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Spectator Out Loud: Arabella Byrne, Sean Thomas, Mathew Lyons, Bryan Appleyard & Chas Newkey-Burden

Spectator Out Loud: Arabella Byrne, Sean Thomas, Mathew Lyons, Bryan Appleyard & Chas Newkey-Burden

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

May 30, 202528m 7s

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<p>On this week’s <em>Spectator Out Loud</em>: Arabella Byrne on the social minefield of private swimming pools (1:13); Sean Thomas says that not knowing where you are is one of the joys of travel (5:34); reviewing Helen Carr’s <em>Sceptred Isle: A New History of the 14th Century</em>, Mathew Lyons looks at the reality of a vivid century (11:34); reviewing <em>Tim Gregory’s Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World</em>, Bryan Appleyard analyses the three parties debating global warming (16:07); and, Chas Newkey-Burden looks back to the 1980s nuclear drama that paralysed his childhood, <em>Threads</em> (20:42).&nbsp;</p><br><p>Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>