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Spectator Out Loud: Alexandra Shulman, Sean Thomas, Matthew Parris, Adrian Dannatt and Philip Hensher

Best of the Spectator

The Spectator

News Commentary, News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.4785 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Alexandra Shulman reads her fashion notebook (1:13); Sean Thomas asks if a demilitarised zone in Ukraine is inevitable (6:02); Matthew Parris argues against proportional representation (13:47); Adrian Dannatt explains his new exhibition Fresh Window: the art of display and display of art (21:46); and Philip Hensher declares he has met the man of his dreams: his Turkish barber (28:17). 

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud.

0:10.5

Each week we choose some of our favourite pieces from the magazine

0:13.5

and ask their writers to read them aloud.

0:16.4

I'm Patrick Gibbons and on this week's podcast.

0:19.7

Alexandra Shawman, the former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, reads her fashion notebook for the season.

0:25.7

Sean Thomas looks to Korea and asks, is a demilitarized zone for Ukraine inevitable?

0:31.8

As Ireland recovers from its election and Germans look ahead to theirs, Matthew Paris argues that proportional representation is a fraud.

0:39.6

Adrian Danat explains the new exhibition he has co-c curated.

0:43.8

Fresh window, the art of display and display of art, is at the Museum Tangoli in Switzerland until

0:49.5

the 11th of May 2025.

0:52.2

And finally, Philip Henscher declares he has met the man of his dreams, his Turkish barber.

0:58.7

Up first, Alexandra Shulman.

1:01.1

Since I'm considering giving a small Christmas drinks party, I've been reading all the festive

1:06.1

entertainment features.

1:08.1

There are recipes for canopays.

1:10.2

Does anyone actually make their own complicated snacks,

1:13.9

floral arrangements, garden illuminations and individual cocktails? These suggestions are exhausting

1:20.4

enough to put one right off the whole idea. All the experts interviewed on their entertaining

1:26.2

skills share an insouciance about hosting, which unfortunately bears no resemblance to how I feel in the run-up.

1:34.0

They don't appear to stress about numbers, are able to whip up simple, delicious food for a cast of thousands, and always hear the doorbell ring.

1:42.8

They never seem to fret about whether it's necessary to have a coat rail

1:46.3

and whether it's all too much of a crush.

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