A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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A Hazy Shade of Winter
Fri 24 Jul 2020
Rebecca Stott tells the story of 536 AD - the year the sun 'disappeared'.
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Legacy Bottle Opener
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Will Self discusses how the pandemic has affected our views of inheritance.
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Coronavirus and Convention
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Adam Gopnik discusses how the pandemic is bringing out our most conventional behaviours.
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A Word of Advice
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Zia Haider Rahman reflects on the comment "If you don't like it here you can always leave"
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The end of university as we know it?
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Mary Beard asks: Has the iconic university lecture had its day?
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Cultural success and the Aboriginals
Fri 1 May 2020
Will Self ponders what lessons Aboriginal culture might have for the days of pandemic.
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A Few Good Trade Offs
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Zia Haider Rahman discusses the moral questions facing us in lifting the lockdown
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Fighting infection with imagination
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Sarah Dunant on how imagination will be a vital tool to deal with social distancing.
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Cause for Hope
Fri 20 Mar 2020
Michael Morpurgo on hunkering down in his cottage... waiting for coronavirus to pass.
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Empty-nesters and gangsters
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Adam Gopnik on his children leaving home and becoming an "empty nester".
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Recline-gate
Fri 28 Feb 2020
To recline - or not to recline - your seat on an aeroplane? Adam Gopnik on "recline-gate"
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An Epidemic of History
Fri 14 Feb 2020
Sarah Dunant discusses the relationship between disease and the culture of history.
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Sodcasting
Fri 7 Feb 2020
Will Self bemoans the ever-increasing difficulty of finding a bit of peace and quiet.
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Saving the planet - on hands and knees
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Howard Jacobson on why he’s taken to folding plastic bags.
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Anti-Semitism and the Neo Medievalists
Fri 24 Jan 2020
Howard Jacobson discusses why we all need to be concerned about anti-Semitism.
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On Hypocrisy
Fri 10 Jan 2020
Will Self explores what he sees as a growing sense of collective hypocrisy.
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Clive James: Clams are Happy
Following the death of Clive James, hear one of his first talks for "A Point of View".
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