The Edition: Benefits Britain, mental health & what’s the greatest artwork of the 21st Century?
‘Labour is now the party of welfare, not work’ argues Michael Simmons in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The question ‘why should I bother with work?’ is becoming harder to answer, following ...
5 Dec 202522min
The Book Club: A Brief History of the Aphorism
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is James Geary, talking about the new edition of his classic The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism. He tells me about what separates an aphor...
4 Dec 202543min
Quite right!: should Rachel Reeves go?
This week: Rachel Reeves reels as Labour’s Budget unravels – and a far-left Life of Brian sequel plays out in Liverpool.After a bruising seven days for the Chancellor, Michael and Maddie ask whether R...
3 Dec 202520min
Americano: why is the US obsessed with British 'decline'?
Why are Americans so interested in Britain's decline? While visiting London, Tucker Carlson has said that the country has ‘shrunken’ and its culture ‘destroyed’, particularly because of mass immigrati...
2 Dec 202529min
Nicotine pouches: solution or smokescreen?
There has been a renewed focus on tobacco and nicotine products across Europe. Just as countries seek to speed up the process to a smoke-free future, through measures like generational smoking bans an...
1 Dec 202528min
Holy Smoke: Trump highlights the persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Fr Benedict Kiely, founder of nasarean.org, and Freddy Gray join Damian Thompson to discuss the persecution of Christians which has reached new and terrifying levels. Since this podcast was recorded l...
30 Nov 202519min
Coffee House Shots: Budget booze from Disraeli to Reeves
Throughout the years, the only person permitted to drink inside the House of Commons is the Chancellor, so what has been the tipple of choice for each resident of Number 11 dating back to Benjamin Dis...
29 Nov 202533min
The Edition: defending marriage, broken Budgets & the 'original sin’ of industrialisation
'Marriage is the real rebellion’ argues Madeline Grant in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The Office for National Statistics predicts that by 2050 only 30 per cent of adults will be married. ...
28 Nov 202535min
