A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Episodes to download
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Not a good time to be a man
Fri 12 Oct 2018
Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story.
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The Joy of Deferred Gratification
Fri 5 Oct 2018
Val McDermid on why mass tourism is destroying the very thing we crave when we travel.
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Fixing violence in London - Glasgow-style
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Val McDermid on Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle knife crime.
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Murder is not the point
Fri 21 Sep 2018
Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.
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Serena and the Umpire
Fri 14 Sep 2018
Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.
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Parity of Esteem
Fri 31 Aug 2018
Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.
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Books do furnish a room
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Tom Shakespeare is downsizing. But what to do with his books?
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The Road to Peace
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Michael Morpurgo discusses the importance of never taking peace for granted.
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Brexit and Illiberal Europe
Fri 20 Jul 2018
John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.
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The Conundrum of Inheritance Tax
Fri 13 Jul 2018
Sarah Dunant on her uneasy conundrum over inheritance tax.
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Cliches and Commonplaces
Fri 6 Jul 2018
Adam Gopnik sets out to determine the difference between cliche and universal truth.
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The Past
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Will Self on why we should stop 'looking down on the inferior inhabitants of the past'.
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Mindless Replicants
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Will Self on consciousness, humanity and artificial intelligence.
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Bobby Kennedy's Assassination - 50 years on
Fri 1 Jun 2018
Alistair Cooke's incredible first-hand account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
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Summer in the Movies
Fri 25 May 2018
Amit Chaudhuri reflects on why he believes modern movies lack "enchantment".
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Ireland's Abortion Referendum - A Personal View
Fri 18 May 2018
Sarah Dunant reflects on Ireland's upcoming abortion referendum.
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The Brightening of History
Fri 11 May 2018
Amit Chaudhuri on why restoration should not involve a fetishization of the new.
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A Problem with Words
Fri 4 May 2018
Stella Tillyard describes her struggle with dyslexia for the first time.
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The Museum of Deportation
Fri 20 Apr 2018
Stella Tillyard tells the story of a small Italian museum - the Museum of Deportation.
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The Mental Illness Metaphor
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Tom Shakespeare on why we misuse the language of mental illness.
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China and the Retreat of Liberal Values
Fri 6 Apr 2018
John Gray argues that the future of the west depends on the continuing success of China.
