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A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Talking about Integration

    Fri 8 Oct 2021

    David Goodhart ponders why we're reluctant to talk about integration.

  • In Praise of Mathematics

    Fri 1 Oct 2021

    Zia Haider Rahman on why he's introducing his 5-year-old godson to mathematics.

  • Suffer the Children

    Fri 24 Sep 2021

    Rebecca Stott asks if it's time to admit that some faith groups are not safe for children.

  • Little Amal

    Fri 17 Sep 2021

    Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.

  • The Limits of Reason

    Fri 10 Sep 2021

    John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.

  • The Secret Life of Food

    Fri 3 Sep 2021

    Sara Wheeler explores the emotional power of food.

  • The Creep of the On-Screen Narrative

    Fri 27 Aug 2021

    Zoe Strimpel argues that it's time to wean ourselves off TV as a coping mechanism.

  • The Rhetoric of the Climate Crisis

    Fri 20 Aug 2021

    Rebecca Stott reflects on the difficulty of communicating climate change.

  • A Study in Improbability

    Fri 13 Aug 2021

    Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.

  • Rapping with a W

    Fri 6 Aug 2021

    Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping

  • In the Dingle Peninsula

    Fri 30 Jul 2021

    John Connell walks in the footsteps of the Irish monk, St Brendan.

  • Trolls Running Riot

    Fri 23 Jul 2021

    Bernardine Evaristo argues that online trolls are poisoning human interaction.

  • Verrucas Optional

    Fri 16 Jul 2021

    Sara Wheeler on why she has little time for the current fad of wild swimming.

  • Red Tape

    Fri 9 Jul 2021

    Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present.

  • The Boring Twenties

    Fri 2 Jul 2021

    Niall Ferguson argues that predictions of a 'Roaring Twenties' may be misplaced.

  • The Culture War

    Fri 25 Jun 2021

    Zoe Strimpel argues that the culture war is not a storm in a teacup.

  • Anti-Zionism and the Death of Tragedy

    Fri 18 Jun 2021

    Howard Jacobson on Zionism and the disappointment of a dream.

  • The Arts in Our Hearts

    Fri 11 Jun 2021

    Bernardine Evaristo on why the country's arts must be cherished.

  • The Past is Never Dead

    Fri 4 Jun 2021

    Sara Wheeler rereads fifty years of diaries and ponders lessons learned.

  • Eavesdropping

    Fri 28 May 2021

    Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.

  • On Concrete

    Fri 21 May 2021

    Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete.

  • Absence of Exultation

    Fri 14 May 2021

    Adam Gopnik ponders New Yorkers' response to the passing of the pandemic there.

  • Invisible Women

    Fri 7 May 2021

    Zoe Strimpel questions some of the dominant gender narratives around the Me Too movement.

  • Living with Group Difference

    Sun 2 May 2021

    David Goodhart reflects on group identities in the aftermath of the Sewell report.

  • The Age of Infantilism

    Fri 23 Apr 2021

    Howard Jacobson reflects on the 'incorrigible unseriousness' of our age.

  • What are you doing here?

    Fri 16 Apr 2021

    Michael Morpurgo on how a personal meeting shaped his views.

  • Reflections on my Mother's Kenwood Mixer

    Fri 9 Apr 2021

    Rebecca Stott on memories of Angel Delight, Smash powder and an invaluable device....

  • The Florida Phone Call

    Fri 2 Apr 2021

    Adam Gopnik reflects on why Tik-Tok will never be his thing.

  • Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?

    Fri 26 Mar 2021

    Sara Wheeler argues that the Mrs-Miss distinction has no place in contemporary Britain.

  • The Year of Speaking Dangerously

    Fri 12 Mar 2021

    Sarah Dunant ponders what effect this year will have on future conversation.

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