Americano: how scary is China's military?
Freddy Gray is joined by Harry Kazianis, editor in chief of the National Security Journal, to assess China’s military rise. He argues Beijing aims to dominate the Indo-Pacific with missiles, drones an...
23 Sep 202519min
Spectator Out Loud: John Power, Nick Carter, Elisabeth Dampier, Maggie Fergusson & Mark Mason
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power argues the Oxford Union has a ‘lynch-mob mindset’; Elisabeth Dampier explains why she would never date a German; Nick Carter makes the case for licensing ...
22 Sep 202525min
Holy Smoke: 800 years on, why is Aquinas Gen Z’s favourite philosopher?
This year marks 800 years since the birth of the theologian St Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas, best known for his theory of natural law and his magnum opus the Summa Theologia, argued for the existence of Go...
21 Sep 202525min
Coffee House Shots: should Britain recognise Palestine?
The government is expected to press ahead with recognition of Palestinian statehood, before a formal declaration at the United Nations. Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out plans earlier this year to r...
20 Sep 202517min
The Edition: Weimar Britain, the war on science & are you a competitive reader?
First: a warning from history Politics moving increasingly from the corridors of power into the streets, economic insecurity exacerbating tensions and the centre of politics failing to hold; these are...
19 Sep 202535min
Book Club: Roger Lewis on Peter Sellers
Sam Leith's guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger Lewis, whose book The Life and Death of Peter Sellers has been republished to mark 100 years since the comedian's birth. Roger tells Sam abo...
18 Sep 202537min
Quite right!: Why Danny Kruger's defection changes everything & could Boris Johnson be next?
This week Michael and Madeline unpick the shock defection of Danny Kruger to Reform UK’s ‘pirate ship’ – as described by Michael – and ask whether this coup could mark the beginning of the end for the...
16 Sep 202553min
Table Talk: Raymond Blanc
In a bumper episode, the legend that is Raymond Blanc joins Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast. The self-taught chef heads up the double Michelin-starred Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, has trained chefs ...
16 Sep 202539min
