PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Is the party over?’ In his first issue as editor, Philip Collins traces the collapse of traditional British political parties—and what happens next. Jen Stout examines what makes a Ukrainian traitor. Plus: behind the scenes of Ralph Fiennes’ operatic debut

How culture wars hurt the economy

Ben Ansell

What makes a traitor?

Jen Stout

Feminists against progress

James Bloodworth

From the heart: Ralph Fiennes and the making of ‘Eugene Onegin’

Fiammetta Rocco

The unknowable Vermeer

Christopher Bray

What would you give up for happiness?

Imogen West-Knights

PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Palantir Infiltrated Britain’ – The government gave Peter Thiel’s firm control over our data. Wil it ever let go?

How Palantir infiltrated the state

At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company

The politics of the potty

Trump’s defecating fighter jet is an emblem of a man in revolt against civilisation

China and the risks of renewables