A Point of View

"Who owns a story?" asks Adam Gopnik. "The storyteller? The subject? Or do all stories in some sense

"In the 1880s," writes Sara Wheeler, "the scientific community began to recognise and categorise neu

David Goodhart discusses why integration is a permanent dilemma for multi-ethnic societies. And he w

"Tomorrow's world," writes Zia Haider Rahman, "will be shaped still more by finance, tech, and the m

In the aftermath of the recent report on religious groups in the UK carried out by the Independent I

As thousands of Afghan refugees look to make their home in the UK, Michael Morpurgo tells the story

John Gray on how former British Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour, identified a weakness in the idea th

Sara Wheeler looks at the emotional power of food. "It's regrettable", she writes, "that the link be

'I don't want to find an eight-part drama more interesting than my life', writes Zoe Strimpel.Zoe re

Rebecca Stott responds to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And

Adam Gopnik reflects on the ever-increasing accessibility of the past.He ponders what effect it has

Howard Jacobson turns his thoughts to the unlikely subject of present wrapping.He delves into "Expec

'In the dog days of the pandemic,' writes John Connell, 'I decided the place to recharge my spirit w

Bernardine Evaristo argues that the racist abuse levelled at England players after the final of the

'I object to the demotion of the noble art of indoor swimming,' writes Sara Wheeler, 'in the current

Tom Shakespeare argues that red tape should be regarded as a force for good. From Charles Dickens'

Niall Ferguson argues that a post-pandemic 'Roaring Twenties' is far from certain. 'There are good

Zoe Strimpel argues that the culture war is no fake or proxy war - but rather ideas about what is ac

"To locate Zionism's origins," argues Howard Jacobson, "we must leave historical for spiritual time.

Bernardine Evaristo argues that, as we move out of lockdown and rebuild our creative infrastructure,