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A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Cities of the Dead

    Fri 26 Oct 2018

    Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.

  • In Praise of Mooching

    Fri 19 Oct 2018

    Howard Jacobson on the end of mooching as a way of life.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fixing violence in London - Glasgow-style

    Fri 28 Sep 2018

    Val McDermid on Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle knife crime.

  • Murder is not the point

    Fri 21 Sep 2018

    Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.

  • Serena and the Umpire

    Fri 14 Sep 2018

    Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.

  • On Prefixes

    Fri 7 Sep 2018

    Adam Gopnik on why the prefixes we use speak volumes.

  • Parity of Esteem

    Fri 31 Aug 2018

    Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.

  • Books do furnish a room

    Fri 24 Aug 2018

    Tom Shakespeare is downsizing. But what to do with his books?

  • Bin the Bucket List

    Fri 17 Aug 2018

    Tom Shakespeare on why he rejects the idea of a bucket list.

  • The Road to Peace

    Fri 10 Aug 2018

    Michael Morpurgo discusses the importance of never taking peace for granted.

  • Think Again

    Fri 3 Aug 2018

    Michael Morpurgo argues it's time to think again over Brexit.

  • Imagine

    Fri 27 Jul 2018

    Michael Morpurgo on a new initiative to help refugee children.

  • Brexit and Illiberal Europe

    Fri 20 Jul 2018

    John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.

  • The Conundrum of Inheritance Tax

    Fri 13 Jul 2018

    Sarah Dunant on her uneasy conundrum over inheritance tax.

  • Cliches and Commonplaces

    Fri 6 Jul 2018

    Adam Gopnik sets out to determine the difference between cliche and universal truth.

  • The Past

    Fri 29 Jun 2018

    Will Self on why we should stop 'looking down on the inferior inhabitants of the past'.

  • Mindless Replicants

    Fri 22 Jun 2018

    Will Self on consciousness, humanity and artificial intelligence.

  • A New Anti-Semitism

    Fri 15 Jun 2018

    Will Self on a new wave of anti-Semitism in Britain.

  • Botcare

    Fri 8 Jun 2018

    Sarah Dunant asks if robots can solve the crisis in care for the elderly.

  • Bobby Kennedy's Assassination - 50 years on

    Fri 1 Jun 2018

    Alistair Cooke's incredible first-hand account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.

  • Summer in the Movies

    Fri 25 May 2018

    Amit Chaudhuri reflects on why he believes modern movies lack "enchantment".

  • Ireland's Abortion Referendum - A Personal View

    Fri 18 May 2018

    Sarah Dunant reflects on Ireland's upcoming abortion referendum.

  • The Brightening of History

    Fri 11 May 2018

    Amit Chaudhuri on why restoration should not involve a fetishization of the new.

  • A Problem with Words

    Fri 4 May 2018

    Stella Tillyard describes her struggle with dyslexia for the first time.

  • A Normal Need

    Fri 27 Apr 2018

    Tom Shakespeare asks why disabled sexuality is still so often taboo.

  • The Museum of Deportation

    Fri 20 Apr 2018

    Stella Tillyard tells the story of a small Italian museum - the Museum of Deportation.

  • The Mental Illness Metaphor

    Fri 13 Apr 2018

    Tom Shakespeare on why we misuse the language of mental illness.

  • 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.

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