February 2009 issue of Prospect Magazine (#155)
Features
Peter Bazalgette / February 28, 2009
Multi-channel television and the internet are killing public service broadcasting as we...
Adrian Desmond / February 28, 2009
The theory of evolution is regarded as a triumph of disinterested scientific reason. Yet,...
Willem Buiter / February 28, 2009
Is Britain running the risk of a sterling crisis by staying out of the euro? Or would it...
Katharine Quarmby / February 28, 2009
I am the British love child of an Iranian sailor. I thought I would never meet my father:...
Dominic Sandbrook / February 28, 2009
What actually happened in 1979? And how does the Iranian revolution compare with 1789 and...
Christopher de Bellaigue / February 28, 2009
As Iran's Islamic Republic celebrates its 30th anniversary, its oil wealth is in decline...
Michael Axworthy / February 28, 2009
The last Shah of Iran was bundled out of power in 1979 by one of the shaping events of...
Adam LeBor / February 28, 2009
About 20 per cent of Israel's citizens are Arabs, and the violence in Gaza has further...
Phillip Blond / February 28, 2009
The crisis is an opportunity to sweep away the rotten postwar settlement of British...
Sue Armstrong / February 28, 2009
Pathology is central to the fight against disease and used to be one of the most...
Jonathan Haidt / February 28, 2009
President Obama has a unique opportunity to unite Americans behind him and redefine...
Opinions
E K / February 28, 2009
Samuel Huntington died a pariah among America's intellectual elite. It's because he was...
James Crabtree / February 28, 2009
Obama's people are finding it hard to take his "movement" with them to Washington
Graham Turner / February 28, 2009
Banks are lending to other financial corporations but not to business. The Bank of...
Bernard Avishai / February 28, 2009
Israelis and Palestinians are at war with themselves, as well as each other. This is...
Regulars
prospect / February 28, 2009
Obama, my neocon darling
Obama's inauguration crackled with wonderful atmosphere,...
Tom Chatfield / February 28, 2009
The word "inauguration" entered English in the early 17th century from the Latin,...
AC Grayling / February 28, 2009
If justice is relative, how has it inspired so many reform movements?
Thucydides said...
At Asda, sales of offal were up 20 per cent in November compared to the same month in...
David Goodhart / February 28, 2009
It seems rather appropriate that America has transcended its "original sin" and elected a...
Arts & Books
Ben Lewis / February 28, 2009
The bursting of the contemporary art bubble has been a comedy of errors. But what will...
Michael Bywater / February 28, 2009
It's all very well respecting other people's beliefs. But—as a fine new book on...
Mark Cousins / February 28, 2009
Film prizes are usually a bloated mess, and encourage vacuous criticism. Here's what we...
Tom Chatfield / February 28, 2009
Has the first great novel of the 21st century just arrived from South America? Roberto...
Tony Barnett / February 28, 2009
Pandemic influenza is the greatest public health threat our society faces. Yet we're...
Kim Fletcher / February 28, 2009
He's one of the most famous and successful media magnates in history. So how did Rupert...
Peter Bazalgette / February 28, 2009
Dickens founded a tradition of ghostly Christmas stories that's still alive and well on...
Martin Kettle / February 28, 2009
Broadcasting opera shows live into cinemas is transforming the reach of the world's great...