A Point of View

A night walk, listening to nightingales, and a memory of her late father lead Rebecca Stott to ponde

Mary Beard argues that 21st Century disputes about what museums should own - or give back - are far

Megan Nolan ponders her generation's housing crisis. 'Sometimes it all crashes over me, how adrift I

Zoe Strimpel reflects on the 'commercial exploitation' of fandom. From Swiftie 'friendship bracelet

When it comes to fast cars or literary festivals, Howard Jacobson reckons that, for the average male

Mark Damazer looks to George Orwell's essay, 'Politics and the English Language', to see if he can b

Sara Wheeler asks whether trying to get away from it all is a futile endeavour.'We go to all that tr

Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons. Against a backdrop

Rebecca Stott is on a quest for a decent-tasting apple. Along the way she discovers a revival of int

Megan Nolan on the allure of New York and the city's 'main character' syndrome. The city is, she say

Patients care apps - which give patients unprecedented access to their health records - are being ro

Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.He talks of a childhoo

Sara Wheeler reflects on the experience of being a sibling to her brother who has a lifelong disabil

Zoe Strimpel reflects on the extraordinary experience of ‘crossing the rubicon separating non-mother

A L Kennedy argues that, as a country with low productivity, we must urgently address our unhealthy

John Gray assesses what's going wrong for liberals in the US election. 'It's not chiefly Joe Biden'

Adam Gopnik warns of our tendency to normalise evil behaviour. What may pass for entertainment in Ma

Will Self believes we are reaching a state of 'peak envy'. 'Is it any surprise,' Will writes, 'that

Sarah Dunant reflects on martyrdom past and present. As Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is laid to res

Following a recent incident in a London theatre where, it appears, Jewish Israelis were targeted by