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.

Owen Matthews, Matthew Parris, Marcus Nevitt, Angus Colwell and Sean Thomas
Apr 25, 2025 – 30:46
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 – 48:08
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 – 31:54
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
Freddy Gray, Angus Colwell, Matthew Parris, Flora Watkins and Rory Sutherland
Jul 6, 2024 – 29:46
Katy Balls, Gavin Mortimer, Sean Thomas, Robert Colvile and Melissa Kite
Jun 29, 2024 – 30:47
Matt Ridley, William Cook, Owen Matthews and Agnes Poirier
Jun 22, 2024 – 28:05
Natasha Feroze, Robert Ades, Lucasta Miller, Sam McPhail, Toby Young and Catriona Olding
Jun 15, 2024 – 37:43
Max Jeffery, Melanie McDonagh, Matthew Parris, Iain MacGregor and Petronella Wyatt
Jun 8, 2024 – 28:05
Peter Parker, Wayne Hunt, Nicholas Lezard, Mark Mason and Nicholas Farrell
Jun 1, 2024 – 32:44
Quentin Letts, Owen Matthews, Michael Hann, Laura Gascoigne, and Michael Simmons
May 25, 2024 – 30:08
Max Jeffery, David Shipley, Patrick Kidd, Cindy Yu, and Hugh Thomson
May 18, 2024 – 32:50