That's Life

A weekly compilation of our favourite articles from The Spectator magazine, read aloud by their writers, from politics to arts, foreign affairs to culture.

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Sean Thomas, John Power, Susie Mesure, Olivia Potts and Rory Sutherland
Jun 13, 2025 – 22:12
Max Jeffery, Tanya Gold, Madeline Grant, Matthew Parris and Calvin Po
Jun 6, 2025 – 28:49
Arabella Byrne, Sean Thomas, Mathew Lyons, Bryan Appleyard & Chas Newkey-Burden
May 30, 2025 – 28:07
James Heale, Angus Colwell, Alice Loxton, Lloyd Evans, Richard Bratby, Christopher Howse and Catriona Olding
May 24, 2025 – 37:41
Low Life: The Spectator columns of Jeremy Clarke
May 21, 2025 – 28:14
Michael Gove, Max Jeffery, Paul Wood, Susannah Jowitt and Leyla Sanai
May 17, 2025 – 37:26
Olenka Hamilton, Melanie McDonagh, Hannah Moore, James Delingpole and William Atkinson
May 9, 2025 – 30:24
Ian Williams, Philip Patrick, Guy Stagg, Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Mark Mason and Catriona Olding
May 2, 2025 – 36:50
Owen Matthews, Matthew Parris, Marcus Nevitt, Angus Colwell and Sean Thomas
Apr 25, 2025 – 30:47
Paul Wood, Katy Balls, Olivia Potts, Benedict Allen, Cosmo Landesman and Aidan Hartley
Apr 18, 2025 – 40:06
Petroc Trelawny, Gareth Roberts, Tom Lee, Leyla Sanai and Iram Ramzan
Apr 11, 2025 – 28:07
Gavin Mortimer, Colin Freeman, Lawrence Osborne, Lionel Shriver and Anthony Cummins
Apr 4, 2025 – 34:10
Owen Matthews, James Heale, Francis Pike, Christian House and Mark Mason
Mar 28, 2025 – 32:06
Henry Jeffreys, Marcus Walker, Angus Colwell, Nicolas Farrell and Rory Sutherland
Mar 21, 2025 – 28:28
Colin Freeman, Harry Ritchie, Max Jeffery, Michael Gove and Catriona Olding
Mar 15, 2025 – 34:54
Harry Cole, Zoe Strimpel, Michael Simmons, Nigel Warburton and Justin Marozzi
Mar 7, 2025 – 29:15
Paul Wood, Matthew Parris, Ian Buruma, Hermione Eyre and Francis Young
Feb 28, 2025 – 33:19
Hugh Schofield, Igor Toronyi-Lalic & Michael Simmons, Lisa Haseldine, Alice Loxton and Aidan Hartley
Feb 21, 2025 – 36:57
James Heale, Andrew Kenny, Lara Prendergast, Ysenda Maxtone Graham and Nina Power
Feb 14, 2025 – 40:40
Katy Balls, Alexander Raubo, Damian Thompson, Daisy Dunn and Mark Mason
Feb 7, 2025 – 26:22
Loyd Grossman, Tanya Gold, Harry Halem, Angus Colwell, Philippe Sands and Michael Simmons
Jan 31, 2025 – 44:53
Freddy Gray, Tanya Gold, Rose George, Toby Young and Rory Sutherland
Jan 24, 2025 – 27:46
Michael Gove, Mary Wakefield, Mitchell Reiss, Max Jeffery and Nicholas Farrell
Jan 17, 2025 – 31:46
Catherine Lafferty, Michael Simmons, Paul Wood, Philip Hensher, Isabel Hardman and Damian Thompson
Jan 10, 2025 – 38:57
James MacMillan, Sebastian Morello, Amy Wilentz, Sam Leith and Lloyd Evans
Jan 4, 2025 – 31:41
2024: Cindy Yu, Michael Simmons, Angus Colwell, Igor Toronyi-Lalic, Mary Wakefield, Fraser Nelson and Michael Gove
Dec 28, 2024 – 38:10
Christmas II: Andrews Watts, Marcus Walker, Ali Kefford, Roger Lewis, Ayaan Hirsh Ali and Christopher Howse
Dec 21, 2024 – 48:09
Christmas I: Katy Balls, Craig Brown, Kate Weinberg, Craig Raine, Lisa Haseldine and Melissa Kite
Dec 14, 2024 – 36:23
Alexandra Shulman, Sean Thomas, Matthew Parris, Adrian Dannatt and Philip Hensher
Dec 7, 2024 – 34:00
Kate Andrews, Mark Galeotti, Adrian Pascu-Tulbure, Michael Hann and Olivia Potts
Nov 30, 2024 – 31:04
Matthew Parris, Joanna Bell, Peter Frankopan, Mary Wakefield and Flora Watkins
Nov 23, 2024 – 37:52
Nadine Dorries, Katy Balls, Edmund West, Sam Dalrymple, and Tanjil Rashid
Nov 16, 2024 – 32:04
Paul Wood, Sean Thomas, Imogen Yates, Books of the Year II, and Alan Steadman
Nov 9, 2024 – 29:37
Christopher Caldwell, Gus Carter, Ruaridh Nicoll, Tanya Gold, and Books of the Year I
Nov 2, 2024 – 34:18
Philip Womack, Ian Thomson, Silkie Carlo, Francis Young and Rory Sutherland
Oct 26, 2024 – 28:06
Richard Dawkins, Nicholas Farrell, Mary Wakefield, Lisa Hilton and Philip Hensher
Oct 19, 2024 – 32:57
Michael Gove, Max Jeffery, Christopher Howse, Robert Jackman and Mark Mason
Oct 12, 2024 – 30:32
Fraser Nelson, Cindy Yu, Mary Wakefield, Anthony Sattin, and Toby Young
Oct 5, 2024 – 30:45
Rachel Johnson, James Heale, Paul Wood, Rowan Pelling and Graeme Thomson
Sep 28, 2024 – 34:01
Paul Wood, Ross Clark, Andrew Lycett, Laura Gascoigne and Henry Jeffreys
Sep 21, 2024 – 32:09
Fraser Nelson, David Whitehouse, Imogen Yates, Sean McGlynn and Ruari Clark
Sep 14, 2024 – 30:36
Ian Thomson, Andrew Watts, Sam Leith, Helen Barrett and Catriona Olding
Sep 7, 2024 – 31:55
Joan Collins, Owen Matthews, Sara Wheeler, Igor Toronyi-Lalic and Tanya Gold
Aug 31, 2024 – 29:52
William Cash, Marcus Nevitt, Nina Power, Christopher Howse and Olivia Potts
Aug 24, 2024 – 30:44
Richard Madeley, Cindy Yu, Lara Prendergast, Pen Vogler and James Delingpole
Aug 17, 2024 – 29:48
Gus Carter, Paul Wood, Jonathan Aitken, Laura Gascoigne and Flora Watkins
Aug 10, 2024 – 35:07
James Heale, Lara Prendergast, Patrick Marnham, Laura Gascoigne and Michael Simmons
Aug 3, 2024 – 32:03
Damian Thompson, Paola Romero, Stuart Jeffries, Ysenda Maxtone Graham, and Nicholas Farrell
Jul 27, 2024 – 34:55
Kate Andrews, Adam Frank, David Hempleman-Adams, Svitlana Morenets and Michael Beloff
Jul 20, 2024 – 39:28
James Heale, Svitlana Morenets, Philip Hensher, Francis Beckett and Rupert Christiansen
Jul 13, 2024 – 37:57