A Point of View

A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

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Not in My Movie
Sara Wheeler on why it's vital that research into neurodiversity is better understood.
15 Oct 2021,9 mins
Talking about Integration
David Goodhart ponders why we're reluctant to talk about integration.
08 Oct 2021,9 mins
In Praise of Mathematics
Zia Haider Rahman on why he's introducing his 5-year-old godson to mathematics.
01 Oct 2021,9 mins
Suffer the Children
Rebecca Stott asks if it's time to admit that some faith groups are not safe for children.
24 Sep 2021,9 mins
Little Amal
Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.
17 Sep 2021,9 mins
The Limits of Reason
John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.
10 Sep 2021,9 mins
The Secret Life of Food
Sara Wheeler explores the emotional power of food.
03 Sep 2021,9 mins
The Creep of the On-Screen Narrative
Zoe Strimpel argues that it's time to wean ourselves off TV as a coping mechanism.
27 Aug 2021,9 mins
The Rhetoric of the Climate Crisis
Rebecca Stott reflects on the difficulty of communicating climate change.
20 Aug 2021,9 mins
A Study in Improbability
Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.
13 Aug 2021,9 mins
Rapping with a W
Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping
06 Aug 2021,9 mins
In the Dingle Peninsula
John Connell walks in the footsteps of the Irish monk, St Brendan.
30 Jul 2021,9 mins
Trolls Running Riot
Bernardine Evaristo argues that online trolls are poisoning human interaction.
23 Jul 2021,9 mins,
Verrucas Optional
Sara Wheeler on why she has little time for the current fad of wild swimming.
16 Jul 2021,9 mins
Red Tape
Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present.
09 Jul 2021,9 mins
The Boring Twenties
Niall Ferguson argues that predictions of a 'Roaring Twenties' may be misplaced.
02 Jul 2021,9 mins
The Culture War
Zoe Strimpel argues that the culture war is not a storm in a teacup.
25 Jun 2021,9 mins
Anti-Zionism and the Death of Tragedy
Howard Jacobson on Zionism and the disappointment of a dream.
18 Jun 2021,9 mins
The Arts in Our Hearts
Bernardine Evaristo on why the country's arts must be cherished.
11 Jun 2021,9 mins
The Past is Never Dead
Sara Wheeler rereads fifty years of diaries and ponders lessons learned.
04 Jun 2021,9 mins
Eavesdropping
Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.
28 May 2021,9 mins
On Concrete
Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete.
21 May 2021,9 mins
Absence of Exultation
Adam Gopnik ponders New Yorkers' response to the passing of the pandemic there.
14 May 2021,9 mins
Invisible Women
Zoe Strimpel questions some of the dominant gender narratives around the Me Too movement.
07 May 2021,9 mins
Living with Group Difference
David Goodhart reflects on group identities in the aftermath of the Sewell report.
02 May 2021,9 mins
The Age of Infantilism
Howard Jacobson reflects on the 'incorrigible unseriousness' of our age.
23 Apr 2021,9 mins
What are you doing here?
Michael Morpurgo on how a personal meeting shaped his views.
16 Apr 2021,9 mins
Reflections on my Mother's Kenwood Mixer
Rebecca Stott on memories of Angel Delight, Smash powder and an invaluable device....
09 Apr 2021,9 mins
The Florida Phone Call
Adam Gopnik reflects on why Tik-Tok will never be his thing.
02 Apr 2021,9 mins
Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?
Sara Wheeler argues that the Mrs-Miss distinction has no place in contemporary Britain.
26 Mar 2021,9 mins