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A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Radio 4,·839 episodes
John Gray discusses why he believes liberals are turning their backs on tolerance.
21 Aug 2020,·9 mins
Will Self reflects on how the pandemic could affect our perception of human progress.
14 Aug 2020,·9 mins
Bernardine Evaristo reflects on changing attitudes to gender.
07 Aug 2020,·9 mins
Linda Colley on why being a small nation can be an advantage.
31 Jul 2020,·9 mins
Rebecca Stott tells the story of 536 AD - the year the sun 'disappeared'.
24 Jul 2020,·9 mins
Will Self discusses how the pandemic has affected our views of inheritance.
17 Jul 2020,·9 mins
Adam Gopnik discusses how the pandemic is bringing out our most conventional behaviours.
10 Jul 2020,·9 mins
Bernardine Evaristo discusses how we historicise the past
03 Jul 2020,·9 mins
Zia Haider Rahman reflects on the comment "If you don't like it here you can always leave"
26 Jun 2020,·9 mins
Mary Beard asks: Has the iconic university lecture had its day?
19 Jun 2020,·9 mins
David Goodhart examines our changing attitudes to authority.
12 Jun 2020,·9 mins
Howard Jacobson takes a wry view of life under lockdown.
05 Jun 2020,·9 mins
Rebecca Stott reflects on how it feels being out of kilter with time.
29 May 2020,·9 mins
Will Self on the Great British Wipe-Up.
22 May 2020,·9 mins
Howard Jacobson on his mother's life - and death.
15 May 2020,·9 mins
AL Kennedy on how we perceive risk.
08 May 2020,·9 mins
Will Self ponders what lessons Aboriginal culture might have for the days of pandemic.
01 May 2020,·9 mins
Zia Haider Rahman discusses the moral questions facing us in lifting the lockdown
24 Apr 2020,·9 mins
Rebecca Stott reflects on unfinished projects.
17 Apr 2020,·9 mins
Tom Shakespeare on becoming a grandad for the first time.
10 Apr 2020,·9 mins
Adam Gopnik on life in lockdown in New York.
03 Apr 2020,·9 mins
Sarah Dunant on how imagination will be a vital tool to deal with social distancing.
27 Mar 2020,·9 mins
Michael Morpurgo on hunkering down in his cottage... waiting for coronavirus to pass.
20 Mar 2020,·9 mins
Adam Gopnik on his children leaving home and becoming an "empty nester".
13 Mar 2020,·9 mins
Tom Shakespeare asks how best to confront difficult situations.
06 Mar 2020,·9 mins
To recline - or not to recline - your seat on an aeroplane? Adam Gopnik on "recline-gate"
28 Feb 2020,·9 mins
Sarah Dunant on the romance of writing history.
21 Feb 2020,·9 mins
Sarah Dunant discusses the relationship between disease and the culture of history.
14 Feb 2020,·9 mins
Will Self bemoans the ever-increasing difficulty of finding a bit of peace and quiet.
07 Feb 2020,·9 mins
Howard Jacobson on why he’s taken to folding plastic bags.
31 Jan 2020,·9 mins
