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Each week we choose three pieces from the magazine, and ask their writers to read them aloud.

Spectator Out Loud Spectator Out Loud

    • Government
    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

Each week we choose three pieces from the magazine, and ask their writers to read them aloud.

    Svitlana Morenets, Mary Wakefield, Max Jeffery, Sam Leith and Richard Bratby

    Svitlana Morenets, Mary Wakefield, Max Jeffery, Sam Leith and Richard Bratby

    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: In light of the help Israel received, Svitlana Morenets issues a challenge to the West to help Ukraine (1:15); Mary Wakefield questions the slow response to the Ministry of Defence being daubed in paint (7:33);  Max Jeffery discusses the aims and tactics of the group responsible for the protest, Youth Demand (13:25); Sam Leith reviews Salman Rushdie's new book (18:59); and Richard Bratby pays tribute to Michael Tanner, The Spectator critic who died earlier this month (27:34).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

    • 34 min
    Matthew Parris, Laurie Graham, Rachel Johnson, Laura Gascoigne and Angus Colwell

    Matthew Parris, Laurie Graham, Rachel Johnson, Laura Gascoigne and Angus Colwell

    This week: Matthew Parris questions what's left to say about the Tories (00:57), Laurie Graham discusses her struggle to see a GP (07:35), Rachel Johnson makes the case against women only clubs (13:38), Laura Gascoigne tells us the truth about Caravaggio's last painting (19:21) and Angus Colwell reads his notes on wild garlic (28:58). 
     
    Produced by Oscar Edmondson, Margaret Mitchell and Patrick Gibbons. 
     
    Presented by Oscar Edmondson. 

    • 32 min
    James Heale, Madeleine Teahan, Tanya Gold and William Moore

    James Heale, Madeleine Teahan, Tanya Gold and William Moore

    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: James Heale suggests that the London mayoral race could be closer than we think (1:02); Madeleine Teahan argues that babies with down’s syndrome have a right to be born (6:15); Tanya Gold reports from Jerusalem as Israel’s war enters its seventh month (12:32); and William Moore reveals what he has in common with Kim Jong Un (18:25).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

    • 22 min
    Sophie Winkleman, Svitlana Morenets, Candida Crewe and Ysenda Maxtone Graham

    Sophie Winkleman, Svitlana Morenets, Candida Crewe and Ysenda Maxtone Graham

    This week: Sophie Winkleman tells us why she's fighting to ban smartphones for children (01:01), Svitlana Morenets details how Ukraine plans to revive its birthrate (05:52), Candida Crewe laments the blight that is UHT milk (12:41), and Ysenda Maxtone Graham mourns the loss of the St John's Voices choir (22:43).

    • 27 min
    Richard Madeley, Kate Andrews, Lloyd Evans, Sam McPhail and Graeme Thomson

    Richard Madeley, Kate Andrews, Lloyd Evans, Sam McPhail and Graeme Thomson

    This week: Richard Madeley reads his diary (01:06), Kate Andrews describes how Kate-gate gripped America (06:18), Lloyd Evans warns against meddling with Shakespeare (11:38), Sam McPhail details how Cruyff changed modern football (18:17), and Graeme Thomson reads his interview with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera (25:23). 

    Produced and presented by Oscar Edmondson. 

    • 35 min
    William Moore, Sean Thomas, Matt Ridley, Lionel Shriver and Kate Andrews

    William Moore, Sean Thomas, Matt Ridley, Lionel Shriver and Kate Andrews

    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: William Moore questions if the Church of England is about the apologise for Christianity (1:19); Sean Thomas recounts his experience taking ayahuasca in Colombia (8:13); Matt Ridley argues that private landowners make better conservationists (16:40); Lionel Shriver warns against pathological niceness in the debate about immigration (28:37); and, Kate Andrews reviews a play at the Olivier about Nye Bevan (36:57).
     
    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.

    • 41 min

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