# Spectator Out Loud: Tali Fraser, Damian Thompson, Matthew Wilson & Christa d’Souza

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Podcast: [Best of the Spectator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373)
Published: 2026-07-12T23:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week: Tali Fraser gives the definitive answer to what Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ actually is; Damian Thompson asks if there is any route back for the Society of St Pius X; Matthew Wilson discusses whether Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey can live up to the 2,700-year history of artworks depicting Homer’s epic; and Christa d’Souza reads her Notes on … Tans.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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