Podcast Review
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
Two sides of the weird frontier
The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
