The Delingpod: The James Delingpole Podcast

Tania Edwards

May 7, 2026

Tania (Tanya) Edwards, comedian, writer and cultural commentator, chats candidly about city life and the urge to decamp to the countryside. They touch on distrust of public figures, symbolism in media, TV propaganda and how movements get corrupted. Conversation drifts through faith, creativity, censorship and organising classical concerts, mixing intimate anecdotes with unsettling cultural critique.

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Beware Idolizing Alternative Voices

Tania argued that public figures on the 'awake' side can still be tools of manipulation and should not be idolized.
She cited Catherine Austin Fitts and Whitney Webb as examples where symbolism and platform can mislead followers.

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Grayson Perry's Provocative Symbolism

Tania referenced Grayson Perry's aesthetic choices as deliberately modeled on Jimmy Savile to make a statement.
She pointed to a pot featuring the line I know where your child's dead body is buried as an example of provocative symbolism.

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Comedy Gig In A Masonic Theatre

Tania discovered the Old Theatre Royal used as a Masonic lodge with consecrated altars and Masonic imagery in the green room.
She debated whether to perform there and attended to see a consecrated altar despite discomfort.

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James is joined by the lovely Tania for a lively wander through the personal and the political, beginning with broken bones and the quiet appeal of decamping to the countryside, before turning to the darker mood of the moment - the sense of something malign edging ever closer. Other subjects include the work of Whitney Webb, Grayson Perry cosplaying as Jimmy Savile, and plenty else besides, in a conversation that is intimate and occasionally unsettling.

For Tania and Alistair Tour dates: https://taniaedwards.com/artists/

For the Varvara Tarasova recital Tania has organised: https://www.1901artsclub.com/10-jun-2026-varvara-tarasova-piano.html

And for all other Tania things ... https://taniaedwards.substack.com/

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