On Thursday the 15th of May, the Spectator is hosting a live book club event. Sam Leith will be joined by

former Telegraph editor-in-chief and military historian Max Hastings. It will be an opportunity to talk

about Max's new book, Sword, D-Day, trial by battle, as well as mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

The full details are as follows. 730 on Thursday

15th of May at the Shaw Theatre in Houston, London, and tickets start from £27.50, although I

believe there are ticket options that include a signed copy of the book. For those tickets, go to

www.spectator.com.com.com. We look forward to seeing you there.

Hello and welcome to Table Talk, the Spectator's Food and Drink podcast. I'm

Lara Prendergast. And I'm Olivia Potts. And today we're delighted to be

joined by Gok Juan. Gok is the renowned stylist and television presenter. And over the years,

he's transformed the way we think about style and body image with many of his love series,

including How to Look Good Naked and Gok's fashion fix. His focus on body positivity was the

antidote to much of the crash dieting

fads which dominated the noughties. Later in his career, Gok drew upon his Chinese heritage and

childhood growing up in a Chinese takeaway to author books on Chinese cooking. Gok, welcome to

table talk. Thanks very much. What a lovely intro. What a gorgeous intro. It's lovely

to be joined at the table with you. Are we imagining a virtual table right now? We are and it's

groaning under the weight of fantastic dishes and all your culinary memories. Do you know what? I love

anything that groans. I can be very honest with you. I just love it. I'm imagining that we've

probably got terracotta plates and bowls. I think they're a bit mismatch. I think we've probably

got some really nice earthy linens on the table as well. And I'm imagining it's probably wildflowers.

I mean, I've done the table, obviously. So I've done it. And sharing star dishes, because that's of the moment, right?

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