# Spectator Out Loud: Tim Shipman, Arabella Byrne, Alex Burghart & Lloyd Evans

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Podcast: [Best of the Spectator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373)
Published: 2026-08-16T08:22:15+00:00
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On this week’s  Spectator Out Loud : Tim Shipman argues that politicians’ contempt for the press is really contempt for the public; Arabella Byrne asks if you have old money face; Alex Burghart says that Harold Godwinson has a touch of the Viking about him, as he reviews  Harold: Warrior King  by Tom Licence; and finally, Lloyd Evans reads his confessions of a dog hater.   Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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