Rahim Stirling will be working on Radio 4 as a guest today.

British footballer Rahim Stirling will be the editor of Today on Radio 4 over Christmas, the reports. The 26-year-old Manchester City star became an MBE at Childcare and Equality this summer. Traditionally, he will be one of seven guest editors alongside Lord Dobbs and General Sir Nick Carter during the Christmas season. Dr. Jane Goodall, James Rebanks, Mina Smallman, and Jackie Wright complete this year's line-up.

The edited guest show will air between December 27 and January 3, 2022. Last month, former England and Arsenal striker and now Match of the Day Expert Ian Wright said Stirling and Marcus Rashford helped change the way black players see themselves.

In to winning the Premier League with his club and reaching the final of the 2020 European Championship with his country, Sterling, born in Jamaica and London, campaigns against racism on and off the pitch.

The Raheem Sterling Charitable Foundation 1692 was recently established to support children and youth in need. Details on Sterling's Radio 4 program will be announced in the coming weeks.

Today, Editor Owena Griffiths says that every year guest editors, assisted by producers and reporters to present their ideas on television according to BBC editorial standards, "bring new ideas, surprising prospects and sometimes a bit of brilliance to the program." .".

General Sir Nick Carter, outgoing Secretary of Defense, will consider alternative ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with former colleagues in his program.

Conservation expert dr. Jane Goodall, founder of Jane Goodall Institute and UN Ambassador for Peace, will explore the link between poverty and climate change and discuss the interactions between science and faith in her program.

Mina Smallman, the former Archdeacon of the Church of England whose daughters Nicole and Bibaa were killed in a London park, will support crime victims and the Reclaim This Streets movement.

Elsewhere, Cumbrian farmer and bestselling author James Rebanks will explore urban agriculture's role in creating healthier societies. Jackie Wright, Microsoft's chief digital officer, asked whether young people are equipped with the skills they need for the jobs of tomorrow.

Conservative colleague and House of Cards author Lord Dobbs will study the effects of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with earlier this year. The event's previous holiday editors were Prince Harry, Greta Thunberg, Lewis Hamilton, David Hockney, Angelina Jolie, and Professor Stephen Hawking.