A Point of View

Adam Gopnik attempts to make sense of events in Washington this week and argues that the attack on C

Adam Gopnik, cycling around Central Park in New York, explains why going round in circles suddenly

Bernardine Evaristo reflects on spirituality and syncretism. "There are many people," she writes, "

Sara Wheeler loves maps. Taking her cue from a 1755 map on her desk, she asks how maps can help us

Howard Jacobson reflects on hugging, past and present. He casts his mind back to his school days and

"Unusual conditions produce novel responses" writes Will Self. And Will's response is what he calls

Bernardine Evaristo discusses body image and the fashion industry. Why, she asks, do fashionable clo

In the week where his appointment to the Equality and Human Rights Commission has come in for critic

Sara Wheeler reflects on lockdown for her brother - profoundly learning disabled - and others like h

Howard Jacobson with his personal reaction to a monumental week in US politics. In an attempt to de

Zoe Strimpel examines why so many people have become passionately obsessed with dogs. "We have moved

"My mother tended to do it in shops and on public transport - my father favoured pubs..." Taking a

"Big as it looks, it is nothing but gas and more gas, imposing its will on the sky by sheer bluster.

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

"As a fully fledged luvvie," writes Bernardine Evaristo, "practically every greeting and farewell is

With widespread unease over the government 's handling of the pandemic, Tom Shakespeare proposes tha

Facts have lost their meaning," writes Sarah Dunant. "In their place, belief has taken over." Sarah

"As the culture war has heated up," writes Zoe Strimpel, "every word and tweet is vested with the in

As children return to school, Michael Morpurgo questions whether we are educating our children....or

"At no time, in modern times," writes Adam Gopnik, "have we endured so much and understood so little