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A Point of View

A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

Episodes

Total: 787

"Having been alone in the apartment now for almost three weeks," writes Adam Gopnik in New York, "I

"As our physical reality is reduced down to a few rooms or a view from a window," writes Sarah Dunan

Cause for Hope

2020/3/20

"I have come to think of the virus as that monster from the ancient Norse legend of Beowulf, Grendel

"There is nothing some of us enjoy more," writes Adam Gopnik, "than finding analogies to our own pal

What to do?

2020/3/6

"There are some things that one just has to put up with," writes Tom Shakespeare. "Sometimes over-th

Recline-gate

2020/2/28

To recline....or not to recline your aeroplane seat?Adam Gopnik ponders the question of “recline-gat

Inhaling History

2020/2/21

"I am holding history in my hands," writes Sarah Dunant. "The date on the letter is February 1490..

An Epidemic of History

2020/2/14

"We have been here before, many times" writes Sarah Dunant as she charts some key moments in history

Sodcasting

2020/2/7

From the “pernicious fife-footlers polluting the sooty Victorian cities” to the “fiendish electronic

"Of all the men I never wanted to grow old into", writes Howard Jacobson, "this is the man I wanted

"All racism is a species not only of unreason... but of unreason enthusiastically embraced", writes

The Ring of the Nibelung

2020/1/17

Following the death of the philosopher, author and self-professed Wagner fan, Sir Roger Scruton, thi

On Hypocrisy

2020/1/10

Will Self explores what he sees as a growing sense of collective hypocrisy. He looks at why we're o

Getting Close to Nature

2020/1/5

"After months of hearing about the climate emergency", writes Rebecca Stott, "I thought it would be

"I've long been fascinated with taxidermy", writes Rebecca Stott, "but it disturbs me". She explain

“Whatever humans do, the world is not going to end”, writes John Gray. “Humankind cannot destroy the

Expectations of Democracy

2019/12/13

"I can no longer force myself", writes Will Self, "to make choices that appear quite meaningless to

John Gray tells the story of Archy and Mehitabel, a newspaper column created in 1916 by the US journ

Following the death of the brilliantly funny Clive James - one of the first presenters of "A Point o

The Sex Recession

2019/11/22

"In all things erotic", writes Adam Gopnik, "morals and manners run at right angles to each other".