A Point of View Episodes Episode guide
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29/11/2024
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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22/11/2024
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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15/11/2024
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.
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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Sara Wheeler reflects on the valuable perspective offered by out-of-date guidebooks.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.
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Orwell on the Campaign Trail
Mark Damazer on elections and the tricky business of political language.
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Permanently Restless
Sara Wheeler ponders whether holidays ever really deliver the escape that we yearn for.
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A Clean Break
Tom Shakespeare calls for new thinking to fix the current crisis in our prisons.
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Apple Days
Rebecca Stott on her quest for a decent-tasting apple.
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Protagonists of Reality
Megan Nolan on New York as the Main Character Syndrome capital of the world.
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Me and my medical data
Will Self with a very personal take on the rise of medical records apps.
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On Anger
Caleb Azumah Nelson on why anger is no longer a stranger to him, but a friend.
