A Point of View

A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

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Going into Storage
Howard Jacobson's very tricky dilemma... which of his possessions can he throw away?
16 Nov 2018,9 mins
Only Remembered
Michael Morpurgo ponders our future connection with the First World War.
09 Nov 2018,9 mins
Clothes and the Man
Howard Jacobson on the politics of clothes.
02 Nov 2018,9 mins
Cities of the Dead
Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.
26 Oct 2018,9 mins
In Praise of Mooching
Howard Jacobson on the end of mooching as a way of life.
19 Oct 2018,9 mins
Not a good time to be a man
Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story.
12 Oct 2018,9 mins
The Joy of Deferred Gratification
Val McDermid on why mass tourism is destroying the very thing we crave when we travel.
05 Oct 2018,9 mins
Fixing violence in London - Glasgow-style
Val McDermid on Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle knife crime.
28 Sep 2018,9 mins
Murder is not the point
Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.
21 Sep 2018,9 mins
Serena and the Umpire
Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.
14 Sep 2018,10 mins
On Prefixes
Adam Gopnik on why the prefixes we use speak volumes.
07 Sep 2018,10 mins
Parity of Esteem
Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.
31 Aug 2018,10 mins
Books do furnish a room
Tom Shakespeare is downsizing. But what to do with his books?
24 Aug 2018,10 mins
Bin the Bucket List
Tom Shakespeare on why he rejects the idea of a bucket list.
17 Aug 2018,10 mins
The Road to Peace
Michael Morpurgo discusses the importance of never taking peace for granted.
10 Aug 2018,10 mins
Think Again
Michael Morpurgo argues it's time to think again over Brexit.
03 Aug 2018,10 mins
Imagine
Michael Morpurgo on a new initiative to help refugee children.
27 Jul 2018,10 mins
Brexit and Illiberal Europe
John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.
20 Jul 2018,10 mins
The Conundrum of Inheritance Tax
Sarah Dunant on her uneasy conundrum over inheritance tax.
13 Jul 2018,10 mins
Cliches and Commonplaces
Adam Gopnik sets out to determine the difference between cliche and universal truth.
06 Jul 2018,10 mins
The Past
Will Self on why we should stop 'looking down on the inferior inhabitants of the past'.
29 Jun 2018,10 mins
Mindless Replicants
Will Self on consciousness, humanity and artificial intelligence.
22 Jun 2018,10 mins
A New Anti-Semitism
Will Self on a new wave of anti-Semitism in Britain.
15 Jun 2018,10 mins
Botcare
Sarah Dunant asks if robots can solve the crisis in care for the elderly.
08 Jun 2018,10 mins
Bobby Kennedy's Assassination - 50 years on
Alistair Cooke's incredible first-hand account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
01 Jun 2018,10 mins
Summer in the Movies
Amit Chaudhuri reflects on why he believes modern movies lack "enchantment".
25 May 2018,10 mins
Ireland's Abortion Referendum - A Personal View
Sarah Dunant reflects on Ireland's upcoming abortion referendum.
18 May 2018,10 mins
The Brightening of History
Amit Chaudhuri on why restoration should not involve a fetishization of the new.
11 May 2018,10 mins
A Problem with Words
Stella Tillyard describes her struggle with dyslexia for the first time.
04 May 2018,10 mins
A Normal Need
Tom Shakespeare asks why disabled sexuality is still so often taboo.
27 Apr 2018,10 mins