A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Radio 4,·839 episodes
Tom Shakespeare on the humiliation of crawling.
30 Aug 2024,·9 mins
AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo.
23 Aug 2024,·9 mins
David Goodhart argues that the days of an ever-expanding university sector are over.
16 Aug 2024,·9 mins
Sara Wheeler reflects on the societal forces that have created the imposter syndrome.
09 Aug 2024,·9 mins
Will Self reflects on change... and getting ready for a stem cell transplant.
02 Aug 2024,·9 mins
Michael Morpurgo on heroism, triumph and disappointment as the Olympics gets underway.
26 Jul 2024,·9 mins
Adam Gopnik with the ultimate cure for sleeplessness.
19 Jul 2024,·9 mins
Sarah Dunant on the profound challenge to America's sense of its own youthfulness.
12 Jul 2024,·10 mins
Rebecca Stott on why Iris Murdoch's theory of 'unselfing' is so apt for our present moment
07 Jul 2024,·9 mins
Mary Beard on the function of museums and the thorny issue of what should be in them.
30 Jun 2024,·9 mins
Megan Nolan on why she's well suited to the insecurity of her generation's housing crisis.
23 Jun 2024,·9 mins
Zoe Strimpel reflects on the rise and rise of the superfan.
16 Jun 2024,·9 mins
Howard Jacobson ponders why men suddenly want to read about love.
07 Jun 2024,·9 mins
Mark Damazer on elections and the tricky business of political language.
31 May 2024,·9 mins
Sara Wheeler ponders whether holidays ever really deliver the escape that we yearn for.
24 May 2024,·9 mins
Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons.
17 May 2024,·9 mins
Rebecca Stott on her quest for a decent-tasting apple.
10 May 2024,·9 mins
Megan Nolan on New York as the Main Character Syndrome capital of the world.
03 May 2024,·9 mins
Will Self with a very personal take on the rise of medical records apps.
26 Apr 2024,·9 mins
Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.
19 Apr 2024,·9 mins
Sara Wheeler reflects on being a sibling to her brother who has a lifelong disability.
12 Apr 2024,·9 mins
Zoe Strimpel on crossing the rubicon into motherhood.
05 Apr 2024,·9 mins
AL Kennedy on taking on her workaholism.
29 Mar 2024,·9 mins
John Gray accuses US liberals of displaying a 'reckless hubris' in the election campaign.
22 Mar 2024,·9 mins
Adam Gopnik warns of our tendency to normalise evil behaviour.
15 Mar 2024,·9 mins
Will Self reflects on an 'epidemic' of envy.
08 Mar 2024,·9 mins
Sarah Dunant on Alexei Navalny and the creation of a modern martyr.
01 Mar 2024,·9 mins
Howard Jacobson on the liberation of laughter and a world turned upside down.
23 Feb 2024,·9 mins
Rebecca Stott reflects on what's to be gained by going 'down the rabbit hole'.
16 Feb 2024,·9 mins
Tom Shakespeare ponders the demise of his handwriting.
09 Feb 2024,·9 mins
