A Point of View

A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

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Refugee Tales
Monica Ali on the UK's use of immigration detention centres and indefinite detention.
14 Jun 2019,9 mins
Simply a Writer
Monica Ali explores the challenges faced by writers of colour.
07 Jun 2019,9 mins
Dangerous places, libraries
Val McDermid on why public libraries must be kept open.
31 May 2019,9 mins
Democracy is not in crisis
David Goodhart on why he believes democracy - far from being in crisis - is thriving.
24 May 2019,9 mins
Tackling homelessness
Val McDermid ponders how we can fix homelessness.
10 May 2019,9 mins
What Would Darwin Do?
Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns.
03 May 2019,9 mins
What Would Darwin Do?
Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns
03 May 2019,9 mins
Get Mad, Then Get Over It!
Sarah Dunant proposes a National Anger Day – a catharsis to help us all be less… angry!
26 Apr 2019,9 mins
After the Fire
Joanna Robertson reflects from Paris on the days after the Notre Dame fire.
19 Apr 2019,9 mins
Automation...and a packet of frozen peas
AL Kennedy reflects on why automation needs to be governed by human needs and strengths.
12 Apr 2019,9 mins
On Holding Forth
Rebecca Stott on her pet hate – being talked AT!
05 Apr 2019,9 mins
Brexit: Failure to compromise
John Gray reflects on where British politics goes from here.
29 Mar 2019,9 mins
Where there's muck there's art
Sarah Dunant on the thorny relationship between culture and the money that supports it.
22 Mar 2019,9 mins
So Many Kinds of Britons: Who Knew?
Zia Haider Rahman on why Brexit has made him feel closer to Britain.
15 Mar 2019,9 mins
A Sense of Chaos
AL Kennedy on why we can’t afford to despair.
08 Mar 2019,9 mins
Calling a spade a spade
Tom Shakespeare on why we are in urgent need of a bit of plain speaking.
01 Mar 2019,9 mins
Cookery shows...and hungry people
AL Kennedy on TV's tendency to focus on disappearing parts of our national life.
22 Feb 2019,9 mins
Humour that's worth its name
AL Kennedy on how the British sense of humour is standing up to our political woes.
15 Feb 2019,9 mins
The Organ Recital
Will Self asks why our relationship with our bodies has become such a distant one.
08 Feb 2019,9 mins
The Sea Is Back
Stella Tillyard argues that the sea - long forgotten - is beginning to reassert itself.
01 Feb 2019,9 mins
The trouble with referendums
Val McDermid argues that referendums have had a devastating effect on our political system
25 Jan 2019,9 mins
Brexit and the English Revolution
Linda Colley asks if - eventually - Brexit could be the modernizing force the UK needs.
18 Jan 2019,9 mins
Have we reached Peak Stuff?
Stella Tillyard ponders whether we are freeing ourselves from the grip of 'things'.
11 Jan 2019,9 mins
The Online Password
Tom Shakespeare on the near impossible task of remembering online passwords.
06 Jan 2019,9 mins
To Parks
Howard Jacobson on the joys of city parks.
28 Dec 2018,9 mins
On Not Being Oneself
Howard Jacobson on the Cult of Self.
21 Dec 2018,9 mins
Money Sense
Will Self on why personal finance is an utterly alien concept.
14 Dec 2018,9 mins
What did you do during the environmental collapse, daddy?
Will Self ponders what we should say to our children about global warming.
07 Dec 2018,9 mins
The witch-hunt culture
Roger Scruton argues that political correctness is the ultimate source of our conflicts.
30 Nov 2018,9 mins
Speak, History!
Stella Tillyard on why history no longer seems an adequate guide to our present.
23 Nov 2018,9 mins