{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/693ad57cd527840ddbbd4a86?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Christmas Out Loud I: James Heale, Gyles Brandreth, Avi Loeb, Melanie McDonagh, Mary Wakefield, Richard Bratby & Rupert Hawksley","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/1765463412332-abd7e238-ccf3-4457-be12-1a5be01c9888.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this week’s special Christmas edition of&nbsp;<em>Spectator Out Loud – part one</em>: James Heale wonders if Keir Starmer will really have a&nbsp;<em>happy&nbsp;</em>new year<em>;</em>&nbsp;Gyles Brandreth discusses Her Majesty The Queen’s love of reading, and reveals which books Her Majesty has personally recommended to give this Christmas; Avi Loeb explains why a comet could be a spaceship; Melanie McDonagh compares Protestant and Catholic ghosts; Mary Wakefield explains what England’s old folk songs can teach us; Richard Bratby says there is joy to be found in composers’ graves; and, Rupert Hawksley provides his notes on washing up.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}