A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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The Religion of Rights
Fri 1 Sep 2017
Sir Roger Scruton argues that Europe needs to rediscover its Christian roots.
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Pottering towards the new socialist state
Fri 25 Aug 2017
Roger Scruton looks at the impact of Harry Potter on our world view.
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The Meaning of Conservative
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Roger Scruton asks: "What does the Tory Party really stand for?".
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On Musical Theatre
Fri 4 Aug 2017
Adam Gopnik reflects on why musical theatre makes its makers miserable.
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Napoleons and Normalcy
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Adam Gopnik on how Donald Trump's presidency will affect our sense of what 'normal' is.
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My Encounter with Shingles
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Adam Gopnik on why he turned to marijuana during his recent bout of shingles.
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What To Call Him?
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Adam Gopnik reflects on the first six months of Donald Trump's presidency.
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The Mark of a Man
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Will Self reflects on what a truly gender-fluid society might look like.
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After Grenfell
Fri 23 Jun 2017
Will Self's personal view of high-rise buildings following the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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Get Over It
Fri 16 Jun 2017
Howard Jacobson on the political ironies that are emerging following the election.
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Renouncing Middlemarch
Fri 2 Jun 2017
Howard Jacobson on why he must renounce George Eliot's greatest novel, Middlemarch.
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After Manchester
Fri 26 May 2017
Howard Jacobson reflects on his home city's response to the Manchester attack.
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The Fearsome Nature of Literary Festivals
Fri 19 May 2017
Howard Jacobson on literary festivals and the violent nature of creativity.
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In praise of the elite
Fri 12 May 2017
Howard Jacobson speaks up in defence of the much-maligned metropolitan liberal elite.
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On robots
Fri 5 May 2017
Howard Jacobson argues that talk of the dangers of artificial intelligence is premature.
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Trust in Voices
Fri 28 Apr 2017
A L Kennedy commends paying attention to voices as a way to discern truth telling.
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The Past in the Present
Fri 21 Apr 2017
A.L. Kennedy reflects on the way our past shapes our present and our future.
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The Power of Reading
Fri 14 Apr 2017
AL Kennedy extols the virtues of reading and its power to encourage respect for others.
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Bad News is Good Business
Fri 7 Apr 2017
AL Kennedy says we should reject the media outlets that peddle only bad news.
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Dementia Rights
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Tom Shakespeare argues that dementia should be viewed as a disability.
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The Power and Peril of Stories
Fri 24 Mar 2017
Tom Shakespeare reflects on why the political populists are all master story tellers.
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The Screensaver of Life, or the Idling Brain
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".
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Flying Saucers and an Uncertain World
Fri 3 Mar 2017
John Gray asks how we come to terms with a world that is frighteningly unpredictable.
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The Follies of Experts
Fri 17 Feb 2017
John Gray on how we can prepare ourselves for an 'unknowable future'.
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Protecting Our Way of Life
Fri 10 Feb 2017
John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life".
