Podcasts Other A Point of View Calling a spade a spade

Calling a spade a spade

Published: March 1, 2019, 9 p.m.

Tom Shakespeare on why we\u2019re in urgent need of a bit of plain speaking.

"I don't mean here to exalt the obnoxious, the downright rude", he writes, "but while civility is a virtue, I think we could do with a little more directness".

Producer: Adele Armstrong