Best of the Spectator

With just days to go till the meaningful vote, the government looks set to lose it by a humiliating margin. What next for Theresa May? We ask one of the MPs opposing her deal – former universities min...

6 Des 201836min

In this week's books podcast, Sam is speaking to the Pulitzer-prizewinning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about her new book Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times -- in which she...

5 Des 201832min

Dominic Green talks to cinema historian Jay Glennie, author of a definitive account of the legendary and still alarming making of Performance, a 1970 release starring Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, an...

4 Des 201829min

With James Forsyth and Katy Balls.Presented by Isabel Hardman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Des 201812min

Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts talk to Bryony Gordon, columnist at the Telegraph and author of Eat, Drink, Run. They have a frank conversation about Bryony's relationship with food and mental healt...

30 Nov 201837min

With Jacob Heilbrunn.Presented by Freddy Gray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Nov 201817min

This week the Treasury and the Bank of England gave their forecasts for the post-Brexit economy, but is a Jeremy Corbyn government more threatening to economic growth (00:50)? In Italy, growth is a di...

29 Nov 201838min

According to which bit of hype you read, there’s a copy of one of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thrillers sold somewhere in the world every four seconds, or every seven, or every nine. It’s a cute statisti...

28 Nov 201824min