A Point of View

Sara Wheeler rereads her youthful diaries and ponders lessons learned. 'Discarding perished rubber b

'I have to concede: I am a fervent eavesdropper', writes Will Self.He ponders eavesdropping etiquett

Rebecca Stott reflects on why we should be looking to the Romans, and our other ancestors, for imagi

"The Venetian Republic," writes Adam Gopnik, "built one of the greatest and most beautiful churches

Zoe Strimpel questions some of the dominant gender narratives around the Me Too movement. 'The probl

David Goodhart reflects on group identities in the aftermath of the Sewell report and argues that th

'While self-righteousness loosens the tongues of fools,' writes Howard Jacobson, 'self-censorship ti

Michael Morpurgo reflects on meeting the Duke of Edinburgh when he was 16 and the indirect effect th

"The K beater, the whisk and the dough hook are rattling around in the bowl, and I am tasting butter

Adam Gopnik on the intricacies of the generation gap. It's highlighted, Adam argues, by what he call

Sara Wheeler explains why online packages arriving at her house are now addressed to 'The Right Reve

'There is a theory,' writes Sarah Dunant, 'that we needed to pull back from too much face-to-face co

'The spell of the cities is now being broken,' writes John Connell. On his family farm in Ireland -

"So far," writes Tom Shakespeare, "the pub has weathered the tides of history and adapted to every c

As a psychotherapist, Susie Orbach spends her working days helping people find words to express thei

Will Self reflects on a year of not travelling on the London underground... and why he's starting to

As the government announces a tightening of Britain's borders, Zoe Strimpel tries to understand her

Sarah Dunant finds chilling parallels between recent events in Washington and the Sack of Rome in 15

Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown."In this third lockdown," R

John Gray argues that the social media bans on Donald Trump pose many risks."The country is already