A Point of View Episodes Episode guide
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17/01/2025
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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10/01/2025
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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03/01/2025
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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27/12/2024
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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A Jolly Good Pud
Mary Beard reflects on why so many families have their own unique Christmas traditions.
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Monster Soup
Stephen Smith goes on a subterranean excursion to ponder the state of water companies.
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A baby's-eye view of the world
Zoe Strimpel on the joys of seeing the world through the eyes of a nine-month-old.
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House Clearing
Rebecca Stott reflects on the sadness and wonder of clearing her mother's house.
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The New Centre Ground
John Gray argues that we urgently need a new centre ground in British politics.
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Existentialism and an Escaped Monkey
Megan Nolan on the almost mystical appeal of animal escapes.
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Time Travel
Sara Wheeler reflects on the valuable perspective offered by out-of-date guidebooks.
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Paranoids and Publicists
Adam Gopnik goes in search of Donald Trump's secret power, with two famous essays in hand.
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Kamala
Zoe Strimpel's dilemma over voting for Kamala.
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In Praise of the Nanny State
Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country.
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Babies Making Babies
Megan Nolan reflects on mothers... and not mothers.
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Debating the American Future
Sarah Dunant looks forward to next week's US presidential debate.
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I know what it is to crawl
Tom Shakespeare on the humiliation of crawling.
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The Power of Weird
AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo.
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Making the Grade
David Goodhart argues that the days of an ever-expanding university sector are over.
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On Imposter Syndrome
Sara Wheeler reflects on the societal forces that have created the imposter syndrome.
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Change
Will Self reflects on change... and getting ready for a stem cell transplant.
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Olympics Now and Then
Michael Morpurgo on heroism, triumph and disappointment as the Olympics gets underway.
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Empire of Sweat
Adam Gopnik with the ultimate cure for sleeplessness.
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No Country for Old Men
Sarah Dunant on the profound challenge to America's sense of its own youthfulness.
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Nothing but Nightingale
Rebecca Stott on why Iris Murdoch's theory of 'unselfing' is so apt for our present moment
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The Stuff of Museums
Mary Beard on the function of museums and the thorny issue of what should be in them.
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar
Megan Nolan on why she's well suited to the insecurity of her generation's housing crisis.
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On Fandom
Zoe Strimpel reflects on the rise and rise of the superfan.
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It's Me or the Lamborghini
Howard Jacobson ponders why men suddenly want to read about love.
