The new Gilded Age
The world is once again run by men with immense wealth. We should be frightened of their unaccountable power
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PROSPECT MAGAZINE – MARCH 2026 PREVIEW
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
What makes a traitor?
Feminists against progress
From the heart: Ralph Fiennes and the making of ‘Eugene Onegin’
The unknowable Vermeer
What would you give up for happiness?
PROSPECT MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 2025 PREVIEW
PROSPECT MAGAZINE – JULY 2025 POLITICS PREVIEW
Prospect Magazine —— May 2025 Preview
PROSPECT MAGAZINE (April 2, 202): The latest issue features Should Europe break free from the US? Nathalie Tocci and John Bolton present their arguments. Peter Geoghegan reveals Reform’s backers and Emma Haslett reports on Maga’s IVF obsession. Plus, our critics cover Spotify, Andrea Dworkin & Lennon and McCartney
Europe’s wake-up call on defence
For too long, Europeans ignored Russia’s growing threat and the United States’ waning interest in their security
Europe could blow the west apart
Who funds Reform?
Elon Musk’s IVF obsession
Eminent Trumpians: meet the president’s cultural outriders
If you care about music, delete Spotify
Ben Okri: Timothée Chalamet brought me to tears
Prospect Magazine – March 2025 Preview
PROSPECT MAGAZINE (March 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Smash and Grab’ – The existential choices when America turns allies into enemies; Michael Ignatieff predicts a new world order and voices from illiberal states reflect on resisting autocrats. Plus, we examine British defence and the future of the media.
America great. Instead, he may bring about its destruction
Donald Trump and his cronies are smashing up democratic norms, government institutions and the postwar international order. There are no signs yet that anyone will stop them
AI is the media’s chance to reinvent itself
Prospect Magazine – March 2025 Preview
PROSPECT MAGAZINE (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Labour vs Reform’ ; In Defense of Angela Merkel; Is Elon Musk the new Henry Ford…
Labour vs. Reform: the fight for our future
Faragism and Starmerism are fronts in a global struggle between insurgent nationalism and cautious defenders of the old political order. For British democracy to triumph, the prime minister must find his voice
The press lobby is going feral—ignore it
Given the pressures of 24-hour news, lobby journalists cannot plausibly understand policy detail. Their skillset is to nose around and cause trouble
Inside the supply chain: my week on a container ship
Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, bringing us the cheap food, clothes and household items we
Current Affairs: Prospect Magazine – January 2025
Democracy is in a doom spiral—but it isn’t dead yet
The far right thrived in 2024, and the erosion of liberal democracy is the story of the century so far. It didn’t have to be this way By Cas Muddle
Concrete resistance: how one building symbolises Kharkiv’s defiance
Want to imagine the city of the future? Try Milton Keynes Jen Stout
Prospect’s books of the year 2024: Politics & Reportage
Current Affairs: Prospect Magazine – December 2024
Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a demagogue
The Republican candidate has already damaged American democracy and the wider liberal order. Worse is to come by Francis Fukuyama\
‘You wouldn’t let a dog suffer like this’: should assisted dying be legal?
Temporary accommodation nation
The women who hate feminism
The punch-up
The Glasgow doctor on the front line in Beirut
My friendship with a robin works magic on my health
Current Affairs: Prospect Magazine – November 2024
The humiliation of trying to survive
Looking back at 7th October and the start of the Gaza war, a Palestinian writer reflects on a year of horror and trauma
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