{"id":4079,"date":"2025-04-09T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antecamara-galeria.pt\/alastair-leithead\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:58:46","slug":"alastair-leithead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antecamara-galeria.pt\/en\/alastair-leithead\/","title":{"rendered":"Alastair Leithead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\">.vc_custom_1737717005730{border-color: #000000 !important;}.vc_custom_1738173041801{padding-bottom: 60px !important;}.vc_custom_1737715143263{margin-left: -30px !important;padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}.vc_custom_1737474738892{border-top-width: 3px !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-color: #000000 !important;}<\/style><div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid  h1_titulo_container vc_custom_1737717005730\" style=' text-align:left;'><div class=\" full_section_inner clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\">Alastair Leithead<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div      class=\"vc_row wpb_row section vc_row-fluid  ac_container_content\" style=' text-align:left;'><div class=\" full_section_inner clearfix\"><div class=\"ac_single_podcast_player wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  podcast_post_image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/antecamara-galeria.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Alastair-Leithead.jpg\" alt=\"Alastair Leithead\" class=\"post-featured-image\">\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ac_single_podcast_info wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-9\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_acf ac_single_podcast_texto vc_txt_align_left field_678b7658454bb\"><p>Alastair Leithead, born in 1972 in Amersham, England, is a British journalist with a distinguished career as the BBC&#8217;s international correspondent. 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