John Power, Madeline Grant, Ysenda Maxtone-Graham, Calvin Po & Gus Carter
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power examines the rise in drug abuse and homelessness on British streets; Madeline Grant explains the allure of Hollywood radical Sydney Sweeney; Ysenda Maxton...
15 Nov 202533min
James Heale, Margaret Mitchell, Damien Thompson, Rebecca Reid & Julie Bindel
On this week's Spectator Out Loud: James Heale considers the climate conundrum at the heart of British politics; Rebecca Reid explains why she's given up polyamory; Damien Thompson recounts the classi...
8 Nov 202526min
Luke Coppen, Mary Wakefield, Daniel McCarthy, Michael Simmons & Hugh Thomson
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen looks at a new musical subgenre of Roman Catholic black metal; Mary Wakefield celebrates cartoonist Michael Heath as he turns 90 – meaning he has drawn f...
31 Okt 202534min
Max Jeffery, Sam Leith, Michael Henderson, Madeline Grant & Julie Bindel
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery examines Britain’s new hard left alliance; Sam Leith wonders what Prince Andrew is playing; Michael Henderson reads his letter from Berlin; Madeline Gran...
27 Okt 202535min
Best of Notes on...
The Best of Notes on... gathers the funniest, sharpest and most wonderfully random pieces from The Spectator’s beloved miscellany column. For more than a decade, these short, sharp essays have uncover...
21 Okt 202528min
Nick Boles, James Ball, Andrew Rosenheim, Arabella Byrne & Rory Sutherland
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Nick Boles says that Ukraine must stand as a fortress of European freedom; James Ball reviews If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent A...
17 Okt 202527min
Tim Shipman, Ian Williams, Theo Hobson, Lara Prendergast & Lisa Haseldine
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman says that the real war for the right is yet to come; Ian Williams examines the farce over the collapses China espionage case; Theo Hobson argues that the...
10 Okt 202534min
James Heale, William Atkinson, David Shipley, Angus Colwell and Aidan Hartley
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale says that, for Labour, party conference was a ‘holiday from reality’; William Atkinson argues that the ‘cult of Thatcher’ needs to die; David Shipley exa...
3 Okt 202524min
