Issue 190
January 2012
Contents
The DNA of a generation
Can politicians learn from the Iron Lady?
Freud: the last great Enlightenment thinker
Sigmund Freud is out of fashion for his heroic refusal to flatter humankind
Comment (43)Shrinking the City
FSA chairman Adair Turner talks to Prospect
2012: baked beans, iPhones and protest
Themes of the next year
The Olympic shadow
Will the Games help or alienate east Londoners?
Who holds the power?
The poor and weak will grab attention and money
Sealed in wax
The secret of Madame Tussaud's success
The UK’s last chance saloon
Only "devo max" can save the Union now
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
John Gardner's setting of a 16th century Cornish song entranced a generation of girls
Adair Turner: the interview
A full transcript of Prospect's interview with the FSA chairman
A mixed blessing
Has Egypt's revolution imperilled its Christians?
Is America ungovernable?
Gridlock is US politics is not new; it may not be bad
Going for the burn
Biofuels are bad news for the environment
The month in science
14th December 2011 — Issue 190Captain Scott, crime statistics and prize-winning poetry
What a difference a decade makes
The American short story is back
Country strong
David Hockney's English landscapes have revived the genre
Making a drama out of the crisis
Margin Call is one of the best films yet on the financial crisis
The month in books
Natalie Haynes selects books for January
Prospect recommends: January
Six things to do this month, from Celtic connections to the art of walking
New Year’s resolutions
Boris Johnson, Barbara Windsor and others
The way we were: moving with the times
Changing British customs
Editorial: Don't write off 2012
14th December 2011 — Issue 190Bronwen Maddox introduces the January issue of Prospect
