Hello and welcome to the week in 60 minutes, brought to you by Spectator TV and broadcast on this Thursday, August the 10th. My name is Freddie Gray and I will be your host today.

On the show this week. Vladimir Putin may or may not be winning his war against Ukraine,

but is he winning the bigger spiritual war that he is waging against the West?

Lionel Shriver has written about that subject in the magazine this week, and I'll be talking to her,

as well as the writer Rob Henderson.

And speaking of spiritual wars, the cover of the spectator this week, here it is, is about the war on countryside

pursuits. William Moore, the spectators William Moore, has written the piece and I'll be

talking to him about the ongoing lawfare against hunting, shooting and fishing.

And then we will turn our attentions towards America and talk about the

bubbling story that is Hunter Biden and his dodgy past. I'll be talking to Ben Shrekinger of Politico

about that ongoing scandal. And then we will come back to Britain and ask the important question, what is the

matter with e-bikes? Peter Hitchens has written a tirade against electric bikes and a bit against

e-scooters as well. And he'll be joined by Henry Mance, who's an e-bike fan, and Peter's been quite rude about Henry,

so we'll have to see what those do have to say to each other. And finally, we're going to talk

about sourdough, Julie Bindle, who normally writes about feminism and very important topics,

has written an extremely popular piece on the

spectator's website about how much she dislikes sourdough bread. I'm a bit of a

sourdough fan so stay tuned for that clash. But before we get going I'd like to

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