Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter Oborne

Donald Trump could walk away from Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations within days if no progress is made, warns Marco Rubio. Plus: David Lammy's secret visit with the Israeli foreign secretary; and the IMF's push to keep people working older. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Paul Morland and Peter Oborne – author of ‘The Fate of Abraham: […]

Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with Gaza? The US president proposes taking over the strip and relocating Palestinians. A violation of international law at best and a call for ethnic cleansing at worst. But who can stop Trump's plan? In this Episode: Alex Isenstadt, Senior political reporter Axios. Peter Oborne, Columnist for Middle East Eye and the author of 'How Trump Thinks.' Eric Ham -- U.S. political analyst and former congressional staffer. Host: Elizabeth Puranam Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook At Al Jazeera Podcasts, we want to hear from you, our listeners. So, please head to https://www.aljazeera.com/survey and tell us your thoughts about this show and other Al Jazeera podcasts. It only takes a few minutes!

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Nick Cohen chats to Peter Oborne, Conservative commentator, reporter and author extraordinaire about the growing threat posed to the UK by the radical right in politics, press and from the other side of the Atlantic.Labour and Tory failure to tackle Farage is driving Reform surgeSomething died inside Peter Oborne @OborneTweets when he saw Sir Keir Starmer recently bound across the floor of the House of Commons to talk to Nigel Farage. Neither Labour nor the Tories seem prepared to take on Farage - not on the failed shitshow of Brexit nor on his negative message on immigration. "What an extraordinary state of affairs!" says Peter. adding, "It's shattering. I mean, Farage is, is a bigot. His finances and the way he runs his sort of, his party, astonishing, full of dreadful people who shouldn't be seen in public, and yet somehow, it's very like Trump, that is, and they cannot find a way of tackling him or seem not even to want to."Labour has lost focus by listening to focus groupsPeter had high hopes before the election of Sir Keir Starmer, believing his working class background and record of solid achievement before entering politics helped made him an attractive political force But he now says of the PM, "he comes over as a nothing somebody's blown around by the wind". Peter believes the Labour government's current timidity is driven by an addiction to focus groups - something it shares with the Tories." He adds, " it's one of the sicknesses of our time."The extremist far-right former "Tory press" is getting madder & madderPeter says Tory party is now "a vehicle for thoroughly unpleasant people and who don't understand what Britain is about" and that he same can be said of the press that used to identify as Conservative. He says, "They [right wing press] flourish by going after vulnerable minorities they're wrong about almost everything."We must stand up against insidious takeover of BritainPeter is disturbed by Trump toady Elon Musk's threat to fund Reform, saying "what is happening here is indeed a takeover of Britain, culturally, socially, politically, and there's a massive attempt to do it economically by the United States. And it's only just started." The UK should tell these extremist far right forces to "get lost", Peter adding, "we're now moving into a world, an authoritarian world, which wants to destroy liberal democracy."Peter Oborne is an associate editor for the Middle East Eye . His latest book published by Simon & Schuster is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is wrong about Islam Nick Cohen's @ latest Substack column Writing from London on politics and culture from the UK and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the overthrow of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. Peter Oborne writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. Peter's latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. In the course of the conversation Peter refers to an earlier book he wrote from 2013 called A Dangerous Delusion: Why the West are Wrong about Nuclear Iran.Recorded on Monday 9th December 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Oborne talks to Eamon. Peter Oborne is a journalist and author. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. His latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. Recorded on Monday 11th November 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter is a columnist for www.youtube.com/@UCR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg https://www.facebook.com/MiddleEastEye/ Follow Fr Alex on X @alexdjfrost order his book via this link https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Frost-Father-Alex/Our-Daily-Bread/9780008556556 Peter Oborne won best commentary/blogging in both 2022 and 2017, and was also named freelancer of the year in 2016 at the Drum Online Media Awards for articles he wrote for Middle East Eye. He was also named as British Press Awards Columnist of the Year in 2013. He resigned as chief political columnist of the Daily Telegraph in 2015. His latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, published in May by Simon & Schuster. His previous books include The Triumph of the Political Class, The Rise of Political Lying, Why the West is Wrong about Nuclear Iran and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism.

Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about Israel and the Middle East. Peter Oborne is a journalist and author. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. In both 2022 and 2017 Peter won best commentary/blogging, was also named freelancer of the year in 2016 at the Drum Online Media Awards for articles he wrote for Middle East Eye, and was also named as British Press Awards Columnist of the Year in 2013. Peter's latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam.Recorded on Thursday 26th September 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mohammad Isam is Bangladesh cricket's leading voice and has been writing on cricket for over 15 years, first with The Daily Star and what will be 12 years very soon for ESPN Cricinfo. Isam bhai has a bird's eye view of Bangladesh Cricket and looks at the game not just as a journalist but also as someone who played the game with many of the players who have or are currently playing in the national setup. In this freewheeling chat, we discuss at length what happened in the Afghanistan Bangladesh game in the 2024 T20 WC, the larger context around Bangladesh cricket, influence of social media on the team and it's management, eerie similarities to the Indian Cricket team in the 1990's, the burden of being Bangladesh with the shadow of India and Pakistan, anecdotes on many cricketers known and unknown, remembered and forgotten, fast bowling arsenal for the future, business ideas for Asian nations barring India, chances of Bangladesh being overdogs by playing more with Associate nations, the vagaries of the first class structure which ends up governing the Bangladesh Cricket Board and book recommendations. Articles Mentioned on the Podcast: Javed Omar, no, yes, sorry in The Cricket Monthly - https://t.ly/7zAHp Left-arm revolutionaries in The Cricket Monthly - https://shorturl.at/aXvLA Books Mentioned on the Podcast: Pundits from Pakistan by Rahul Bhattacharya: https://shorturl.at/IL1O0 Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya - https://shorturl.at/b2N7n Mashrafe by Debabrata Mukhopadhyay (Book is in Bangla) https://shorturl.at/13564 Basil D'oliveira: Cricket and Controversy by Peter Oborne - https://shorturl.at/Hibgo Book by Mohammad Isam: On the Tigers' Trail - https://t.ly/QuNnP

Nick Luck, Neil Channing and Star Sports' William Kedjanyi begin to consolidate their thoughts as the clock ticks down on the 2024 Election campaign. Neil has more recommendations: this time predicting a win for Lee Anderson in Ashfield and a massive Labour swing in Bridlington and the Wolds. Desperately searching for any sign of a Tory stronghold, Neil identifies a pocket of the Midlands that may stay resolutely blue. Our special guest today is Political broadcaster and journalist Peter Oborne, who provides thought provoking and no-holds-barred analysis of what he describes as a "nasty" and "incompetent" campaign, considers the importance of the Gaza question to Independent victories, has a 7/1 recommendation for next Tory leader, and wonders where David Cameron has been hiding during the campaign.

Former chief political correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and self proclaimed conservative, Peter Oborne, speaks to Aaron Bastani about the collapse of the conservative party. Support Novara Media: https://novara.media/support

Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the road ahead for Britain's Conservative Party as they face defeat by Labour Party in 4th July general election. Peter Oborne is a journalist and author. His most recent books includeThe Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral BarbarismPeter writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times.Recorded on Monday 24th June 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this week has been dismayed at the negative media coverage given to Muslims who place Gaza as a voting concern. Terms like fifth column and insurrectionists have been evoked to claim the Muslim vote should be deeply feared. Peter Oborne writes principally for the Middle East Eye, among other outlets. His books include "The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam” and “The Assault on Truth.”Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: / thethinkingmuslim You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/DonateSign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.comTwitter: / thinking_muslim Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim Host: / jalalayn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, broadcaster and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon. In the conversation Eamon refers to a column Peter wrote in Middle East Eye, it can be found at https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-britain-fallen-thatcher-support-international-law-how-far.Peter Oborne's most recent book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. Recorded on Thursday 23rd May 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the Israel / Palestine war. Peter Oborne is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is author of The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. Recorded on Thursday 11th April 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**This is free preview of a members only episode. To listen to the full interview sign up at patreon.com/crashcoursepod**As Israel bombards Gaza, the Tory Party have used anti-war protests as an excuse to whip up a moral panic about British muslims. To discuss the long history of Tory animosity towards muslims - and the broader ideology that sees islam as a threat to the West - I spoke to Peter Oborne. Peter Oborne is the former chief political commentator at the Daily Telegraph. His most recent book is "The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate Adie presents stories from Gaza, Turkey, Somalia, Ecuador and Japan.US President Joe Biden raised hopes that a ceasefire deal was close to being reached this week over the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. But these hopes faded after a tragic incident in which more than 100 people were killed as aid was being delivered to Gaza City. Paul Adams says the incident also highlighted wider problems as the war continues.Lizzie Porter follows the story of a family who fled Gaza early on in the war, and who fled to Turkey as dual nationals, leaving family, friends and valuables behind. They told her about their new life in Turkey and their fears for those left behind.After the militant group, Al Shabaab withdrew from the Somalian capital Mogadishu, the city has become safer. Nonetheless the group remains a potent threat. Yet there is an even greater menace in the country: climate change, after severe droughts, followed by flooding forced farmers off their land. Peter Oborne met some of those who were displaced and who are trying to support themselves in other ways.A project in Ecuador is using the Amazon's “ancestral highways” – rivers – and a fleet of solar-powered boats run by Indigenous communities to provide a sustainable model of transport for the future. Peter Yeung went for a ride and heard how this has been met with a mixed response by some indigenous leaders.And we're in Inazawa in Japan, where the Hadaka Matsuri - or Naked Festival - has come up with a solution to flagging numbers of participants: involve women. Shaimaa Khalil met a group of 40 women who took part (in robes) for the first time.Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Matt Willis Production Coordinator: Rosie Strawbridge

Author and journalist Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the Israeli war against Hamas and last week's chaos in the House of Commons.Recorded on Tuesday 27th February 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to discuss Israel's war against the Palestinians. Peter Oborne is author of a number of books includingThe Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. In 2012 and 2016 Peter was Society of Editors Press Awards Columnist of the Year. The books that Peter refers to in this podcast are Rashid Khalidi's 100 years War on Palestine, Elan Pappé's On Palestine, and the books of Avi Shlaim.Recorded on Thursday 1st February 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Oborne knows the British media inside out - including prominent roles at right-wing outlets The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator and in TV. He talks me through the media's complicity in the horrors of Gaza, Israel's defiance of the ICJ ruling, and the outrageous role of our political establishment.Make sure you get his latest book The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are Western societies so fearful of Islam and Muslims?One can answer this question by examining history, particularly that of European colonial powers, and the ways in which they justified their actions in the Global South by painting its peoples and religions as alien and in need of reformation.Another answer can be found in the murky ties between our modern political parties, powerful media figures and well-funded think tanks, who have all benefited from casting Muslim communities as antagonists.This week on The Big Picture podcast, we speak to celebrated journalist, author and columnist Peter Oborne, who has spent years tracing the roots of anti-Muslim hatred in Western history, and the people who shape its modern manifestations in Britain, the US and France.He presents his findings in his 2023 book ‘The Fate of Abraham: Why The West Is Wrong About Islam'.We'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode, and any guests you'd like us to have on our show. Reach us by email at mh@middleeasteye.org or find us on instagram @BigPictureMee.You can also watch all our episodes on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMyaP73Ho1ySj3cO0OSOHZAOgD1WTDixG

As the unrelenting Gaza killing of civilians continues unabated, another potential ethnic cleansing in Palestine is underway – again in plain sight. The gradual conquest of Palestinian land is continuing at pace. Armed Israeli settlers, with the full backing of the state, pillage and forcibly vacate entire villages and farming communities. Yet the international community remains mute. This is ethnic cleansing on two fronts. Today, we have back on The Thinking Muslim. Journalist, author, and public commentator Peter Oborne recently returned from a visit to the West Bank. Peter is almost unique in the mainstream media for being someone who has consistently called out the marginalisation of the Muslim community, both here and abroad. Peter principally writes for the Middle East Eye, amongst other outlets. His books include ‘The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam” and “The Assault on Truth”.You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/DonateSign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.comPurchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Find us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslimFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon. Peter is a former chief political commentator for The Daily Telegraph, from which he resigned in early 2015. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times. Peter's most recent books include The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. Both are available as audio books.Recorded on Tuesday 5th December 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the Israel Palestine war. Peter has just returned from the West Bank where he was investigating Israeli settler violence against Palestinians.Recorded on Friday 24th November 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, broadcaster and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about the Israeli / Palestine war from the West Bank where Israeli settlers are driving Palestinian families off their land. Peter Oborne writes for Middle East Eye and is author of a number of books including The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam and The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. In the course of Peter's interview with Eamon he refers to Episode 1836 with Professor Avi Shlaim.Recorded on Friday 10th November 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Peter Oborne reads his letter from Jerusalem (00:55), Kate Andrews talks about why Rishi Sunak has made her take up smoking (07:20) and Jonathan Maitland explains his growing obsession with Martin Bashir (12:15). Presented by Cindy Yu. Produced by Cindy Yu and Natasha Feroze.

On this week's Spectator Out Loud, Peter Oborne reads his letter from Jerusalem (00:55), Kate Andrews talks about why Rishi Sunak has made her take up smoking (07:20) and Jonathan Maitland explains his growing obsession with Martin Bashir (12:15). Presented by Cindy Yu. Produced by Cindy Yu and Natasha Feroze.

Author and journalist Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the attack by Hamas on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip on Saturday 7th October. Peter Oborne is author of a number of books including The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam. He writes a political column for Middle East Eye.Recorded on Monday 9th October 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We pick out the best of the summer's festivals, including Byline  Festival, Charleston's Festival of the Garden, Cheltenham Music Festival, Henley Festival and The Idler Festival. Jo Bausor, who's been at the helm of Henley Festival for over a decade, tells us about the impressive line-up at Britain's only boutique black tie festival. Acts performing include Boney M, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Rag n'Bone Man and Westlife.  There's a fabulous line-up of comedians too, like Jo Brand, Marcus Brigstocke, Jack Dee and Adam Kay.  Expect floating stages, fine riverside dining and fireworks and much more besides. Political journalist, Otto English, tells us about the Byline Festival in collaboration with Dartington Trust. Taking place at Dartington Hall in Devon, the festival aims to change the world with its big, challenging ideas and is guaranteed to spark controversy and robust debate.   Speakers include Lord Victor Adebowale, Dawn Butler MP, Bonnie Greer, Rosie Holt, George Monbiot and Peter Oborne. Finally, Harry Hoblyn, head gardener gives us the lowdown on the Festival of the Garden at Charleston, rural retreat of the Bloomsbury set and famously home to Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell.  Celebrating communities who care about plants and the land, the festival will include butterfly walks and garden tours.  Speakers include Isabel Bannerman, Edmund de Waal, Jake Fiennes and the Antiguan-American novelist, Jamaica Kincaid. Byline Festival, 14th to 16th July, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon Charleston Festival of the Garden, 13th to 16th July, Charleston, East Sussex Cheltenham Music Festival:  8th to 15th July, around Cheltenham Henley Festival:  5th to 9th July, around Henley The Idler Festival : 7th to 9th July, Fenton House, Hampstead, London

Journalist and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about his former friend and colleague Boris Johnson and the lies he tells. Peter Oborne's website https://boris-johnson-lies.com/ is referred to in this podcast as is The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism.Recorded on Friday 16th June 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The British journalist and author of The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam talks to Premier Christianity's Megan Cornwell about his appreciation for traditional Anglican Christianity. For Peter Oborne, the story of The Good Samaritan is central to his understanding of both Christ's mission, and the duty of Christians today. Addressing what he sees as the decline of integrity in British politics, Oborne associates this trend with the diminishing role of Christianity - and religion generally - in public life. He believes that society needs a spiritual refreshment. Oborne also talks about his well publicised resignation from The Daily Telegraph newspaper and addresses the impact of the Iraq War on his perspective as a journalist. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK's leading Christian magazine. Stay informed on Christian news and grow your faith. Subscribe for half price now at premierchristianity.com/subscribe (limited offer)

After the leaked Labour report revealed damning truths about the behaviour of the party's Right, Keir Starmer commissioned leading barrister Martin Forde to conduct a report. Some - myself included - feared a whitewash: but the conclusions were damning, including on factionalism and perceptions of a hierarchy of racism. But Labour have almost entirely failed to engage with Forde over his report - and now he's broken his silence.We speak to Richard Sanders - one of the makers of Al Jazeera's 'Labour Files' - and award winning investigative journalist Peter Oborne.Please read alongside this episode:In July 2020, the Labour party apologised 'unreservedly' and paid a six figure sum to 7 former Labour employees and the BBC journalist who made the 2019 Panorama programme 'Is Labour Anti-Semitic'.Labour said: 'The Labour party is here today to publicly set the record straight, and to apologise to the claimants for the distress and embarrassment it has caused them.'To the BBC journalist: 'The defendant is here to set the record straight and to apologise unreservedly to Mr Ware.'Al-Jazeera was also told: 'The BBC told us it stands by its reporting. John Ware said that he did not recognise Mr Forde's characterisation of his communications. He described Mr Forde's criticisms of Panorama as misleading and inaccurate. Mr Ware also said that Ben Westerman claimed that the 'are you from Israel' comment was made at the end of his meeting with Rica Bird and was not therefore recorded.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne reflects on the monarchy's place in British life and why he supports it. Recorded on Tuesday 9th May 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2023 is the longest edition on record. It not only records the present state of global cricket but also reflects on the mighty global forces – political, social, commercial, environmental – which shape it. Its editor, Lawrence Booth, analyses its content as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.Lawrence begins by hailing the turnaround in England's Test team under Ben Stokes as captain and Brendon McCullum as coach. Although the England team dislike the term Bazball he thinks it a healthy sign that the general public have adopted it for the enthralling blend of cricket they are playing. The only pity is that they are not seeing it on free-to-air television (a topic regularly ventilated in previous Wisdens) but he still hopes that this summer's Ashes series might raise the profile of cricket as did that of 2005. He comments especially on Ben Stokes' confidence in asking for fast flat wickets in the Ashes series in contrast to the conditions in which England have gained all their home series successes since 2001.Above all, Stokes and McCullum have removed the fear of failure from a previously careworn team. He suggests that Stokes's character has deepened from the crises in his life: his empathy was illustrated by the consoling text he sent to the teenaged aspinner he had hit for 34 in an over. He views Brendon McCullum as the most significant cricketer of the last twenty years, given his innings which ignited the Indian Premier League on its first day and his contribution to the re-invention of Test cricket.A major theme in this year's Wisden is the multiple threat to Test cricket from T20 Leagues which have induced leading players in the world to reduce their commitments to international series or even abandon them. Lawrence believes that it is too late to reverse this process but he hopes that national boards might grow sufficient spine to halt the release of players to new T20 Leagues, particularly that proposed in Saudi Arabia, which would transform the international scene if it secures the best Indian players.Lawrence comments pungently on the role of the International Cricket Council on three major topics covered in the Almanack: Afghan cricket since the Taliban takeover, cricket in Ukraine and the sponsorship deal with Aramco. The ICC has developed a habit of ducking fundamental decisions about the governance of the game and most of the full members are in permanent thrall to the financial and political power of India.Continue reading here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-118-world-cricket-and-all-that-shapes-it-covered-by-wisden-editor-lawrence-booth/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you.

Author, journalist and broadcaster, Peter Oborne, talks to Eamon following Dominic Raab's resignation as British Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary. Peter Oborne is former chief political commentator of The Daily Telegraph, from which he resigned in early 2015. He is most recent books areThe Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. and The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam. Peter writes a political column for Middle East Eye and a diary column for the Byline Times.Recorded on Friday 21st April 2023. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two monarchs lead the obituaries in the 2023 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As always, it is a melancholy but matchless memorial to global cricket's losses, and a section to which many readers turn first. Its compiler and editor, Steven Lynch, discusses its selection and preparation as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast. In this edition Roger Alton replaces Peter as co-host.Steven outlines the late sovereign's long connexions with cricket, understandably placed above the alphabetical list (“we could not file her under Q for Queen”.) He does the same for her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, reflecting the Almanack's current policy of retrospective tributes to women omitted from Wisden, as she was in the 1902 edition.The 195 following names ranged in age from a 16-year-old Indian schoolboy to a 102-year-old former umpire. Inevitably the number includes premature deaths from accident (such as Andrew Symonds and Rudi Koertzen) and suicide, but very broadly it suggests that cricket contributes to a long life.The former cricketers are led by Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh, who died on the same day: Warne's final tweet was a tribute to Marsh. Steven wrote Marsh's himself: Warne's was by his long-time collaborator Richard Hobson. Other contributors were Matthew Engel and Richard Whiting. Steven explains the general policy of not naming obituarists, to emphasize that the tribute of whatever length is Wisden's final judgement on the subject. The object is always, especially in those less well-known, to bring out some unexpected detail of character and career (as with the player who had fielded out the whole of Hanif Mohammed's innings of 499). Steven felt that Warne's tribute had brought home his acute cricket brain and hoped that Marsh's would counter his early stock image as a beer-drinking larrikin to suggest the thoughtful man behind it.Steven also comments on:Jim Parks  of Sussex and England, first of a long line of Test batsmen-wicketkeepers, generously helped into that role by Keith Andrew;Sonny Ramadhin, the great West Indian spin bowler, never the same after being made to bowl  98 overs against Peter May and Colin Cowdrey in 1957 with umpires who would not give him an lbw decision. He was the last survivor of the great West Indian touring team of 1950. Steven suggests that he and his partner Alf Valentine deserve a book to themselves;the talented but troubled Andrew Symonds, who preferred fishing to off-field official events including team meetings and was embittered by the resolution of his dispute with the Indian Harbijan Singh;the multi-gifted Andy Goram who played cricket as well as keeping goal for Scotland and annoyed a famous fast bowler by facing him without a helmet.Continue reading here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-117-sovereigns-stars-stewards-scorers-statisticians-steven-lynch-on-this-years-wisden-obituaries/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you.

After a record-breaking early start in county cricket for Glamorgan, James Harris is back with them after spells with Middlesex and Kent. He has also begun his second term as chair of the Professional Cricketers Association. He is the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast. In this edition Roger Alton replaces Peter as co-host.James has just returned from Glamorgan's pre-season tour of Zimbabwe. He gives an upbeat account of the country and its cricket.He looks forward to reconnecting with his colleague Marnus Labuschagne, who will be rejoining the county in advance of the Ashes series. He describes him as a great player who has kept the eagerness of a t2-year-old.He gives an overview of the PCA. Its founder, Fred Rumsey of Somerset and England, had found it hard to recruit among the generally conservative cricketers of the 1960s. But this was not true today: membership for first-class cricketers was almost automatic, as they took stock of its wide range of services at a very reasonable subscription. It represented professional players in the first-class game, present and past (for life if they wanted). Present membership was 475 men and 99 women (up from 18 in just a few years). The membership included overseas players with an English professional contract and when necessary the PCA represented English players overseas. It had relationships with other countries' players unions through the Federation of International Cricket Associations.He had involved himself under the influence of friends and team mates at Glamorgan, and as a payback for a fulfilling professional career of 17 years (at just 32). Re-elected for a second term, he would now serve as chairman for another two years. Although demanding, the job was a rich opportunity for personal development, combining board membership of the PCA, being a trustee of its charity, and a regular place at the table on major issues with the England and Wales Cricket Board. As the voice of playing members, he saw its prime responsibilities in securing for them a fair share of all the game's revenues, looking after their welfare and well-being, creating an environment that encouraged them to play at their best, and to prepare them for life after their playing careers. The PCA had to react rapidly to constant change in domestic and global cricket.James explains the complex arrangements that now determine English county finances and players' earnings. Although some counties are better off than others, he believes that English cricket is now reasonably stable financially, helped by money from the Hundred filtering down to all levels of cricket. He sees no danger of county clubs following rugby union clubs into insolvency with unsustainable wage bills. He describes the impact of the salary collar and cap in county cricket and the range of earnings from professional county cricket. The PCA had secured its objective of £27,500 a year as a starting salary for a professional in his first year. The 18 counties were independent employers not tied to a salary scale but he thought that their best-paid players were on something over £100,000. Earnings and opportunities were not remotely comparable with those of football, and he suggested that there was no economic motive for sportspeople to choose cricket for over other sports – they do this for the appeal of the game itself.Continue reading here: chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-116-from-teenage-record-breaker-to-players-champion-james-harris-of-glamorgan-and-the-pcaGet in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear fr

Many eccentric geniuses have written about cricket, and indeed played it. Few have been as eccentric as Major Rowland Bowen – or had his genius. In 1970, after years of dedicated research (not all his own) he published Cricket: A History of its growth and development throughout the world. Long out of print, it is still unmatched in its global sweep, its presentation of arcane facts, and its insurrectionary daring (which delighted C L R James) in overturning almost sacred cricketing myths. It riled the cricketing Establishment of its day, especially those seeking to defend white supremacy.Russell Jackson is an award-winning Australian author and journalist. He became fascinated by Bowen and his contribution to cricket history. He has now inherited from the late Murray Hedgecock the daunting task of reviving Bowen's work and making sense of his extraordinary life, as he explains to Peter Oborne and Richard Heller as the guest on their latest cricket-themed podcast.Russell speculates about the motives behind Bowen's very personal and cantankerous crusade for the truth in cricket history. His career had echoes of John Le Carré: he was the son of a disgraced solicitor and served in Intelligence. In spite of family financial problems he attended Westminster School in the 1920s and was noted early as a cricket obsessive although not noted as a player. At seventeen, he became a member of the MCC (thanks to an influential proposer. Already a natural contrarian, he read cricket literature copiously and decided that almost all of it needed challenge and correction by himself.His actual trigger was Roy Webber, the leading scorer, who was the authority for a wrong fact on a quiz show. It inspired a lifetime's war for his view of the truth in cricket. To achieve an outlet for this, he eventually founded his own subscription-only journal Cricket Quarterly in 1963. He had a habit of quarrelling violently with subscribers, striking them off, and rejecting new ones for fear that they were the old ones trying to sneak up on him under assumed names. This business model is not normally recommended to publishers, but CQ survived for 32 issues until 1971 and produced a highly influential corpus of work as the basis for his history. With its book it deserves a full re-issue.The undismissed subscribers formed a global network of amateur cricket historians and statisticians. Bowen was astute enough to enlist them as volunteer contributors of obscure local materials which he needed. Peter Hain was among them, and submitted to a volley of demands. He said that his only supporters for stopping the apartheid tour of 1970 in the world of cricket were John Arlott, David Sheppard – and Bowen.Russell suggests that Bowen's central mission was to correct the established Anglocentric history of cricket with its almost exclusive focus on first-class matches. He stressed especially the long success of American cricket and the impact of its exclusion from the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1911.Financial pressures drove Bowen into the army. He served first in India and then in Intelligence in London in the 1950s as a map and topographical analyst. His main achievement was to be the first to detect the Soviet missiles which provoked the Cuban crisis of 1962.Continue reading here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-115-the-weird-genius-who-revolutionized-cricket-history/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you!

John Broom has combined his passions for cricket and military history in two books on global cricket in both world wars: Cricket In The First World War Play Up! Play The Game and Cricket In The Second World War The Grim Test. They are both meticulous and moving. He explains his mission in writing them, as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.John sought to fill a significant gap in cricket's historiography. Eminent writers of standard works had all but ignored the wartime years. These were not only full of drama but also represented two lost opportunities to change the course of English cricket.Turning first to the Great War, John describes the mixed response of English cricket to its outbreak in August 1914. The English County Championship wound down and cricketers generally were urged (notably by the elderly W G Grace) to stop playing and serve the war effort. However, the Bradford League in Yorkshire controversially decided to continue and to take the chance to recruit some of the best County players, including Jack Hobbs, Frank Woolley and Jack Hearne. This generated some fierce attacks on the League and its participants.Cricket had never before had to come to terms with the demands of total war. Some players like Hobbs placed their first duties to their dependent families, others like Woolley and Phil Mead tried to enlist but were surprisingly rejected as unfit due to minor conditions. Most joined up immediately, on the urging of the counties and clubs, team mates often enlisting together in the same unit. The future England captain Arthur Carr joined his regiment from the crease when called by telegram, allowing himself one more over.He contrasts the mixed response of cricket to the outbreak of war with the demonstrative patriotism of rugby union and the much-attacked decision of association football clubs to carry on with their programme. Its mixed, even muddled, response preserved wartime cricket from either a total shut-down and mass extinctions of clubs or from general ostracism if it had carried on as usual.He also notes cricket's very different reaction to the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. There was no belief that it would be “over by Christmas” (as in August 1914) and in business (and cricket) as usual. The touring West Indians went home early to avoid the expected U-boat attacks, although three, Learie Constantine, Manny Martindale and Bertie Clarke stayed on to make notable contributions to the war effort, including cricket.Continue reading here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-114-two-testaments-of-cricket-and-war/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you!

Mike Coward is among the world's most distinguished and distinctive cricket writers and broadcasters, although he graciously declines the title of “Australia's John Arlott.” He makes a welcome return to the crease as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.Mike begins by responding to a grim result (for Australia): the innings defeat within three days in the first Test of their current series in India. Coming after two unsatisfying one-sided domestic series against West Indies and South Africa, it strained the loyalty of Australian cricket fans to Test match cricket. Across the world, this format, the summit of the game cannot afford a succession of uncompelling, poorly followed series.Recovery from the defeat in Nagpur would be a major challenge for Pat Cummins, as captain, who had recently faced criticism at home for his progressive stance on social and environmental issues outside cricket. He believes that Cummins, in line with a growing number of modern sports personalities, will maintain his involvement in these issues and predicts that he will grow as a leader on and off the field.A rare bright spot for Australia in the recent match was the début performance, capturing seven Indian wickets in their sole innings, of the off-spinner Todd Murphy, selected after a handful of first-class matches. Mike profiles the player, whose spectacles have earned him the inevitable nickname of Harry Potter in succession to Australia's spin-bowling coach Daniel Vettori. He hails the temperament and methods which earned his success.Continue reading here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-112-after-a-hard-day-in-nagpur-the-great-cricket-writer-mike-coward-gives-a-masterclass-on-australian-cricket/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you!

In August 1971 Bella the elephant from Chessington Zoo travelled to the Oval to watch India's historic first Test match victory in England.  Her story gives the title to the fascinating book, Elephant In The Stadium, by the historian Arunabha Sengupta. Around it he weaves not only the gripping cricket played in the series but also the major surrounding events, the political, social and cultural history of India's relationship with Britain and its empire, and its enduring legacy. He is the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.Read the full description here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-111-an-elephant-never-forgets-indias-first-test-victory-in-england/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you!

In the British isles cricket had a start on association football of over a hundred years as a game with Laws, organization and popular following. In the late Victorian era it was overtaken in a short time. Based on his fascinating book Beastly Fury on the strange birth of British football, the distinguished documentary maker and sports historian Richard Sanders teases out the reasons why. He is the latest guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their cricket-themed podcast.Richard's book begins with an account of the astonishing mass football match – or more accurately battle – all over Derby in 1846. It was a survival of mediæval festivities on Shrove Tuesday when normal life was turned upside down by a lord of misrule. But alongside these exhibitions of mass mayhem were much more organized and disciplined local matches of “folk football”, with set numbers playing over a prescribed area. In these are the true origins of the modern football which emerged in the late nineteenth century.He combats the persistent myth that public schoolboys civilized and controlled the anarchy of folk football. The opposite was more true: contact with folk football civilized the public schoolboys. The historic seven “great schools” of the early nineteenth century had all evolved their own bizarre forms of football filled with psychotic violence...Read the full description here: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-110-how-professionals-save-soccer-but-not-cricket-from-public-school-amateurs-explains-sports-historian-richard-sanders/Get in touch with us by emailing obornehellercricket@outlook.com, we would love to hear from you!

Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the case of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks whose extradition to the US has been agreed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Peter and Eamon also talk about the story that disappeared from The Times and Boris Johnson's relationship with the press.Recorded on 20th June 2022. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's guests include:Guests:Banned and hunted frontline journalist Gonzalo Lira reports on Ukraine and the latest developments in the area.Author and political commentator Peter Oborne on the nightmare at Downing Street, is Truss' time up as PM?MOATS is an alternative media internet sensation. Hosted by former MP and master speaker George Galloway, each week he discusses the biggest stories not in the news with the best independent journalists in the world.If you aren't already subscribed, it's really easy for you to subscribe to the patron-only feed. From the device where you want to listen, click here https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/785426 to sign in to your Patreon account, hit “Allow” to enable delivery of the content, then select your podcast app of choice to subscribe. This works with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Downcast, Podcast Addict, Acast and dozens more podcast apps.Thanks for your support! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne joins Eamon to talk about Tory Party governments and leadership since 2016. Peter's website referenced in this podcast is https://boris-johnson-lies.com/Recorded on 17th October 2022. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The journalist Peter Oborne stands out as one of the few defenders of our community in the mainstream press. Over the past two decades he has worked tirelessly to speak truth to power. He is currently a writer for the Middle East Eye and was named as British Press Awards Columnist of the Year in 2013. Previously he worked as the chief political columnist of the Daily Telegraph until he resigned in 2015. His latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, which takes a look at the often-opaque world of the Islamophobia industry. Importantly, Oborne is a conservative and until 2019 was a member of the Conservative Party until he resigned in disgust at Boris Johnson's leadership. Thanks to the team: Riaz Hasan, Musab Muhammad, Reem Walid, Adeel Alam, Yusra Zainuddin, Ahaz Atif and Umar Abdul Salam. Join our Telegram group here: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim You can donate to the show here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/contribute Follow us on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jalalayn and https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim Website Archive: thinkingmuslim.com -

Author and journalist Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about Boris Johnson and the Tory Party line-up for the leadership election. Peter's website Eamon refers to is https://boris-johnson-lies.com/ and his latest book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam.Recorded on 8th July 2022. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy.

Journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about the case of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks whose extradition to the US has been agreed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Peter and Eamon also talk about the story that disappeared from The Times and Boris Johnson's relationship with the press.Recorded on 20th June 2022. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy.

Following Boris Johnson's survival of yesterday's Vote of Confidence in his leadership, journalist and author Peter Oborne talks to Eamon about Johnson's leadership and the power bases behind him. In the course of the conversation Eamon references Peter's website Boris-Johnson-Lies.com and his book “The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism. Peter's most recent book is The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam.Recorded 7th June 2922. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy.