# Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Gavin Mortimer, James Delingpole, Aidan Hartley & Angus Colwell

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Podcast: [Best of the Spectator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373)
Published: 2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this week’s  Spectator Out Loud : Max Jeffery explains the truth about how the British Empire is taught in schools; Gavin Mortimer asks why Giorgia Meloni is courting Emmanuel Macron; James Delingpole reviews the World Cup; after 25 years, Aidan Hartley bows out as the Spectator’s  Wild life  columnist; and finally, the Spectator’s new restaurant critic Angus Colwell ponders how much discount you should get, if your father almost chokes to death on a lamb kleftiko.    Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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