A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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Of the People, By the People 3/4
Fri 23 Aug 2013
Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.
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Of the People, By the People 2/4
Fri 16 Aug 2013
Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.
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Roger Scruton: Of the People, By the People 1/4
Fri 9 Aug 2013
Roger Scruton argues that democracy alone is not enough for political freedom.
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Machiavelli's Summer in Tuscany
Fri 2 Aug 2013
Sarah Dunant on why Machiavelli wrote his seminal work 'The Prince' one summer in Tuscany.
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Reforming Catholicism in 140 Characters
Fri 26 Jul 2013
Sarah Dunant suggests what Pope Francis should tell his Twitter followers.
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A Big Day for Bert and Ernie?
Fri 19 Jul 2013
Sarah Dunant reflects on the power of a cartoon showing Bert and Ernie as a gay couple.
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A Sporting Catharsis
Fri 12 Jul 2013
A week after Wimbledon, amid the Ashes, Sarah Dunant reflects on sport's cathartic power.
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Gender Matters
Fri 5 Jul 2013
Sarah Dunant reflects on feminism and the ousting of Australia's prime minister.
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Anyone for Art?
Fri 28 Jun 2013
Tom Shakespeare presents the last of his four essays. Isn't it time to democratize art?
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A Midsummer Daydream
Fri 21 Jun 2013
Shouldn't we in Britain have better festivals? Shouldn't we celebrate Midsummer?
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Fly, Fish, Mouse and Worm
Fri 14 Jun 2013
Tom Shakespeare on 'model animals' and the success of the reductionism scientific strategy
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Can Compassion Be Taught?
Fri 7 Jun 2013
Tom Shakespeare asks if compassion can be taught, in the first of his four essays.
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Gatsby: The Perfect Fake
Fri 31 May 2013
John Gray finds new resonance for our own age in the story of 'The Great Gatsby'.
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The Doors of Perception
Fri 24 May 2013
John Gray argues for another way of seeing the world, inspired by writer Arthur Machen.
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The Meaning of Evil
Fri 17 May 2013
John Gray turns to the writer Patricia Highsmith for a perspective on the meaning of evil.
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The Myth of Modernity
Fri 10 May 2013
John Gray draws on the novels of Mervyn Peake to expose the myth of modernity.
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The Limits of Materialism
Fri 3 May 2013
John Gray draws on Walter de la Mare to argue against the creed of scientific materialism.
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John Gray: Bitcoin's Cyber Freedom
Fri 26 Apr 2013
John Gray wonders what the rise of the cyber currency Bitcoin tells us about ourselves.
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Adam Gopnik: On Children Leaving 蜜芽传媒
Fri 19 Apr 2013
Adam Gopnik reflects on the terrible day when children leave home.
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The Irrationality of Nations
Fri 5 Apr 2013
Topical issues. Every nation has a core irrationality, or so says Adam Gopnik.
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The secret of a happy marriage
Fri 29 Mar 2013
Adam Gopnik presents his formula for a happy marriage - lust, laughter and loyalty.
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Turkish notions
Fri 22 Mar 2013
Adam Gopnik reflects on why we overrate masters and underrate mastery.
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Celestial Bodies
Fri 15 Mar 2013
Lisa Jardine reflects on comets and the lessons to be learned from early astronomers.
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Dame Mary Cartwright
Fri 8 Mar 2013
Lisa Jardine celebrates the achievements of wartime mathematician Dame Mary Cartwright.
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Modern Medicis
Fri 1 Mar 2013
Lisa Jardine celebrates the influence of art connoisseur Sir Denis Mahon.
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The Winter Queen
Fri 22 Feb 2013
Lisa Jardine celebrates Elizabeth of Bohemia, who deserves a larger place in history.
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In Praise of Birmingham
Fri 15 Feb 2013
David Cannadine defends Birmingham against a slur in Jane Austen's Emma.
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Grand Central celebration
Fri 8 Feb 2013
David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's century-old Grand Central station.
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The Love of Bears
Fri 1 Feb 2013
David Cannadine reflects on the enduring appeal of the teddy bear in contemporary culture.
