A Point of View

"For a long time we forgot about the sea", writes Stella Tillyard. "But it did not forget us. It was

Val McDermid argues that referendums have had a devastating effect on our political system. "I am by

Linda Colley reflects on an historic week in British politics. She turns to Lawrence Stone's famous

As many Christmas presents start making the surreptitious trip to the charity shop, Stella Tillyard

"There is little more infuriating", writes Tom Shakespeare, "than some quotidian website which deman

Howard Jacobson on the joys of city parks. "I am, and always have been, a lover of city parks", he

"Is our taste for righteous self-blown indignation so indurated and inwrought" writes Howard Jacobso

"I listen to Money Box on Radio 4 as others might to a recording of Indonesian gamelan music", write

"Two things seem incontrovertible about the mounting environmental catastrophe", writes Will Self..

Roger Scruton argues that political correctness, far from being the cure to our conflicts, is actual

"For most of my adult life", writes Stella Tillyard, "I have had a template which I have used not on

Stella Tillyard on how we bury and remember our dead. The idea of immortality, she believes, is tak

Howard Jacobson on a very tricky dilemma - which of his possessions can he throw away or put into st

Michael Morpurgo reflects on our future connection with the First World War. "How will we pass it on

Howard Jacobson discusses the politics of dress - form religious clothing ....via too short trousers

Howard Jacobson on the end of mooching as a way of life."Rooting around, doing nothing in particular

Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story."With every sniff

Val McDermid argues that the sheer scale of tourism on a shoestring is destroying the very thing we

Val McDermid asks if Sadiq Khan’s plan for a Glasgow-style crime reduction unit can have the same tr

Val McDermid argues that crime fiction isn't really about murder at all."We shift people out of thei