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A Point of View Episodes

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    The Price of Independence

    Tom Shakespeare says that disabled people's right to independent living is under threat.

  2. Trial by Select Committee

    Tom Shakespeare thinks that reformed select committees have revitalised Parliament.

  3. Cognitive Decline

    Tom Shakespeare says wisdom in middle age is some compensation for cognitive decline.

  4. The Nature of Time

    Will Self reflects on the unsettling nature of time.

  5. Post-Image

    A weekly reflection on a topical issue.

  6. The Power of Fiction

    Will Self reflects on the power of our relationship with fictional characters.

  7. The Purpose of Satire

    Will Self finds himself driven to reconsider the nature and purpose of satire.

  8. Having Children

    Will Self reflects on the growing divide between people with and without children.

  9. Losing Touch

    Will Self laments diminishing personal contact as a result of the rise of technology.

  10. The Power of Art

    AL Kennedy reflects on the power of art to sustain the human spirit.

  11. Language and Listening

    AL Kennedy reflects on the importance of learning languages and listening to one another.

  12. Charlie Hebdo

    Adam Gopnick reflects on the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

  13. The Pursuit of Happiness

    AL Kennedy reflects on what it means to pursue happiness.

  14. Monarch's Message

    David Cannadine reflects on the history of the Queen's Christmas message.

  15. Art: The Real Thing

    What constitutes real art, as opposed to kitsch or that based on fake emotions and cliche?

  16. Kitsch

    Why the fear of producing kitsch art has led to a new kind of pre-emptive kitsch.

  17. Faking It

    Roger Scruton muses on the difference between genuine art and that based on fake emotion.

  18. Thinking the Unthinkable

    John Gray argues that 'thinking the unthinkable' means exaggerating fashionable beliefs.

  19. Dostoevsky and Dangerous Ideas

    John Gray points to lessons from the novels of Dostoevsky about the danger of ideas.

  20. Soylent and the Charm of the Fast Lane

    John Gray explores why human beings crave busy lives.

  21. Capitalism and the Myth of Social Evolution

    John Gray reflects on why the advance of capitalism is not inevitable.

  22. Cures for Anxiety

    Adam Gopnik identifies four different types of anxiety that afflict modern people.

  23. A Lesson from Love Locks

    Adam Gopnik draws a lesson on the nature of love from the eyesore of love locks in Paris.

  24. The Football Fallacy

    Adam Gopnik explains why the English are better at watching football than at playing it.

  25. Dying with Dignity

    Adam Gopnick thinks we fail all too often to let people die with dignity.

  26. Short and Successful

    Adam Gopnik thinks there is a simple reason why short men enjoy stable marriages.

  27. Keeping Time

    Lisa Jardine reflects on the history of timepieces and the power of clocks and watches.

  28. Red Dress Sense

    Red may be now fashionable, but in the past it was powerful, reflects Lisa Jardine.

  29. The Horror of War

    Lisa Jardine says commemorating a war should not mean losing sight of its horror.

  30. When fiction comes to the historian's rescue

    Lisa Jardine on how fiction can be more useful than fact in helping us understand the past

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