A Point of View Episodes Available now
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No News Is Good News
Will Self on his personal news blackout.
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The Piano: A Lifetime of Wrong Notes
Sarah Dunant reflects on why she's no longer shunning Bach for Bowie.
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Mixed Signals
Stephen Smith muses on HS2 and his grandfather's job on the railways.
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The Wink of Dishonour
Howard Jacobson on the 'horrid fascination' of celebrity.
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In the Spite House
AL Kennedy reflects on the intoxicating nature of hate.
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My Love Affair with the Mysterious
Zoe Strimpel ponders the current resurgence of ghost stories.
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Against the Bucket List
Will Self on the 'pernicious practice' of bucket lists.
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The Trad Wife
Megan Nolan explores the trend of the 'trad wife'.
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The Rationality of Monarchy
John Gray argues the case for monarchy.
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Limbo
Sara Wheeler reflects on the concept of limbo.