Spectator Out Loud Christmas Special: Lara Prendergast, Christopher Howse, Lionel Shriver, Peter Hitchens, Joanna Lumley, Caroline Moore

<div>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)</div><div><br></div><div>Next, Christopher Howse on those helping to preserve the UK’s medieval churches.  (06:31)<br><br>Then it's, Lionel Shriver on the Covid heretics she admires most. (16:41)<br><br>Followed by, Peter Hitchens on Christmas in Russia during the last days of the Soviet Union. (25:23)<br><br>Penultimately, we have Joanna Lumley on getting the key to the Sistine Chapel. (35:69)</div><div><br></div><div>And finally, Caroline Moore on how ghost stories became a British Christmas tradition.</div><div>(41:51)</div><div><br></div><div>Produced and presented by Sam Holmes<br><br>Subscribe to <em>The Spectator</em> 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 <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/celebrate">www.spectator.co.uk/celebrate</a></div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>