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On this week’s show, Peter is chatting about Russell Brand and yet another Newsnight debate about drugs that went sideways, while Sarah will be talking about the toll dementia takes, not least on her father and family.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to ask has Peter unknowingly aligned himself with Trump (it’s very unlikely), why Private Eye can’t quite get him right, the grace of a good grandmother. And Liz Truss, what is she good for? You can finish that sentence yourselves.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
• The Code of the Woosters – P.G. Wodehouse
• A Shropshire Lad – A.E. Housman
• The Father - Dir: Florian Zeller

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

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Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Peter is chatting about his infamous Newsnight appearance alongside one Matthew Perry and Sarah is celebrating grandparents unlike a certain social media advert in Ireland.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to ask how the political right can ever hope to come back in to power or fashion again. Cities the pair would like to live in – don’t invite Sarah to Paris, ever. Where Spain sits on the political spectrum, quite far down the food chain, it seems. And a listener’s travails with the Sunday Mail.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• The One About Matthew Perry – Dir: Mary Robertson
• Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence
• The War We Never Fought – Peter Hitchens
• Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing – Matthew Perry

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Peter would like to talk about the ever-declining Donald Trump while Sarah (and Peter) will be positing their manifesto ideas that could help propel any of the major parties to power. Probably.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to ask whether we are seeing the end of people reading actual books. How the pair react to sometimes ‘feral’ criticism. Marvel at the fact that we have a rollerblading Floridian fan in Key West and ask when’s the right time to clean a building. Truly.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• A Toccata of Galuppi's – Robert Browning
• Lost Horizon – James Hilton
• The Benedict Option – Rob Dreher
• The Strange Death Of Liberal England – George Dangerfield
• The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916–1931 - Adam Tooze

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Peter would like to ask why British troops are playing wargames in support of Ukraine, and escalating the chance of war with Russia, while Sarah wants to know why Paris and huge swathes of France are on fire.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss the Unionist from Northern Ireland taking issue with something Peter said (who knew?). Why the Lib Dems aren’t half as bad as our presenters painted them. Divorce dos and don’ts. And more stories of a hapless WWII mission.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 – Richard Overy
• Bomber Command – Max Hastings
• How Not To Be A Political Wife – Sarah Vine

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Peter would like to talk about proportional representation (he’s not a fan), and as the government launches its ‘Prepare’ campaign, Sarah is busy preparing for the apocalypse.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss American politicians playing the fake Irish card. Why Peter did not get to fulfil his dream of being the captain of a Royal Naval destroyer. What did the sexual revolution ever do for us? And the pair discuss buildings that are built to move us. All human life is here, etc.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• Take A Girl Like You – Kingsley Amis
• The Children Of the New Forest - Frederick Marryat
• The Drowned World – J.G. Ballard
• Old Filth – Jane Gardam
• What Happened to the Corbetts – Nevil Shute
• Too Big To Fail – Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Sarah would like to know why the government is handing out hijabs to channel migrants, and Peter would like to talk about capital punishment, especially in the USA.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss what might happen should we lose the Falklands, the slow erosion that is state surveillance, and even though Peter’s shed a lot of weight, why won’t his old trousers fit him?

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• East Of Eden – John Steinbeck
• Dispatches: Cameron: Toff At The Top
• 12 Angry Men – Dir: Sidney Lumet

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Sarah will be asking why Russia is reviving its doomsday nuclear strike program and how worried should we be about that? And Peter will be looking at the latest news coming out of Northern Ireland as protestors attempt to stop the Orange Order march.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss De Gaulle's infamous 1967 ‘Vive le Québec libre!’ speech, the daunting amount of work that goes into death admin, the curse of TikTok addiction and should we really be having raves in St. Paul’s Cathedral? Probably not.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

• The War Game – Dir: Peter Watkins

• On The Beach – Nevil Shute

• The Greening Of The White House – Conor O’Clery

• This Blessed Plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair – Hugo Young

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Sarah will be looking at the latest revelations swirling around Earl Spencer’s book about his late sister, and Peter will be turning his attention back to Lucy Letby in light of the Thirlwall Inquiry.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss personal political responsibility, there seems to be so little of it left. The great and not so good Grammar schools, asking what did Joseph Conrad ever do for us? And what can one do with the Olympically dim? 

On our reading, listening and watch list this week: 

·      Heart Of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

·      A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System – Peter Hitchens

·      No Love For Johnnie – Wilfred Fienburgh

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Sarah will be asking if AI is really coming for all of us, and she doesn’t just mean our jobs. And Peter would like to know if Alastair Campbell has finally found God. Yes, that took us by surprise too.

And, as pupils nationwide drift back to the classroom, we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss what is school for? How can the Ukraine war possibly end? The latest news on Peter’s compendium of some of his most notable writing, and if you’re attending a dinner party at Sarah’s or Peter’s then expect schnitzel or fish and chips and champagne. We’ll let you find out which.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week: 

·      A Dead Statesman – Rudyard Kipling

·      Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines – Dir: Jonathan Mostow

·      The Abolition of Britain – Peter Hitchens

·      We Must Pace The Frontier - Dario Amodei

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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On this week’s show, Peter has been to the flicks to see the new de Gaulle movie (five stars from Peter), splashed out on some popcorn too, and Sarah is asking is Germany really going to war with Russia.

And we’ll be opening our mailbag to discuss whether there could ever be such a thing as a united Ireland, the evilest person they’ve encountered, should Prince William get a hair weave and what they both watch or do to rile themselves up.

On our reading, listening and watch list this week:

•A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle - Julian Jackson

•This Blessed Plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair – Hugo Young

•Murder At The Castle (A Miss Merkel Mystery) - David Safier

•Dawn Of The Dead – Dir: George Romero

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Phillip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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