A truly ethical foreign policy
2nd February 2010 — Issue 167Britain has no right to demand money back from Iceland. In fact, we should give them cash
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Martin Amis: the Prospect interview
1st February 2010 — Issue 167Britain'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
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
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
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
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
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