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A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

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    Donatello and a New Renaissance

    Fri 17 Feb 2023

    Sarah Dunant says the Renaissance master Donatello shows us a way to learn from the past.

  • The Art of Getting Lost

    Fri 10 Feb 2023

    Will Self on the pleasure of walking without purpose and the freedom of getting lost.

  • AI Agonistes

    Fri 3 Feb 2023

    Adam Gopnik challenges the idea that artificial intelligence can match human creativity.

  • On Communal Living

    Fri 27 Jan 2023

    Rebecca Stott asks if communal living could solve society's most pressing problems.

  • Masculinity: From Durkheim to Andrew Tate

    Fri 20 Jan 2023

    Zoe Strimpel on modern masculinity and the dangers posed by the rhetoric of Andrew Tate.

  • Prince Harry, Love, and Me

    Fri 13 Jan 2023

    Megan Nolan ponders a bizarre alignment between her life and that of Prince Harry.

  • Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

    Fri 6 Jan 2023

    Tom Shakespeare goes in search of some light relief from the January blues.

  • Nature's Pantomime

    Fri 30 Dec 2022

    Howard Jacobson celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance.

  • Turf, Babe and Me

    Fri 23 Dec 2022

    John Connell looks forward to becoming a father for the first time.

  • The End of Winter

    Fri 16 Dec 2022

    Sara Wheeler reflects on the myriad wintry metaphors in the English language.

  • Chastity Belt Politics

    Fri 9 Dec 2022

    Zoe Strimpel on a new conservative form of feminism.

  • On Being Tall

    Fri 2 Dec 2022

    Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature.

  • The End of the Line

    Fri 25 Nov 2022

    Adam Gopnik sets out to recalibrate our view of 'trusting the science'.

  • Who Can Herd the Cats?

    Fri 18 Nov 2022

    David Goodhart reveals the dirty little secret of current British politics.

  • My Ever Growing Pile of Books

    Fri 11 Nov 2022

    Tom Shakespeare takes himself to task over his mounting piles of unfinished books.

  • A Brit Abroad

    Fri 4 Nov 2022

    AL Kennedy reflects on being a Brit these days in upstate New York.

  • Darkness Made Visible

    Fri 28 Oct 2022

    Rebecca Stott reflects on our relationship with darkness, past and present.

  • Investigation of a Dog

    Fri 21 Oct 2022

    Will Self reflects on fifteen years of life lessons... from his dog.

  • A Plea for Nuance

    Fri 14 Oct 2022

    Sara Wheeler on the perils of entrenched positions.

  • Trickle Down

    Fri 7 Oct 2022

    Howard Jacobson takes on the proponents of the horse-and-sparrow theory of economics.

  • Notions of Blackness

    Fri 30 Sep 2022

    Bernardine Evaristo reflects on black 'authenticity'.

  • A Deadly Serious Game

    Fri 23 Sep 2022

    Zoe Strimpel on chess, concentration and the growing conflict with Russia.

  • The Queen: An Acceptance of History

    Fri 9 Sep 2022

    Michael Morpurgo reflects on the remarkable life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Female Fictions

    Fri 2 Sep 2022

    Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.

  • When Everybody Is Somebody

    Fri 26 Aug 2022

    Will Self reflects on the merits of failure.

  • The New Age of Empire

    Fri 19 Aug 2022

    Linda Colley argues that the age of empire is far from over.

  • The Samsara of Salmon

    Fri 12 Aug 2022

    John Connell reflects on the plight of vanishing salmon and what it means for our planet

  • No Final Frontier

    Fri 5 Aug 2022

    Sara Wheeler navigates the tricky issue of voice appropriation.

  • Dance Cocky

    Fri 29 Jul 2022

    Howard Jacobson reflects on summer festivals, conformity and a dancing cockatoo.

  • Climate Change and the Fall of Icarus

    Fri 22 Jul 2022

    Tom Shakespeare grapples with a tricky personal decision over his carbon footprint.

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