The Edition: farewell to arms
This week:In his cover piece for the magazine, Andrew Roberts says that the British Army has been hollowed out by years of underfunding and a lack of foresight when it comes to replacing the munitions...
23 Feb 202339min
The Book Club: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
My guest on this week’s Book Club is Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. In his new book Metamorphosis: A Life in Pieces, Robert describes how being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis plunged him from his comfor...
22 Feb 202334min
Americano: Is it crazy to think America took out the Nord Stream pipeline?
Freddy Gray speaks to award-winning journalist and reporter Seymour Hersh to discuss his recent Substack article titled How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
21 Feb 202341min
Chinese Whispers: the rise of rock in China
Every protest needs an anthem, and for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, 'Nothing to My Name' by Cui Jian became that emblem. Cui was one of China's earliest rockers, taking inspiration from the pea...
20 Feb 202335min
Spectator Out Loud: Anshel Pfeffer, Laura Gascoigne and Simon Barnes
This week: Anshel Pfeffer discusses Bibi's recent misstep (00:54), Laura Gascoigne reads her arts lead on Vermeer's women (06:54), and Simon Barnes examines the cultural life of orcas (14:32). Produce...
18 Feb 202318min
Women With Balls: Victoria Prentis and Vika
For this special episode of Women With Balls, the government’s Attorney General, Victoria Prentis joins Katy along with Vika … a young Ukrainian woman who came over to the UK under the Homes For Ukrai...
17 Feb 202325min
The Edition: after Sturgeon
This week:What next after Sturgeon?In her cover piece for the magazine, The Spectator's political editor Katy Balls considers what Sturgeon's exit means for the future of Scotland – and the Union. She...
16 Feb 202339min
The Book Club: Richard Bradford
My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the scholar and biographer Richard Bradford, whose new book Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer looks at the rackety life and uneven oeuvre of one of the ...
15 Feb 202338min
