Women With Balls: Susan Hall
Susan Hall is a born and bred Londoner running for one of the most important jobs in the city. After leaving school at 18 she had dreams of being a mechanic and struggled to get into technical college...
22 Dec 202331min
The Book Club: Speeches that shape the world
The Book Club is taking a brief Christmas break, so we have gone back through the archives to spotlight some of our favourite episodes. This week we are revisiting Sam's conversation from 2017 with Ph...
20 Dec 202327min
Defending science from ‘cancel culture’
Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental tenets of a liberal democracy, and yet threats to freedom of speech today don’t so much come from authoritarians abroad as they do from within. The idea of ...
19 Dec 202327min
Table Talk: Michel Roux Jr
Michel Roux Jr. is an English-French chef and is the chef patron of Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in the UK to received one, two and then three Michelin stars. Earlier this year it was announced t...
19 Dec 202328min
Spectator Out Loud: Peter Hitchens, Lionel Shriver, Mary Wellesley and more
On this week's episode, Peter Hitchens remembers a Christmas in Bucharest, Lionel Shriver says people don't care about Ukraine anymore, Ed West wonders if you can ‘meme’ yourself into believing in God...
16 Dec 202330min
The Edition: Christmas Special 2023
Welcome to this festive episode of the Edition podcast, where we will be taking you through the pages of The Spectator’s special Christmas triple issue. Up first: What a year in politics it has been. ...
14 Dec 20231h 11min
The Book Club: Pen Vogler
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the food historian Pen Vogler, author of the new Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain. Pen tells me how crises have affected British f...
13 Dec 202344min
Chinese Whispers: who will be Taiwan's next President?
Taiwan goes to the polls in just over a month. This is an election that could have wide repercussions, given the island’s status as a potential flashpoint in the coming years.The incumbent President, ...
11 Dec 202342min
