Luke Coppen

Luke Coppen is senior correspondent of the Pillar.

Friday

Luke Coppen

Luke Coppen, Mary Wakefield, Daniel McCarthy, Michael Simmons & Hugh Thomson

From our UK edition

35 min listen

On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Luke Coppen looks at a new musical subgenre of Roman Catholic black metal; Mary Wakefield celebrates cartoonist Michael Heath as he turns 90 – meaning he has drawn for the Spectator for 75 years; looking to Venezuela, Daniel McCarthy warns Trump about the perils of regime change; Michael Simmons bemoans how Britain is beholden to bad data; and, Hugh Thomson looks at celebrity terrorists as he reviews Jason Burke’s The Revolutionists. Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

Saturday

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Mark Drew, Luke Coppen and Edward Behrens

From our UK edition

21 min listen

On this episode: Mark Drew explains how Putin weaponised the Russian Orthodox church (00:49); Luke Coppen says the war in Ukraine has revitalised Poland’s Catholic church (08:17); and Edward Behrens reads his notes on violets.

Thursday

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Could coronavirus hasten the demise of religion?

From our UK edition

38 min listen

This is an Easter like no other - so what happens to Christianity when Christians can't go to church (1:00)? We also hear reports from the New York frontline (12:20), and discuss just why humour is so important in dark times (19:40).