The Book Club: The Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Caroline Moorehead, whose new book A Sicilian Man: Leonardo Sciascia, the Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul tells the remarkable story of...
5 Feb 39min
Quite right!: the Peter Mandelson problem just got worse
To hear this week's episode in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you are listening now. This week: Michael and Maddie examine the fallout from the Epstein files and ask how a story of questionable ...
4 Feb 21min
Americano: who is the real Melania Trump?
Freddy Gray speaks to the documentary maker Fernando Sulchin – who was behind the making of Melania Trump soon to be released on Amazon Prime – to discuss the First Lady, how the ten days leading up t...
3 Feb 13min
Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas, Mary Killen, Owen Matthews & Patrick Kidd
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Sean Thomas explains how an AI-generated goth girl became a nationalist icon; Mary Killen argues we should all regret the loss of the landline; Owen Matthews says th...
2 Feb 27min
Reality Check: Andy Burnham, abolishing the OBR & why Rishi was right
When Andy Burnham put forward his bid to stand in the Gorton & Denton by-election, the bond markets wobbled. What does this say about the state of Labour and their reputation with the markets? Michael...
1 Feb 31min
Coffee House Shots: what should the UK's relationship with China be?
As Keir Starmer's visit to China draws to a close, Sam Olsen – who runs the States of Play substack – and Times columnist Cindy Yu join Patrick Gibbons to discuss how the UK should manage its relation...
31 Jan 16min
The Edition: Britain’s guilty men, Labour’s reset & do people care about ICE more than Iran?
Who really runs Britain: the government, foreign courts or international lawyers? This question is at the heart of Michael Gove’s cover piece for the Spectator this week, analysing the role of those a...
30 Jan 42min
Coffee House Shots: is centrism dead? | with David Gauke
Is centrism back? This week a group of former Tory heavyweights – including Ruth Davidson, Andy Street, Amber Rudd and David Gauke – have launched a new group aimed at reclaiming the centre ground and...
29 Jan 22min
