The Book Club: Rachel Clarke
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Rachel Clarke, author of the Baillie Gifford longlisted new book The Story of a Heart. Rachel tells me how she came so intimately to tell the story of 9-ye...
23 Okt 202447min
Table Talk: Tim Spector
Tim Spector is a leading professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London and a renowned expert in nutrition, gut health, and the microbiome. He is the founder of the Zoe Project, which focu...
22 Okt 202426min
AI, gene therapy and challenges of the NHS – Britain's health Innovators of the Year
The Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, in partnership with Rathbones, celebrate the passion and creativity of British entrepreneurs. From hundreds of entries we have narrowed down to som...
21 Okt 202428min
Spectator Out Loud: Richard Dawkins, Nicholas Farrell, Mary Wakefield, Lisa Hilton and Philip Hensher
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Richard Dawkins reads his diary for the week (1:21); Nicholas Farrell argues that Italy is showing the EU the way on migration (6:33); Mary Wakefield reflects on the...
20 Okt 202432min
Coffee House Shots: should bishops be booted out of the Lords?
The House of Lords contains 26 Church of England archbishops and bishops who possess an automatic right to sit and vote in the House, as established by ancient usage and by statute. But for how much l...
19 Okt 202417min
Holy Smoke: The Pope announces 21 new cardinals – is he trying to pack the conclave?
This month Pope Francis announced that he’s creating 21 cardinals, and once again his list includes unexpected names that will baffle commentators who assume that he’s determined to stack the next con...
18 Okt 202425min
The Edition: Reeves's gambit, a debate on assisted dying & queer life in postwar Britain
This week: the Chancellor’s Budget dilemma.‘As a former championship chess player, Rachel Reeves must know that the first few moves can be some of the most important of the game,’ writes Rupert Harris...
17 Okt 202452min
Americano: could the Catholic vote decide the US election?
Polling suggests that the Catholic vote helped Trump win in 2016 and helped Biden win in 2020. Biden is also the most church-going president by far. With issues like immigration and abortion high on t...
17 Okt 202427min
