In the BBC1 television series "Heart of the Matter", in which she meets people who face moral dilemmas, Joan Bakewell draws attention to the shift in values in Britain. In this book she presents her personal, non-moralistic reactions to arguments that she has encountered. The topics covered include the plight of the Cree Indians, racial and ethnic hatred, dilemmas of parenthood (including surrogacy and adoption), Quakers and Islam, the changing face of the Church of England, crime and punishment, and New Age travellers.
- ISBN10 0563371676
- ISBN13 9780563371670
- Publish Date 22 February 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher BBC Consumer Publishing
- Imprint BBC Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English