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Quite right!: Douglas Murray interview | Part one
October 27, 2026 · 39 minAs the embers fade from last week’s unrest in France, could Britain be heading for a similar fate? In the first of a two-part interview, Michael Gove is joined by author and Spectator columnist Douglas Murray to discuss the future of…
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Coffee House Shots: Col Richard Williams on the SAS witch hunt
October 26, 2026 · 31 minJust days after The Sunday Times revealed that five SAS soldiers were sent back into the war zone while under a three-year murder investigation, MPs passed the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which the SAS Regimental Association has…
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Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Lionel Shriver, Toby Young & Lara Prendergast
October 24, 2026 · 23 minOn this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale tells all about his trip to Plymouth with Reform party leader Nigel Farage; Lionel Shriver asks what the destruction in France has actually achieved; Toby Young talks us through his recent…
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Book Club: Lindsey Fitzharris – Sleuth-Hound
October 24, 2026 · 37 minWho was the real Sherlock Holmes? In this episode Sam Leith is joined by medical historian and author Lindsey Fitzharris to discuss her new book, Sleuth Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes. Fitzharris tells the extraordinary story…
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The Edition: Can Macron still control France? with Louis Sarkozy & Loyd Grossman
October 23, 2026 · 45 minFor this week’s Edition, Lara Prendergast is joined by the Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons, writer Louis Sarkozy and broadcaster Sir Loyd Grossman. This week: is France heading for revolution? As protests and unrest grip the…
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Reality Check: Andy Haldane on Burnham, Badenoch & the Budget
October 22, 2026 · 43 minAndy Burnham’s first Budget as Prime Minister is approaching – but higher borrowing costs have already made the sums more difficult. Former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane joins Michael Simmons to warn that Britain has little…
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Quite right!: France is burning – could Britain be next?
October 20, 2026 · 42 minFrance is burning. Over the weekend, students protesting about school conditions were joined by rural voters angry at fuel prices and a violent hard-left fringe. Michael and Maddie ask whether Britain should be worried. Do the same fault…
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Americano: Trump’s decade of power – what went wrong?
October 20, 2026 · 31 minFreddy Gray speaks with Spectator columnist Christopher Caldwell about the ten-year legacy of Donald Trump since his 2016 election victory, assessing his second administration's high-water marks alongside the recent political and personal…
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Spectator Out Loud: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lara Brown, Matthew Parris & William Atkinson
October 19, 2026 · 27 minOn this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Jacob Rees-Mogg talks all things Tory Conference and Tucker Carlson; Lara Brown explores the growing rebellion against screens in schools; Matthew Parris reflects on what will survive us when we’re gone…
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Holy Smoke: Should we worry about Pope Leo?
October 18, 2026 · 21 minPope Leo XIV is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, with doctors removing the lower lobe of his right lung. The Vatican says his recovery is progressing normally, but questions remain over how his illness could…
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The Edition: Are we failing the next generation?
October 17, 2026 · 51 minFor this week’s Edition, William Moore is joined by the Spectator’s commissioning editor Lara Brown, Financial Times columnist and peer Camilla Cavendish and broadcaster and former Labour MP Gloria De Piero. This week: are screens creating…
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Reality Check: Fraser Nelson exposes Britain's welfare pipeline
October 16, 2026 · 48 minIs Britain’s welfare state still a safety net or has it become a pipeline for long-term dependency? Almost one in ten six-year-olds are now categorised as disabled through the benefits system and, on current trends, that figure would rise…

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