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Spectator Out Loud

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  • Each week we choose three pieces from the magazine, and ask their writers to read them aloud.
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  • Peter Parker, Wayne Hunt, Nicholas Lezard, Mark Mason and Nicholas Farrell

    Peter Parker, Wayne Hunt, Nicholas Lezard, Mark Mason and Nicholas Farrell
    Jun 1 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Peter Parker takes us through the history of guardsmen and homosexuality (1:12); Prof. Wayne Hunt explains what the Conservatives could learn from the 1993 Canadian election (9:10); Nicholas Lezard reflects on the diaries of Franz Kafka, on the eve of his centenary (16:06); Mark Mason provides his notes on Horse Guards (22:52); and, Nicholas Farrell ponders his wife’s potential suitors, once he’s died (26:01).

    Presented and produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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    33 mins
  • Quentin Letts, Owen Matthews, Michael Hann, Laura Gascoigne, and Michael Simmons

    Quentin Letts, Owen Matthews, Michael Hann, Laura Gascoigne, and Michael Simmons
    May 25 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Quentin Letts takes us through his diary for the week (1:12); Owen Matthews details the shadow fleet helping Russia to evade sanctions (7:15); Michael Hann reports on the country music revival (15:05); Laura Gascoigne reviews exhibitions at the Tate Britain and at Studio Voltaire (21:20); and, Michael Simmons provides his notes on the post-pub stable, the doner kebab (26:20).

    Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Oscar Edmondson.
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    30 mins
  • Max Jeffery, David Shipley, Patrick Kidd, Cindy Yu, and Hugh Thomson

    Max Jeffery, David Shipley, Patrick Kidd, Cindy Yu, and Hugh Thomson
    May 18 2024
    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery interviews Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Massoud (1:13); former prisoner David Shipley ponders the power of restorative justice (8:23); Patrick Kidd argues that the Church should do more to encourage volunteers (14:15); Cindy Yu asks if the tiger mother is an endangered species (21:06); and, Hugh Thomson reviews Mick Conefrey’s book Fallen, examining George Mallory’s tragic Everest expedition (26:20).

    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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    33 mins
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