Spectator Out Loud Christmas Special: Lara Prendergast, Christopher Howse, Lionel Shriver, Peter Hitchens, Joanna Lumley, Caroline Moore
Dec 18, 2021, 10:30 AM
On this week's very special Christmas episode, we'll hear from Lara Prendergast on why she’s planning to party hard this Christmas. (00:57)
Next, Christopher Howse on those helping to preserve the UK’s medieval churches. (06:31)
Then it's, Lionel Shriver on the Covid heretics she admires most. (16:41)
Followed by, Peter Hitchens on Christmas in Russia during the last days of the Soviet Union. (25:23)
Penultimately, we have Joanna Lumley on getting the key to the Sistine Chapel. (35:69)
Then it's, Lionel Shriver on the Covid heretics she admires most. (16:41)
Followed by, Peter Hitchens on Christmas in Russia during the last days of the Soviet Union. (25:23)
Penultimately, we have Joanna Lumley on getting the key to the Sistine Chapel. (35:69)
And finally, Caroline Moore on how ghost stories became a British Christmas tradition.
(41:51)
Produced and presented by Sam Holmes
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Subscribe to The Spectator magazine this Christmas and get the next 12 issues – in print and online – for just £12. Not only that but you’ll also receive a bottle of Taittinger champagne, worth £42, to see you through to the new year. Join the party today at www.spectator.co.uk/celebrate