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'The BBC Radio 4 series, A Point of View, has been on the air since 2007. Over the years, it's had a variety of presenters - including the national treasure that is Clive James - talking for ten minutes about anything and everything that has captured their imagination, piqued their interest, raised their blood pressure or just downright incensed them that week.
'Of all the presenters, Clive James was a clear favourite, and now, for the first time, his original pieces - sixty in total - and all new postscripts are collected together in one volume.
'Read along with Clive as he reflects on everything from wheelie bins to plastic surgery, Elizabeth Hurley to the Olympics, 24 to Damien Hirst, Harry Potter to giving up smoking, car parks to Chinese elections, Britain's Got Talent to the expenses scandal - and plenty more besides.
'Essentially a chronicle of life in twenty-first century Britain, Clive James A Point of View is informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking - but above all, entertaining. In fact, in short, it's a damn good read.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To Peter Goldsworthy.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Speed and Riffle
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
On the Pointy End
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 January 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
Clean as You Go
2011
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 72 2011; (p. 68-70) -
Older and Crankier, the Boy from Kogarah Endures
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 -4 December 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
Off the Shelf : Essays
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 November 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay
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Off the Shelf : Essays
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 November 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
Older and Crankier, the Boy from Kogarah Endures
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3 -4 December 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
On the Pointy End
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 January 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
Speed and Riffle
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of A Point of View 2011 selected work essay -
Clean as You Go
2011
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 72 2011; (p. 68-70)