A Point of View Podcast
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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The Vultures of Culture
Fri 2 Aug 2019
Will Self bemoans the growing commoditisation of culture in the public sector.
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British Populism and Brexit
Fri 19 Jul 2019
John Gray asks if a no-deal Brexit is the only way out of current events.
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The Language of Leaving
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Howard Jacobson sets out to take back sovereignty... over words.
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My People
Fri 5 Jul 2019
Taking his lead from Duke Ellington, Amit Chaudhuri asks, what do we mean by 'my people'?
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Distributing Status
Fri 28 Jun 2019
David Goodhart argues that earlier eras have much to teach us about group solidarity.
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A Knight in Shining Armour?
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Linda Colley discusses the cult of charismatic leaders and why they never properly deliver
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Refugee Tales
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Monica Ali on the UK's use of immigration detention centres and indefinite detention.
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Democracy is not in crisis
Fri 24 May 2019
David Goodhart on why he believes democracy - far from being in crisis - is thriving.
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What Would Darwin Do?
Fri 3 May 2019
Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns
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Get Mad, Then Get Over It!
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Sarah Dunant proposes a National Anger Day – a catharsis to help us all be less… angry!
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After the Fire
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Joanna Robertson reflects from Paris on the days after the Notre Dame fire.
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Automation...and a packet of frozen peas
Fri 12 Apr 2019
AL Kennedy reflects on why automation needs to be governed by human needs and strengths.
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Brexit: Failure to compromise
Fri 29 Mar 2019
John Gray reflects on where British politics goes from here.
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Where there's muck there's art
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Sarah Dunant on the thorny relationship between culture and the money that supports it.
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So Many Kinds of Britons: Who Knew?
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Zia Haider Rahman on why Brexit has made him feel closer to Britain.
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Calling a spade a spade
Fri 1 Mar 2019
Tom Shakespeare on why we are in urgent need of a bit of plain speaking.
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Cookery shows...and hungry people
Fri 22 Feb 2019
AL Kennedy on TV's tendency to focus on disappearing parts of our national life.
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Humour that's worth its name
Fri 15 Feb 2019
AL Kennedy on how the British sense of humour is standing up to our political woes.
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The Organ Recital
Fri 8 Feb 2019
Will Self asks why our relationship with our bodies has become such a distant one.
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The Sea Is Back
Fri 1 Feb 2019
Stella Tillyard argues that the sea - long forgotten - is beginning to reassert itself.
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The trouble with referendums
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Val McDermid argues that referendums have had a devastating effect on our political system
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Brexit and the English Revolution
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Linda Colley asks if - eventually - Brexit could be the modernizing force the UK needs.
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