The Edition

Gender wars: the Union's new battle line


Listen Later

On the podcast this week: 

In his cover piece for the magazine Iain Macwhirter writes in the aftermath of the government’s decision to block the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill from gaining Royal Assent. He joins the podcast with Observer columnist Sonia Sodha to discuss the Union’s new battle line (01:03). 

Also this week: why are our prisons still in lockdown? 

Charlie Taylor, HM’s Chief Inspector of Prisons writes about some of his recent observations visiting institutions around the country. He says that control measures are failing both inmates and the taxpayer. He is joined by journalist David James Smith to examine this post-Covid inertia in UK prisons (16:48). 

And finally:

In The Spectator this week opera singer and comedian Melinda Hughes says that BBC Radio 3 is failing classical music fans by copying the likes of Classic FM and Scala Radio. She is joined by Sir Nicholas Kenyon, former controller of Radio 3 and the Telegraph’s opera critic, to debate whether the station is dumbing down (27:01). 

Hosted by William Moore. 

Produced by Oscar Edmondson. 

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


For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.


Contact us: [email protected]

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

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The EditionBy The Spectator

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

38 ratings


More shows like The Edition

View all
Political Fix by Financial Times

Political Fix

145 Listeners

Daily Politics from the New Statesman by The New Statesman

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

139 Listeners

The Book Club by The Spectator

The Book Club

85 Listeners

Best of the Spectator by The Spectator

Best of the Spectator

183 Listeners

Coffee House Shots by The Spectator

Coffee House Shots

178 Listeners

Politics Unpacked by Times Radio

Politics Unpacked

109 Listeners

Americano by The Spectator

Americano

263 Listeners

Holy Smoke by The Spectator

Holy Smoke

127 Listeners

The spiked podcast by The spiked podcast

The spiked podcast

202 Listeners

The Brendan O'Neill Show by The Brendan O'Neill Show

The Brendan O'Neill Show

359 Listeners

Last Orders - a spiked podcast by Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Last Orders - a spiked podcast

58 Listeners

Table Talk by The Spectator

Table Talk

10 Listeners

What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott by Geoff Norcott

What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

57 Listeners

The Daily T by The Telegraph

The Daily T

131 Listeners

Reality Check by The Spectator

Reality Check

1 Listeners

Planet Normal by The Telegraph

Planet Normal

177 Listeners

Political Currency by Persephonica

Political Currency

126 Listeners

Quite right! by The Spectator

Quite right!

55 Listeners