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A truly ethical foreign policy

2nd February 2010  —  Issue 167

Britain has no right to demand money back from Iceland. In fact, we should give them cash

Martin Amis: the Prospect interview

1st February 2010  —  Issue 167

Britain's most controversial novelist talks to Tom Chatfield about his new book, the sexual revolution, Philip Larkin's sex life, and why JM Coetzee is no good

Accidental immigration

8th February 2010  —  Issue 167  Free entry

Since Labour came to power Britain has experienced its largest wave of immigration ever. It may turn out to be New Labour’s most significant legacy. Yet it seems to have happened almost by accident

For richer, for poorer: forget aid—people in the poorest countries need new cities with different rules. And developed countries should be the ones that build them

No end of the affair: what causes people like John Terry to play away from home? The reasons we have affairs could be down to our biology

The philosophy of Myleene Klass: from attacking burglars to jumping red lights, we are increasingly taking the law into our own hands. But can this be morally justified?

Mash the state


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

Opening up public sector data is an old geek hobbyhorse. But could the man who invented the web reinvent British government?

How slums can save the planet


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

Sixty million people in the developing world are leaving the countryside every year. The squatter cities that have emerged can teach us much about future urban living

Strangers in their own land


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

From the mall at Bluewater to the caravan sites of Hastings, the people I met in the southeast of England feel a quiet disaffection that could find a voice in the election

Africa and the cruelty of football


1st February 2010  —  Issue 167

The 2010 African Cup of Nations will not be remembered for its football, but for the tragedy that befell the Togolese team. Angola's government and the Confederation of African Football have much to answer for

Prospect talks to the father of the world wide web


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

The inside story of how Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt kickstarted a revolution in public data sharing

Volcker's return


26th January 2010  —  Issue 166

More than anyone, Paul Volcker created the modern banking world. Now he may be about to revolutionise it again—but this time from the left

Gloom is good


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

Wipe that smile off your face—research suggests being grumpy helps us think more clearly

The libel myth


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

The English press has greater freedom than it claims

What would Byzantium do?


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

If the west really wants to fix Afghanistan, it should learn from an ancient, brutal empire

No end of the affair


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

What causes people like John Terry to play away from home? The reasons we have affairs could be down to our biology

Lab briefing


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

Top science stories of the month

Back to the moon


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

Its south pole may be as valuable as Saudi Arabia’s oilfields. But who will get there first?

The return of the master


1st February 2010  —  Issue 167

Martin Amis’s twelfth novel reimagines the sexual revolution as a comedy of manners, with deadly serious intentions

The dandy of Strawberry Hill


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

A celebrity of the 18th century, Horace Walpole divided polite society. Now the re-opening of his home and a show at the V&A will restore his reputation, says Duncan Fallowell

The making of the middle east


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

If you want to understand who the modern Arabs are and how their relationship with the western world has evolved, you will not find a better book

Other people's gods


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

New short fiction

What happened on the mountain


16th December 2009  —  Issue 166

New short fiction

The Not-Dead and the Saved


18th November 2009  —  Issue 165

Read the remarkable short story that has now won both the BBC National Short Story and VS Pritchett awards, as first published in Prospect

Editorial


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

The new matters of state

Prospect recommends


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

Six things to do this month

The information


27th January 2010  —  Issue 167

How much do different liquids cost per litre?

Cartoon: If it ain't broke...