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Spectator Out Loud
Spectator Out Loud
121 episodes
21 hours ago
A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture.

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A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Politics
Society & Culture,
News,
News Commentary
Episodes (20/121)
Spectator Out Loud
Christmas II: Dominic Sandbrook, Philip Hensher, Steve Morris, Christopher Howse, Michael Hann & Mary Killen

On this week’s special Christmas edition of Spectator Out Loud – part two: Dominic Sandbrook reflects on whether Lady Emma Hamilton is the 18th century’s answer to Bonnie Blue; Philip Hensher celebrates the joy of a miserable literary Christmas; Steve Morris argues that an angel is for life, not just for Christmas; Christopher Howse ponders the Spectator’s enduring place in fiction; Michael Hann explains what links Jeffrey Dahmer to the Spice Girls; and, the Spectator’s agony aunt Mary Killen – Dear Mary herself – answers Christmas queries from Emily Maitlis, Elizabeth Day, Rory Stewart and an anonymous Chief Whip of Reform UK. 

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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21 hours ago
40 minutes 43 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Christmas I: James Heale, Gyles Brandreth, Avi Loeb, Melanie McDonagh, Mary Wakefield, Richard Bratby & Rupert Hawksley

On this week’s special Christmas edition of Spectator Out Loud – part one: James Heale wonders if Keir Starmer will really have a happy new year; Gyles Brandreth discusses Her Majesty The Queen’s love of reading, and reveals which books Her Majesty has personally recommended to give this Christmas; Avi Loeb explains why a comet could be a spaceship; Melanie McDonagh compares Protestant and Catholic ghosts; Mary Wakefield explains what England’s old folk songs can teach us; Richard Bratby says there is joy to be found in composers’ graves; and, Rupert Hawksley provides his notes on washing up.

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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1 week ago
44 minutes 15 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
What's the greatest artwork of the century so far?

For this week's Spectator Out Loud, we include a compilation of submissions by our writers for their greatest artwork of the 21st century so far. Following our arts editor Igor Toronyi-Lalic, you can hear from: Graeme Thomson, Lloyd Evans, Slavoj Zizek, Damian Thompson, Richard Bratby, Liz Anderson, Deborah Ross, Calvin Po, Tanjil Rashid, James Walton, Rupert Christiansen and Christopher Howse.


Produced by Patrick Gibbons.

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2 weeks ago
14 minutes 12 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Lara Brown, James Heale, Sam Olsen & Toby Young

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Lara Brown reports on how young women are saying ’no’ to marriage; James Heale takes us through the history of the Budgets via drink; Sam Olsen reviews Ruthless by Edmond Smith and looks at Britain’s history of innovation and exploitation; and, Toby Young questions the burdensome regulation over Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). 

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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3 weeks ago
18 minutes 52 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
William Atkinson, Andreas Roth, Philip Womack, Mary Wakefield & Muriel Zagha

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: William Atkinson reveals his teenage brush with a micropenis; Andreas Roth bemoans the dumbing down of German education; Philip Womack wonders how the hyphen turned political; Mary Wakefield questions the latest AI horror story – digitising dead relatives; and, Muriel Zagha celebrates Powell & Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going!


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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3 weeks ago
33 minutes 8 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
John Power, Madeline Grant, Ysenda Maxtone-Graham, Calvin Po & Gus Carter

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power examines the rise in drug abuse and homelessness on British streets; Madeline Grant explains the allure of Hollywood radical Sydney Sweeney; Ysenda Maxtone Graham laments the rise of the on-the-day party flake; Calvin Po warns of a war on Britain’s historic architecture; and Gus Carter reads his Notes on the brasserie chain Browns.

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1 month ago
33 minutes 8 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
James Heale, Margaret Mitchell, Damien Thompson, Rebecca Reid & Julie Bindel

On this week's Spectator Out Loud: James Heale considers the climate conundrum at the heart of British politics; Rebecca Reid explains why she's given up polyamory; Damien Thompson recounts the classical music education from his school days; Margaret Mitchell asks what's happened to Britain's apples; and Julie Bindel marvels at the history of pizza. 

Produced and presented by James Lewis.

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1 month ago
26 minutes 19 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Luke Coppen, Mary Wakefield, Daniel McCarthy, Michael Simmons & Hugh Thomson

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen looks at a new musical subgenre of Roman Catholic black metal; Mary Wakefield celebrates cartoonist Michael Heath as he turns 90 – meaning he has drawn for the Spectator for 75 years; looking to Venezuela, Daniel McCarthy warns Trump about the perils of regime change; Michael Simmons bemoans how Britain is beholden to bad data; and, Hugh Thomson looks at celebrity terrorists as he reviews Jason Burke’s The Revolutionists.

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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1 month ago
34 minutes 16 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Max Jeffery, Sam Leith, Michael Henderson, Madeline Grant & Julie Bindel

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery examines Britain’s new hard left alliance; Sam Leith wonders what Prince Andrew is playing; Michael Henderson reads his letter from Berlin; Madeline Grant analyses the demise of the American ‘wasp’ – or White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant; and, Julie Bindel ponders the disturbing allure of sex robots.

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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1 month ago
35 minutes 54 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Best of Notes on...

The Best of Notes on... gathers the funniest, sharpest and most wonderfully random pieces from The Spectator’s beloved miscellany column. For more than a decade, these short, sharp essays have uncovered the intrigue in the everyday and the delight in digression. To purchase the book, go to spectator.co.uk/shop


On this special episode of Spectator Out Loud, you can hear from: William Moore on jeans; Laura Freeman on Brits in Paris; Justin Marozzi on boxer shorts; Mark Mason on coming second; Michael Simmons on doner kebabs; Fergus Butler-Gallie on Friday the 13th; Hannah Tomes on rude place names; and, Margaret Mitchell on lobsters.


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons, with an introduction from William Moore.

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2 months ago
28 minutes 58 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Nick Boles, James Ball, Andrew Rosenheim, Arabella Byrne & Rory Sutherland

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Nick Boles says that Ukraine must stand as a fortress of European freedom; James Ball reviews If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI, by Eliezer Yudowsky and Nate Sores; Andrew Rosenheim examines the treasure trove of John Le Carre’s papers at the Bodleian; Arabella Byrne provides her notes on skip-diving; and, in the battle of the sexes, Rory Sutherland says the thing to fear is not feminisation, but emasculation.

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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2 months ago
27 minutes 3 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Tim Shipman, Ian Williams, Theo Hobson, Lara Prendergast & Lisa Haseldine

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman says that the real war for the right is yet to come; Ian Williams examines the farce over the collapses China espionage case; Theo Hobson argues that the Church of England is muddled over sex and marriage; Lara Prendergast reads her letter from America; and, Lisa Haseldine goes on manoeuvres with the German army, the Bundeswehr.

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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2 months ago
34 minutes 1 second

Spectator Out Loud
James Heale, William Atkinson, David Shipley, Angus Colwell and Aidan Hartley

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale says that, for Labour, party conference was a ‘holiday from reality’; William Atkinson argues that the ‘cult of Thatcher’ needs to die; David Shipley examines the luxury of French prisons; Angus Colwell provides his notes on swan eating; and, Aidan Hartley takes listeners on a paleoanthropological tour from the Cradle of Mankind. 


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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2 months ago
24 minutes 9 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Matthew Parris, Stephen J. Shaw, Henry Jeffreys, Tessa Dunlop and Angus Colwell

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Parris reflects on the gay rights movement in the UK; faced with Britain’s demographic declines, Stephen J. Shaw argues that Britain needs to recover a sense of ‘futurehood’; Henry Jeffreys makes the case for disposing of wine lists; Tessa Dunlop reviews Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace: The Inside Story of the Monarchy and 10 Downing Street; and, Angus Colwell reviews a new podcast on David Bowie from BBC Sounds.  


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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2 months ago
30 minutes 34 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
John Power, Nick Carter, Elisabeth Dampier, Maggie Fergusson & Mark Mason

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: John Power argues the Oxford Union has a ‘lynch-mob mindset’; Elisabeth Dampier explains why she would never date a German; Nick Carter makes the case for licensing MDMA to treat veterans with PTSD; Maggie Fergusson reviews Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island by Mike Pitts; and, Mark Mason provides his notes on guided walks. Mark will also be hosting a guided walk for the Spectator, for tickets go to www.spectator.co.uk/events


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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3 months ago
25 minutes 36 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
James Heale, Robert Hardman, Francis Pike, Henrietta Harding & Mary Wakefield

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale reports on the battle for the north; Robert Hardman provides his royal notebook; who’s really in charge of China, asks Francis Pike; Henrietta Harding goes on Ozempic safari; and, Mary Wakefield explains how to raise a patriot.


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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3 months ago
31 minutes 21 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Tim Shipman, Colin Freeman, Rachel Clarke, Michael Gove & Melanie Ferbreach

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman interviews shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick (plus – Tim explains the significance of Jenrick’s arguments in a special introduction); Colin Freeman wonders why the defenders of Ukraine have been abandoned; Rachel Clarke reviews Liam Shaw and explains the urgency needed to find new antibiotics; Michael Gove reviews Tom McTague and ponders the path that led to the UK voting to leave the EU; and, Melanie Ferbreach provides her notes on made-up language.


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.


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3 months ago
39 minutes 12 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Tom Slater, Justin Marozzi, Iben Thranholm, Angus Colwell & Philip Womack

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Tom Slater says that Britain is having its own gilet jaunes moment; Justin Marozzi reads his historian’s notebook; Iben Thranholm explains how Denmark’s ‘spiritual rearmament’ is a lesson for the West; Angus Colwell praises BBC Alba; and, Philip Womack provides his notes on flatmates.


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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3 months ago
27 minutes 29 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Svitlana Morenets, Michael Simmons, Ursula Buchan, Igor Toronyi-Lalic, Richard Morris & Mark Mason

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Svitlana Morenets says that Trump has given Zelensky cause for hope; Michael Simmons looks at how the American healthcare system is keeping the NHS afloat; Ursula Buchan explains how the Spectator shaped John Buchan; Igor Toronyi-Lalic argues that art is no place for moralising, as he reviews Rosanna McLaughlin; Richard Morris reveals how to access the many treasures locked away in private homes; and, Mark Mason provides his notes on bank holidays.


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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4 months ago
36 minutes 41 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
Patrick Kidd, Madeline Grant, Simon Heffer, Lloyd Evans & Toby Young

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Patrick Kidd asks why is sport so obsessed with Goats; Madeline Grant wonders why the government doesn’t show J.D. Vance the real Britain; Simon Heffer reviews Progress: A History of Humanity’s Worst Idea; Lloyd Evans provides a round-up of Edinburgh Fringe; and, Toby Young writes in praise of Wormwood Scrubs – the common, not the prison.


Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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4 months ago
27 minutes 48 seconds

Spectator Out Loud
A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.