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Book Club: David Quantick – The Hyena

On this week’s Book Club, Sam Leith is joined by journalist, comedy writer and novelist David Quantick to discuss his new book, The Hyena – a fictional autobiography of D

Quite right!: Russell Brand's fall – ‘the Left faces a reckoning’

Michael Gove and Lara Brown discuss the downfall of Russell Brand, and ask why the BBC and figures on the Left were so willing to embrace him. What does his rise and fall

Reality Check: Dan Neidle on Britain's most hated tax

Inheritance tax is one of Britain's most unpopular taxes – but why, when so few people actually pay it? Michael Simmons is joined by tax expert Dan Neidle, founder of Tax

Spectator Out Loud: Harry Cole, Max Jeffery, Lisa Haseldine, Lord Sumption & Nicholas Lezard

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Harry Cole traverses America during the US midterms; Max Jeffery dissects the problems caused by the early release scheme; Lisa Haseldi

Holy Smoke: Anshel Pfeffer – is religion deciding Israel’s future?

Israel has voted in its first general election since the 7th of October attacks, and the result is deadlock. Netanyahu’s bloc took 53 seats, the opposition 48 and the Ara

Coffee House Shots: 'We need to get real' – Claire Ainsley on Starmer, Burnham and Labour’s future

Labour has a new leader, but does Andy Burnham have a plan to give voters back control? In this episode of Coffee House Shots, Noa Hoffman speaks to Claire Ainsley, Keir

The Edition: can the American right recover? | with Tim Stanley

This week: Lara Prendergast is joined by Michael Gove, Tali Fraser and Tim Stanley. Has Labour lost control of Britain's prisons? As the government's early release schem

Book Club: Marina Litvinenko – A Life in Fragments

In this week's Book Club, Sam Leith is joined by Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, to discuss her new book, A Life in Fragments:

Quite right!: Reparations row – why Britain should NOT pay up

As Commonwealth leaders demand slavery reparations from Britain, Michael Gove and Madeline Grant ask whether the UK should pay for the sins of its past. Has the governmen

Americano: John Fund – Can we really trust the midterm polls?

In this episode of Americano, Freddy Gray and National Review columnist John Fund analyse the upcoming U.S. midterms, exploring how systemic polling flaws distort voter d

Spectator Out Loud: Noa Hoffman, John Power, Martin Vander Weyer & Olivia Potts

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Noa Hoffman’s Tel Aviv dispatch explains the state of the Israeli elections; John Power looks at Miatta Fahnbulleh’s remarkable family

The Edition: How the middle classes pay for the state – but increasingly don’t use it | with Simon Jenkins & Genevieve Gaunt

For this week’s Edition, William Moore is joined by the Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons, the journalist and author Simon Jenkins and the actress and Spectato

Coffee House Shots: The OBR's verdict on Healey

John Healey’s budget on Wednesday contained 98 measures, the most since 2010, and yet the OBR appears to be questioning the extent of his £15 billion in headroom. Tim Shi

Quite right!: Douglas Murray interview | Part two

In the second part of Michael Gove’s conversation with Douglas Murray, they discuss the rise of antisemitism, the Left’s obsession with Palestine and the unlikely allianc

Reality Check LIVE: Healey's Budget – trick or treat?

Chancellor John Healey has just delivered his first Budget of the Andy Burnham premiership – but has he done enough to turn the economy around? In this special live edit

Quite right!: Douglas Murray interview | Part one

As 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

Coffee House Shots: Col Richard Williams on the SAS witch hunt

Just 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 I

Spectator Out Loud: James Heale, Lionel Shriver, Toby Young & Lara Prendergast

On 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 Fra

Book Club: Lindsey Fitzharris – Sleuth-Hound

Who 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 o

The Edition: Can Macron still control France? with Louis Sarkozy & Loyd Grossman

For 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 wee