Bad at chess
25th January 2012 — Issue 191Iran’s rulers have piles of uranium but no endgame
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Nature, nurture and liberal values
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Biology determines our behaviour more than it suits many to acknowledge. But people—and politics and morality—cannot be described just by neural impulses
The skin we live in Lucian Freud dismantled the established conventions of portrait painting
Shooting star Photographer Martin Parr is known for his portraits of Englishness. Is he a cultural curiosity or an enduring talent?
Democratic to a fault? Modern India is the most ambitious experiment in history. It has flourished, but old strains put the future in peril
Would the Tories surrender Scotland?
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
The lure of perpetual Conservative majorities in Westminster threatens the Union
Scotland should choose the krone
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Which currency should an independent Scotland use?
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
23rd December 2011 — Issue 190
John Gardner's setting of a 16th century Cornish song entranced a generation of girls. His death earlier this month may bring a revival of his works
Adair Turner: the interview
14th December 2011 — Issue 190
A full transcript of Prospect's interview with the FSA chairman
How to leave the euro
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
For a country to leave the currency, it would first have to suspend democracy
Talking to Europe
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Cameron is ignoring the crisis on the continent—big mistake
Keeping up with cancer
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Britain has some of the worst cancer survival rates in Europe, says Karol Sikora. But treatments to contain the disease are improving
Going for the burn
14th December 2011 — Issue 190
Biofuels will not save us from climate change, argues Matt Ridley. Their environmental impact is worse than that of fossil fuels
Orwell’s heir?
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Historian Tony Judt brilliantly dissected the failings of liberalism. But in the end he fell into the same traps
The month in books
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
February’s highlights tackle big questions with a light touch
Keeping watch over the sheep
14th December 2011 — Issue 190
"She’d got pretty good at sneaking around in the last few months. Since the injunction." A short story by Jon McGregor
The Redemption of Galen Pike
16th November 2011 — Issue 189
The winning story from this year's VS Pritchett Memorial Prize
Editorial: This time it's different
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Bronwen Maddox introduces the February issue of Prospect
Prospect recommends: February
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
Six things to do this month, from French dance music to installation art
If I ruled the world: Garry Kasparov
25th January 2012 — Issue 191
We need alternative energy, a global Magna Carta and a base on Mars
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