Americano: what's going on with the Kennedy Center?
Freddy Gray is joined by Josef Palermo, who formerly worked for the Kennedy Center to discuss the historical building and whether its cultural and ethos has been ruined by the Trump administration. ...
11 Maj 20min
Spectator Out Loud: Lisa Haseldine, Roya Nikkah & Lionel Shriver
This week: Lisa Haseldine on Britain's failing maternity services, Roya Nikkah writes the diary and Lionel Shriver on gerrymandering in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
11 Maj 25min
Quite right!: how to stage a leadership coup
In this week’s Q&A: how do you mount a Labour leadership coup? As the results of the local elections roll in and speculation builds about Starmer’s future, Michael and Maddie discuss the mechanics of ...
9 Maj 21min
Coffee House Shots: how 'the progressives' killed Labour – Maurice Glasman
As the full picture of the local elections emerges, Labour faces a dilemma: stick with Keir Starmer, or put forward an alternative?Calls for Starmer to resign have intensified, and we are braced for M...
9 Maj 10min
The Edition: will Labour learn the wrong lessons from the locals?
This week: Lara Pendergast is joined by Tim Shipman, Lionel Barber and Alice Loxton, author of Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England’s Lost Queen. They unpack Michael Gove’s cover piece which ...
7 Maj 33min
The Book Club: The Poems of Sylvia Plath
My guests on this week’s Book Club podcast are Amanda Golden and Karen V. Kukil, editors of the new The Poems of Sylvia Plath, a variorum collection of every poem Plath wrote. They tell me what light ...
7 Maj 39min
Quite right!: how antisemitism became a 'national emergency'
To listen to this week's podcast in full, search 'Quite right!' wherever you get your podcasts. This week: antisemitism in Britain, the government’s response – and where Reform may have gone too far.A...
5 Maj 22min
LIVE: Conservatives vs Reform debate
The Conservative party was once the natural political home for those on the right. No longer. The Tories’ vote share collapsed at the 2024 general election and the party, under new leadership, has sin...
4 Maj 28min
