Editor’s Picks: 26th December 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the holiday issue of The Economist. This week, visiting the most <a href="https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/hard-times-and-hotplates-in-the-most-diverse-district-in-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">diverse district in Africa</a>, (17:30) meeting the Cockneys of <a href="https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/the-cockneys-of-thetford" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thetford</a>,&nbsp;(34:22) and the tangled history of California’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/the-long-and-tangled-history-of-californias-eucalyptus-trees" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eucalyptus trees</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/radiooffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/radiooffer</a></p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>