{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6835911be1abc4be6b039db8/693acfcdd527840ddbbba03d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From The Queen to Bonnie Blue: The Spectator’s Christmas Edition 2025 ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6835911be1abc4be6b039db8/1765461951345-f7dc166c-69ab-4173-81ef-2c68e2b144a8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The&nbsp;<em>Spectator</em>’s bumper Christmas issue is a feast for all, with offerings from Nigel Farage, Matthew McConaughey and Andrew Strauss to Dominic Sandbrook, David Deutsch and Bonnie Blue – and even from Her Majesty The Queen.</p><p><br></p><p>To take us through the Christmas&nbsp;<em>Edition</em>, host Lara Prendergast is joined by deputy political editor James Heale, associate editor Damian Thompson and writer of the&nbsp;<em>Spectator</em>’s new morning newsletter,&nbsp;<em>Morning Press</em>, Angus Colwell.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>They discuss: the state of British politics as we leave 2025 behind, and who will have a worse year ahead between Kemi and Keir; what physicist David Deutsch’s enthusiasm for humanity can teach us all in the age of AI; why the Sherlock Holmes stories have maintained such enduring appeal; whether England cricket fans will be celebrating good news from Down Under; as well as the best places to visit in London at Christmastime.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: who does Damian think is the ‘most repugnant, left-wing extremist leader’ in British politics, and who described Bonnie Blue as the ‘Emma Hamilton of the 21st century'?</p><p><br></p><p>Happy Christmas from <em>The Spectator</em>.&nbsp;Produced by Patrick Gibbons.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}