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Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty, Michael Simmons, Paul Wood, Philip Hensher, Isabel Hardman and Damian Thompson

Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty, Michael Simmons, Paul Wood, Philip Hensher, Isabel Hardman and Damian Thompson

Update: 2025-01-12
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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty argues that the drive to reduce teenage pregnancies enabled grooming gangs (1:27 ); following Luke Littler’s world championship victory, Michael Simmons says that Gen Z is ruining darts (6:32 ); Paul Wood looks at the return of Isis, and America’s unlikely ally in its fight against the terrorist group (10:35 ); Philip Hensher reviews a new biography of the Brothers Grimm by Ann Schmiesing, and looks at how words can be as dangerous as war (17:57 ); Isabel Hardman highlights the new garden now open at the Natural History Museum (26:57 ); and, Damian Thompson reveals he watched videos of plane crashes to distract himself from the US election coverage – why? (31:40 ). 

 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
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Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty, Michael Simmons, Paul Wood, Philip Hensher, Isabel Hardman and Damian Thompson

Spectator Out Loud: Catherine Lafferty, Michael Simmons, Paul Wood, Philip Hensher, Isabel Hardman and Damian Thompson

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