Spectator Out Loud: Joanna Lumley, Lionel Shriver, Andrew Doyle and Jeremy Clarke
Best of the Spectator · The Spectator
August 8, 202026m 42s
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Show Notes
<div>On this week's edition, Joanna Lumley recalls her meeting with Mongolia’s former champion wrestler – now the country’s president – and reflects on the joys of eating birdseed (01:14). Lionel Shriver argues that the true novelty of coronavirus is just how scared it's made us all (07:14). Andrew Doyle suggests that the SNP's hate crime bill could lead to the criminalisation of the bible (15:34). And Low Life's Jeremy Clarke shares his sadness at seeing an old neighbour and friend moving on (20:14).</div>
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