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<div>On the podcast:<br><br>In his cover piece for <em>The Spectator</em> Ian Acheson discusses the potential disruption to Armistice Day proceedings in London this weekend. He says that Metropolitan Police Chief Mark Rowley is right to let the pro-Palestine protests go ahead, if his officers can assertively enforce the law. He joins the podcast alongside Baroness Claire Fox to discuss the problems of policing protest. <br><br>Next: are smartphones making us care less about humanity? <br><br>This is the question that Mary Wakefield grapples with in her column in <em>The Spectator.</em> She says it’s no wonder that Gen Z lack empathy when they spend most of their lives on social media. She is joined by Gaia Bernstein, author of<em> </em><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unwired-Gaining-Control-Addictive-Technologies/dp/1009257935"><em>Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies</em></a>.<br><br>And finally:<br><br>Alan Hollinghurst writes this week about Ronald Firbank, the innovative but little known English author who has recently been awarded a blue plaque. In the magazine he sets out the reasons why he is so deserving and is joined alongside <em>The Spectator's</em> literary editor Sam Leith, to discuss further. <br><br>Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast. <br><br>Produced by Oscar Edmondson. </div>
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