Guests discuss urgent need for Western support for Ukraine, slow response to Ministry of Defence vandalism, Youth Demand protest tactics, Salman Rushdie's new book, and pay tribute to Michael Tanner in this week's episode.

This podcast delves into diverse topics like the welfare crisis in Blackpool, a journalist in a Siberian jail, an endangered ancient synagogue, book reviews, and Labour's influence on housing architecture. It highlights struggles in Blackpool, preservation efforts for the Bevizmark synagogue, the evolution of literary works, and architects' responses to the housing crisis.

Max Jeffery, The Spectator’s assistant foreign editor, discusses Nato's readiness to defend against a possible Russian invasion. Lionel Shriver talks about the moral implications of a mother being convicted of manslaughter for her son's school shooting. Travel writer Sean Thomas shares his experiences staying in haunted hotels in Cambodia, joined by Judith Blincow, owner of a haunted hotel in Rye.