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A Point of View Episodes

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    The Boring Twenties

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

  2. The Culture War

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

  3. Anti-Zionism and the Death of Tragedy

    Howard Jacobson on Zionism and the disappointment of a dream.

  4. The Arts in Our Hearts

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

  5. The Past is Never Dead

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

  6. Eavesdropping

    Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.

  7. On Concrete

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

  8. Absence of Exultation

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

  9. Invisible Women

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

  10. Living with Group Difference

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

  11. The Age of Infantilism

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

  12. What are you doing here?

    Michael Morpurgo on how a personal meeting shaped his views.

  13. The Florida Phone Call

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

  14. Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?

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

  15. All the world's a stage

    Michael Morpurgo reflects... a year on from the first lockdown.

  16. The Year of Speaking Dangerously

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

  17. Sacred Cows and Sushi Rolls

    John Connell reflects on how the pandemic is breaking the spell of cities.

  18. What'll you have?

    Tom Shakespeare on pubs in peril.

  19. A Sense of an Opening

    Susie Orbach on finding the right words to help get us through the pandemic.

  20. Going Underground

    Will Self on why he longs for the day he can travel again on the London underground.

  21. A Sense of Fear

    Zoe Strimpel tries to understand her sense of panic at news of Britain closing its borders

  22. Sacking the Capitols

    Sarah Dunant imagines how the storming of the US Capitol building might go down in history

  23. The Power of Slow Storytelling

    Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown.

  24. Whose Free Speech?

    John Gray argues that social media bans on Donald Trump pose many risks.

  25. A Turning Point for Democracy?

    Adam Gopnik attempts to make sense of events in Washington this week.

  26. New Year Letter from New York

    Adam Gopnik on the bitter-sweet joys of cycling round Central Park.

  27. Spiritual Pick and Mix

    Bernardine Evaristo reflects on spirituality and syncretism.

  28. Off the Map

    Sara Wheeler on navigating unmapped territory.

  29. Confessions of an Anti-Clasper

    Howard Jacobson reflects on hugging, past and present.

  30. Edible Architecture

    Will Self on why he's decided to "eat" buildings

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