A Point of View

A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

Episodes

Total: 772

Female Fictions

2022/9/2

Megan Nolan questions why women writers still struggle to be taken seriously.'The appearance of the

Will Self reflects on success...and failure. 'Ours is a society', he writes, 'in which that hoary o

The New Age of Empire

2022/8/19

Linda Colley argues that President Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call which should remind

The Samsara of Salmon

2022/8/12

John Connell goes fishing in northern Spain, home to one of the oldest populations of Atlantic salmo

No Final Frontier

2022/8/5

Sara Wheeler has just been appointed the authorised biographer of the travel writer, Jan Morris. But

Dance Cocky

2022/7/29

From boyhood, through young adulthood, to the present day, Howard Jacobson ponders his relationship

Tom Shakespeare decided several years ago he was no longer going to fly for pleasure. But his father

Chance and Opportunity

2022/7/15

As the Tory leadership election highlights questions of social mobility, David Goodhart looks at why

'We're witnessing a major change in British politics,' writes John Gray. 'But to what?' With Boris J

Billionaire Bashing

2022/7/1

Zoe Strimpel argues that wealth creation should be the bedrock of politics. She says that while she

Sarah Dunant relives a road trip she took 50 years ago, travelling across the USA at a time when Roe

No-Stalgia

2022/6/17

'It's time to acknowledge', writes Will Self, 'that we don't really feel nostalgia at all - only som

Birthday Blues

2022/6/10

Howard Jacobson reflects on his upcoming 'significant birthday' and why he's become a willing partic

Jubilee Musings

2022/6/3

Adam Gopnik grew up in Canada, where he saw the Queen age gracefully on the country's bank notes - t

On Rubble

2022/5/27

After recently discovering the secret of her local meadow, which hides the ruins of World War Two, R

Home from Home

2022/5/20

'Over the centuries', writes Michael Morpurgo, 'we have been a safe haven to so many, and they have

The War with Words

2022/5/13

'We must never underestimate the power of words to shape public opinion and politics', writes Bernar

In the aftermath of recent headlines coming out of the Commons, Sarah Dunant explores sexual equalit

Will Self presents a very British solution to the issues surrounding the legalisation of marijuana.

The Unlistened-to Story

2022/4/22

"It is a terrible thing to be in possession of a truth that people don't want to hear," writes Howar