard Bradford, whose new book Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer looks at the rackety life and uneven oeuvre of one of the ...
15 Feb 202338min
Table Talk: Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat, whose roles have included Leader of the Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. On th...
14 Feb 202330min
Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Hannah Moore and Matthew Wilson
This week: James Heale reads his interview with Lee Anderson MP (00:54), Hannah Moore writes in defence of amateur sleuths (05:33), and Matthew Wilson discusses the rehabilitation of the rose (09:54)....
11 Feb 202317min
The Edition: the haunting of Rishi Sunak
This week: the haunting of Rishi Sunak.In her cover piece for The Spectator Katy Balls says that Rishi Sunak cannot escape the ghosts of prime ministers past. She is joined by former Chief Secretary t...
9 Feb 202338min
The Book Club: Robert Kaplan
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the American writer, reporter and foreign policy expert Robert Kaplan, whose new book The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate and the Burden of Power argues that it's ...
8 Feb 202328min
