A vision for the future: Can Britain become a biotech superpower?
The UK's vaccine programme was hailed by the government as a success story for Global Britain. It became an example of how Britain could speed up regulation, reduce bureaucracy and become a worldwide ...
25 Apr 202229min
The Week in 60 Minutes: Macron's ego and Putin's propaganda
John Connolly, The Spectator's news editor, is joined by Mark Galeotti, director of Mayak Intelligence; Freddy Gray, The Spectator's deputy editor; Cindy Yu, The Spectator's broadcast editor; Jade McG...
24 Apr 202258min
Spectator Out Loud: Jonathan Miller, Cindy Yu and Laura Freeman
On this week's episode, Jonathan Miller says that whoever wins France's election on Sunday, the country is going to the dogs. (01:00) After, Cindy Yu says that China's online censors are struggling to...
23 Apr 202221min
Women With Balls: Generation spent
The cost of living is rising, as is the cost of renting. Zoopla estimates that rents are rising at the fastest rate in 14 years, which means that the average rent in the UK is now over £1000 a month.T...
22 Apr 202234min
The Edition: How much longer can Boris Johnson keep going?
In this week’s episode: Is Boris going to limp on?In her cover piece this week, Katy Balls writes that although Boris Johnson believes he can survive the partygate scandal, he has some way to go until...
21 Apr 202241min
The Book Club: Gideon Rachman
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the FT’s foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman. In his new book The Age of the Strongman, he takes a global look at the rise of personality-cult auto...
20 Apr 202245min
Marshall Matters: Seth Dillon - Will Elon Musk 'Free The Bee'?
This week on Marshall Matters Winston speaks with Seth Dillon, CEO and owner of American political satire site The Babylon Bee. The Babylon Bee are currently locked out of their Twitter account for a ...
19 Apr 202230min
Chinese Whispers: Algorithms and lockdowns – how China's gig economy works
‘One Shanghai courier uses own 70,000 yuan to buy necessities for people’, one Weibo hashtag trended last week. Instead of being seen as a damning indictment on what the state’s strict lockdown has in...
18 Apr 202241min
