Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Parris, Stephen J. Shaw, Henry Jeffreys, Tessa Dunlop and Angus Colwell

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Matthew Parris reflects on the gay rights movement in the UK; faced with Britain’s demographic declines, Stephen J. Shaw argues that Britain needs to recover a sense of ‘futurehood’; Henry Jeffreys makes the case for disposing of wine lists; Tessa Dunlop reviews Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace: The Inside Story of the Monarchy and 10 Downing Street; and, Angus Colwell reviews a new podcast on David Bowie from BBC Sounds.

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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0:23.3	UK.
0:23.6	Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud, where each week we choose some of our favourite pieces from the magazine and ask their
0:38.0	writers to read them aloud. I'm Patrick Gibbons, and on this week's podcast, Matthew Paris reflects on the gay rights movement here in the UK.
0:45.3	Worrying about declining birth rates, Stephen Jay Shaw argues that Britain needs to recover its collective confidence.
0:52.0	Henry Jeffries makes the case for disposing of wine lists.
0:55.8	Tessa Dunlop, author of Elizabeth and Philip, A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy,
1:00.9	and co-host of the podcast Where Politics Meets History, reviews Valentine Lowe's Power in the Palace,
1:06.9	the inside story of the monarchy and Ten Downing Street.
1:10.3	And finally, Angus Colwell reviews music Uncovered David Bowie, Changeling,
1:14.5	a new podcast from BBC Sounds.
1:17.1	Up first, Matthew Paris.
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