Coffee House Shots: McSweeney resigns – is Starmer next?
Morgan McSweeney resigned yesterday as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and – while it was not a surprise, given his role in appointing Peter Mandelson – the news that the Prime Minister has now lost his...
9 Feb 24min
Spectator Out Loud: Piers Morgan, Melanie McDonagh, Matt Ridley & Rachel Johnson
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Piers Morgan reveals what Donald Trump told him from his hospital bed; Melanie McDonagh ponders the impermanence of email, amidst the Peter Mandelson scandal; Matt R...
9 Feb 23min
Holy Smoke: has AI created its own religion?
What did you most recently use Artificial Intelligence for? For most people, the answer would be as a glorified search function, using services like Chat GPT to ask questions, draft text and even prod...
8 Feb 18min
Coffee House Shots: Jonathan Hinder on Starmer, Mandelson & a 'bad' local elections
On this special edition of Coffee House Shots, Tim Shipman is joined by Jonathan Hinder – a rising star of the back benches and a blue Labour acolyte – for a candid discussion about the state of the L...
7 Feb 34min
The Edition: AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first
Is Britain ready for Artificial Intelligence? Well, bluntly, 'no'; that's the verdict if you read several pieces in this week's Spectator – from Tim Shipman, Ross Clark and Palantir UK boss Louis Mosl...
6 Feb 43min
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
