A Point of View

Howard Jacobson applauds the playwright Tom Stoppard's attack on the ignorance of the average audien

Howard Jacobson deplores the fashion for "whooping" as a mark of approval, and sees it as a species

John Gray reflects on the controversial "safe spaces" policy being pursued by some universities.It m

John Gray assesses what lies behind the Trump phenomenon and the remarkable political upheaval that

Wheelchair user, Tom Shakespeare, reflects on what it feels like to be dependent on others. He says

John Gray muses on what his idea of heaven is....and why it shouldn't be a perfect world. History te

Tom Shakespeare - a new dog owner - reflects on what dogs can teach us about contentment. Rememberin

Will Self reflects on the joys of genealogy - truffling in census returns and parish records and est

Will Self explores what's wrong with modern art. "I've been responsible for a fair amount of absolut

Will Self explains why he finds it hard to always act his age."To alternate between being an errant

Tom Shakespeare gives a very personal view of the implications for society of a prenatal screening t

Via steak and kidney pie and a spot of Morris dancing, AL Kennedy reflects on Englishness...at a tim

AL Kennedy ponders the importance of facts... in a world dominated by opinion. "The Chilcot report h

The historian Mary Beard presents the last in the series in which some of Britain's leading thinkers

Peter Hennessy sees the UK's vote to leave the European Union as the biggest strategic shift in Brit

In these special editions of A Point of View, five of Britain's leading thinkers give their own very

In these special editions of Radio 4's long-running essay programme, A Point of View, five of Britai

The philosopher Onora O'Neill criticises the standard of public debate on both sides of the European

"Transitions shake us" writes AL Kennedy. "and you don't need me to tell you that as a nation we're

The philosopher John Gray argues that Brexit will have a greater impact on the EU than it will on th