Best of the Spectator
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 2368
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Table Talk: with Fuchsia Dunlop
Fuchsia Dunlop is a writer and chef specialising in Chinese cuisine, especially that of Sichuan. She tells Lara and Livvy about the international lodgers who trained her adventurous palate growing up…
00:25:18 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
Spectator Books: the Greek myths, reimagined
In this episode, Spectator Books leaves its dank burrow and hits the road. Sam travelled to the southern Peloponnese to catch up with the Orange-prize winning novelist Madeline Miller, where she was …
00:28:53 |
Mon 04 Nov 2019
Coffee House Shots: how will history remember John Bercow?
With Mark D'Arcy, the BBC's Today in Parliament correspondent, and Bobby Friedman, John Bercow's biographer.
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from…
Presented by Katy Balls.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from…
00:17:31 |
Sat 02 Nov 2019
Americano: what did we learn from Trump's interview with Farage?
With Dominic Green, Life and Arts editor of Spectator USA.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spect…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spect…
00:11:04 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
The Spectator Podcast: how unpredictable is this election?
This week, an election has officially been called – so what do the major parties need to do to win (00:55)? Plus, Trump goes back into Syria – we look at how pressures back home are shaping up his fo…
00:38:30 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
Spectator Books: the tragic self-destruction of the House of York
In this week’s Spectator Books, Sam talks to the award-winning historian Thomas Penn about his new book The Brothers York: An English Tragedy — in which he argues that the 'Wars of the Roses' weren’t…
00:34:50 |
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Podcast Special: is identity politics driving us mad?
From outrage mobs to public shaming, our politics have never been angrier. But what's driving this new culture war - and how can we end the hysteria?
The Spectator's Douglas Murray and Lionel Shriver …
01:40:32 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Coffee House Shots: Will Boris get his Christmas general election?
With James Forsyth and Katy Balls, presented by Fraser Nelson.
Join Fraser, James, Katy, Liam Halligan and Sam Gyimah for Coffee House Live at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on 12 November. Visit …
Join Fraser, James, Katy, Liam Halligan and Sam Gyimah for Coffee House Live at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on 12 November. Visit …
00:13:02 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
Coffee House Shots: is there still a place for the Brexit Party?
With Isabel Oakeshott, journalist and commentator, 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 …
Presented by Cindy Yu.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special …
00:14:13 |
Sat 26 Oct 2019
Women With Balls: Katharine Birbalsingh
Katharine is the headmistress of Michaela Community School, dubbed by some as 'Britain's strictest school'. She talks to Katy about why she regrets speaking at Conservative Party Conference, her scho…
00:26:35 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
The Spectator Podcast: Boris's last try
This week, the government looks close to the finishing line – now all Boris needs is an election (00:40). And as months of grenade attacks blight Swedish neighbourhoods, we get to the bottom of why S…
00:38:06 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Podcast Special: Charles Moore in conversation with John Humphrys
The Spectator was delighted to host Charles Moore, author of an acclaimed three-part biography of the former prime minister, and John Humphrys, former presenter of Today, for a special conversation o…
01:18:01 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Table Talk: Alexandra Shulman
Alexandra Shulman is the former Editor-In-Chief of British Vogue. On the podcast, she talks to Olivia and Lara about her mother Drusilla Beyfus's etiquette tips, wining and dining as a journalist in …
00:19:55 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Americano: does Trump finally have a foreign policy doctrine?
With Andrew Bacevich, President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Fre…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Fre…
00:20:59 |
Mon 21 Oct 2019
Coffee House Shots: will Arlene change her mind?
With Kate Hoey MP and Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute.
Presented by Fraser Nelson.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team…
Presented by Fraser Nelson.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team…
00:15:17 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
The Spectator Podcast: can Boris do it?
This week, Boris Johnson agrees a Brexit deal – but can he get it through parliament (00:40)? Plus, who are the biggest beneficiaries from the Turkish incursion into Syria (22:25)? We look at how Rus…
00:35:32 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Spectator Books: how fake news took over the world
Sam's guest in this week’s Spectator Books is Peter Pomerantsev. Peter lived in Moscow for a decade as a TV producer, and chronicled the metastasis in that country of 'post-truth politics' in his bes…
00:55:57 |
Wed 16 Oct 2019
Coffee House Shots: what's stalling Brexit talks?
With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
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…
00:16:20 |
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Americano: what's behind the NBA's epic kowtow to China?
With Melissa Chen, Spectator USA's New York Editor.
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator US…
Americano is a series of in-depth discussions on American politics with the best pundits stateside. Presented by Freddy Gray, editor of Spectator US…
00:14:52 |
Mon 14 Oct 2019
Coffee House Shots: inside Labour's power struggles
With Sienna Rodgers, Editor of LabourList, and Katy Balls.
Presented by John Connolly.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special gue…
Presented by John Connolly.
Coffee House Shots is a series of podcasts on British politics from the Spectator's political team and special gue…
00:17:51 |
Sat 12 Oct 2019
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