Best of the Spectator

Join Katy Balls as she talks to MP Jess Phillips about growing up in an activist home, her life path before becoming an MP and her newfound Twitter fame. Women With Balls is a podcast series where Katy Balls speak to women at the top of their respective games. To hear past episodes, visit spectator.co.uk/balls . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.  Hosted by Lara Prendergast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter with Kansas, and Rendezvous with Oblivion.  Hosted by Freddy Gray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to journalist Zoe Strimpel about whether apps have ruined dating (00:40). Plus, what does the case of disappeared horses and how the RSPCA is more powerful than you think (20:00). Finally, the debate over neurodiversity and why it's dividing the autistic community (30:10). With Zoe Strimpel, Dr. Cath Mercer, Laura James, Matt Tunstill, and Melissa Kite.  Presented by Lara Prende...

With Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.  Hosted by John Connolly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's books podcast I'm joined from Los Angeles by Andrew Morton -- the Royal writer who scooped the world with the inside story of Princess Diana's marriage. To coincide with the publication of a revised and expanded edition of Diana, Her True Story -- including new material recovered from the tapes they smuggled out of Kensington Palace -- he looks back on those days and that story, and...

Hosted by Lara Prendergast. With Fraser Nelson and Katy Balls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Freddy Gray and Jacob Heilbrunn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With James Forsyth and special guest David Shiels, Policy Analyst at Open Europe. Hosted by Katy Balls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With James Forsyth and Fraser Nelson.  Presented by Katy Balls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Barbara Boland. Presented by Freddy Gray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.  Presented by Lara Prendergast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, May prepares for her last shot with Brussels, but can she get what she wants (0:35)? We also talk to Stephen Gibbs, a journalist on the ground in Caracas, about the nightmare in Venezuela (14:30). And last, we take a look at another big issue of the day - are induction hobs simply reinventing the wheel (25:35)?  With James Forsyth, Peter Foster, Stephen Gibbs, Joanna Rossiter,  Ysenda M...

In this week's books podcast Sam is joined by Josh Cohen, author of the Not Working: Why We Have To Stop. Josh is a literary critic and a working psychoanalyst, and his book is a thoughtful and subtle discussion of the way in which work dominates not only our lives and identities but our leisure time too -- and a speculation about some of the ways we might set about changing that. His references r...

This is a picture of my sister Carmel and I having tea a few days after our mother’s funeral. She looks cheerful, doesn’t she? That’s because she was: although we both missed our mother intensely, and always will, we had done most of our grieving before she died, as we watched her tortured by Parkinson’s disease and severe dementia. Carmel looks well, too. And she thought she was. Ovarian cancer p...

Sarah Baxter is Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times. Katy talks to Sarah about what it was like to be a woman in the lobby before 'Blair's Babes', the best way to tackle sexism (she says, ignore it and go 'full speed ahead'), and whether Jeremy Corbyn is quite the Labour leader she hopes for. Presented by Katy Balls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have vegans and vegetarians won the moral argument in the war on meat (1:00)? Plus, are Anglicans hoping to reconcile with Catholics (11:25)? And last, why is Michael Gove crusading against the wood-burning stove (25:40)? With Jenny McCartney, Dominika Piasecka, Peter Hitchens, Damian Thompson, James Delingpole and Fraser Nelson. Presented by Lara Prendergast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

In this week’s books podcast, Sam's guest is Robert Alter - who has just published the fruits of decades of labour in the form of his complete new translation of the Hebrew Bible into English. Acclaimed for his Bible translations by Seamus Heaney, John Updike and Peter Ackroyd, Prof Alter explains how Biblical Hebrew really works, what can and cannot be preserved in translation - and why, as he se...

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth. Presented by Isabel Hardman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Zack Christenson. Presented by Freddy Gray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth. Presented by Cindy Yu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s another crazy week in Westminster, and the question on everyone’s minds – what happens next? We talk to Paul Mason, Henry Newman, and Katy Balls (00:50). Plus, should councils turf out the social housing tenants whose circumstances improve (23:45)? With Paul Mason, Henry Newman, Katy Balls, Mark Piggott, and Luke Doonan. Presented by Isabel Hardman. Produced by Cindy Yu and Alastair Thomas. H...

In this week's episode, Sam talks to investigative journalist Kajsa Norman about her book 'Sweden's Dark Soul'. In it, she turns her gaze on the oppressive forces at the heart of Sweden’s ‘model democracy’. The story begins with the cover-up of mass sexual assaults at a Stockholm music festival. The reason? The perpetrators were unaccompanied refugee minors. Presented by Sam Leith. Hosted on Acast...

With Katy Balls and James Forsyth. Presented by Cindy Yu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.