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)
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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