Best of the Spectator
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Coffee House Shots: Is No 10 going to war against the civil service?
With Fraser Nelson and Katy Balls.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you daily, cl…
00:13:56 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
Table Talk: Jon Atashroo
Jon Atashroo is Head Chef at the Tate Modern, whose culinary career began with proving dough on a radiator at university. His latest creation is a tasting menu inspired by the Tate's upcoming Andy Wa…
00:25:23 |
Sat 22 Feb 2020
Women With Balls: Thérèse Coffey
Thérèse Coffey is the MP for Suffolk Coastal and the work and pensions secretary. On the podcast, she talks about her famous karaoke parties, the importance of her Catholic faith to her, and that pic…
00:28:10 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
The Edition: Here comes Bloomberg
This week, has Mike Bloomberg blown his presidential hopes with a disastrous TV debate (00:50)? Plus, has the BBC really gone downhill (12:05)? And last, Toby Young reveals all about his first stand …
00:39:17 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
The Book Club: are conservatives doomed?
This week Sam's guest on the Book Club podcast is the journalist Ed West, whose new book Small Men On The Wrong Side of History (published next month by Constable) asks whether the long and honourabl…
00:36:23 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
That's Life: with Julia Hartley-Brewer
Julia Hartley-Brewer is a journalist and TalkRadio host. On the podcast, she talks to Benedict and Andy about Philip Schofield, British things, and why the Democrats just can't get rid of Trump.
That'…
That'…
00:31:25 |
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Coffee House Shots: how independent can Boris's new cabinet be?
With Stephen Bush, Political Editor at the New Statesman, and Katy Balls.
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and s…
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and s…
00:16:30 |
Fri 14 Feb 2020
The Edition: is Europe's centre-ground shrinking?
This week, as Sinn Fein enters coalition talks with Fianna Fail, is Ireland’s election result a sign of a European trend (00:40)? Plus, No 10 is going to war over the deportation of a number of Jamai…
00:40:57 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
The Book Club: does sex matter?
Sam's guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Olivia Fane — who argues in her new book Why Sex Doesn’t Matter that, well, sex doesn’t matter. She says that the idea that sex and love are related is…
00:29:34 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
Americano: New Hampshire ahead of the primary
With Amber Athey, Spectator USA's Washington Editor, and Matt McDonald, Spectator USA's Managing Editor.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits states…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits states…
00:14:46 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
Table Talk: with Skye Gyngell
Skye Gyngell is an Australian chef best known for her work as food editor for Vogue and for winning a Michelin star at the Petersham Nurseries Cafe. She is now the founder of Spring at Somerset House…
00:23:14 |
Mon 10 Feb 2020
Was the bombing of Dresden a war crime?
In February 1945, the Allies, led by Sir Arthur Harris and Bomber Command, destroyed the historic city of Dresden, killing 25,000, most of them civilians. For the 75th anniversary, Sinclair McKay, au…
01:03:49 |
Fri 07 Feb 2020
Women With Balls: Ayesha Hazarika
Ayesha Hazarika is a journalist and comedian, and a former Labour advisor to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband. On the podcast, she talks about growing up in Glasgow, vetting Ed Miliband for Prime Minis…
00:36:17 |
Fri 07 Feb 2020
The Edition: have our prisons become finishing schools for extremists?
In the aftermath of the Streatham attack, we take a look at how our prisons became finishing schools for extremists (00:40). Plus, what on earth happened in the Iowa caucus (11:25)? And last, is ther…
00:32:50 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
The Book Club: did Churchill's cook help him win the war?
This week's Book Club stars the food historian and broadcaster Annie Gray, whose new book Victory In The Kitchen excavates the life and world of Georgina Landemare - Winston Churchill's cook. From th…
00:32:49 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
Revolution in the Air: redrawing Britain's air routes
The UK’s aviation industry has today pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But how can it achieve this goal, while also matching Britain’s post-Brexit ambitions on connectivity and tr…
00:29:59 |
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Coffee House Shots: is an Australian arrangement just no deal?
With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dail…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dail…
00:13:11 |
Mon 03 Feb 2020
Coffee House Shots: how Brexit got done
With Katy Balls and Fraser Nelson.
Presented by John Connolly.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dail…
Presented by John Connolly.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special guests. Brought to you dail…
00:19:26 |
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Americano: Look Ahead to the Democratic Primary
With Michael Tracey, journalist and contributor to Spectator USA.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor o…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor o…
00:29:40 |
Fri 31 Jan 2020
The Edition: Done.
It’s finally Brexit day. So has the country’s healing process begun (00:55)? Plus, what does the coronavirus tell us about modern China (11:35)? And last, is it time we start talking about death (20:…
00:31:15 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
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