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A Point of View Episodes

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    Suffer the Children

    Rebecca Stott asks if it's time to admit that some faith groups are not safe for children.

  2. Little Amal

    Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.

  3. The Limits of Reason

    John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.

  4. The Secret Life of Food

    Sara Wheeler explores the emotional power of food.

  5. The Creep of the On-Screen Narrative

    Zoe Strimpel argues that it's time to wean ourselves off TV as a coping mechanism.

  6. The Rhetoric of the Climate Crisis

    Rebecca Stott reflects on the difficulty of communicating climate change.

  7. A Study in Improbability

    Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.

  8. Rapping with a W

    Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping

  9. In the Dingle Peninsula

    John Connell walks in the footsteps of the Irish monk, St Brendan.

  10. Trolls Running Riot

    Bernardine Evaristo argues that online trolls are poisoning human interaction.

  11. Verrucas Optional

    Sara Wheeler on why she has little time for the current fad of wild swimming.

  12. Red Tape

    Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present.

  13. The Boring Twenties

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

  14. The Culture War

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

  15. Anti-Zionism and the Death of Tragedy

    Howard Jacobson on Zionism and the disappointment of a dream.

  16. The Arts in Our Hearts

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

  17. The Past is Never Dead

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

  18. Eavesdropping

    Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.

  19. On Concrete

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

  20. Absence of Exultation

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

  21. Invisible Women

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

  22. Living with Group Difference

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

  23. The Age of Infantilism

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

  24. What are you doing here?

    Michael Morpurgo on how a personal meeting shaped his views.

  25. The Florida Phone Call

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

  26. Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?

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

  27. All the world's a stage

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

  28. The Year of Speaking Dangerously

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

  29. Sacred Cows and Sushi Rolls

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

  30. What'll you have?

    Tom Shakespeare on pubs in peril.

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