A Point of View

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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.

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

Zoe Strimpel asks the seemingly simple question 'what is a woman', but finds no simple answer as she

The everyday repression of life in Russia, as experienced by an anonymous dissident playwright. In t

'Perhaps, like me,' writes A L Kennedy, 'you can now only picture Cabinet meetings as gatherings whe

Adam Gopnik seeks enlightenment for our time in Tolstoy's War and Peace, finding parallels in Tolsto

"When war smashes its way into our living rooms as it did three weeks ago", writes Sarah Dunant, "it

For the past five years, Rebecca Stott and a Russian friend have spent time together... digging heav

Will Self tells the story of Vasily Arkhipov, the commander of a Soviet nuclear-armed submarine, who

Sara Wheeler reflects that the attack on Ukraine is not the war of the Russian people she has known.

John Connell reflects on planting trees on his family farm in Ireland as reparation for the years he