January 2017 issue
Goodbye to the American Century? 1917 saw the birth of a new world order, says Adam Tooze—and not just in Russia. Also: How the EU’s democratic deficit empowers populists
Past issues
Essays
Putting Samuel Pepys on the couch
Anna Blundy
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McDonald's: outposts in a cultural empire
Wendell Steavenson
Marine Le Pen, leader of the Front National, addresses a Paris crowd. The poster depicts Joan of Arc and says: "No to Brussels, yes to France" ©Kenzo Tribouillard/Getty Images
Europe in revolt
Chris Bickerton
Trump addresses the 2016 Republican National Convention: "the greatness which Trump promises to regain will not be that which America used to imagine for itself" ©Action Press/Rex/Shutterstock
America: the failed state
Francis Fukuyama
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1917—365 days that shook the world
Adam Tooze
Discussion attendees: (l-r) Hilary Benn, Teresa Gouveia, Carl Bildt, Charles Grant, Emma Bonio
Brexit: a problem shared
Tom Clark
Interview: Arron Banks—cheque-book democracy
Sam Macrory
Think Tank Awards 2016
Think Tank Awards 2016: the winners
Prospect Team
Regulars
Stephen Collins's cartoon: Trump builds a sentence
Stephen Collins
Foreword: January 2017—An uncertain new century, but a happier new year
Tom Clark
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Brief encounter: Erin Pizzey
Erin Pizzey
An Inspector Calls ©Mark Douet/Playhouse Theatre
Prospect recommends: The best theatre this month
Michael Coveney
Royal Opera House ©Peter Surany/Wikimedia Commons
Prospect recommends: The best opera this month
Neil Norman
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Prospect recommends: The best films this month
Francine Stock
Prospect recommends: Science exhibitions this month
Anjana Ahuja
Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kiss in a scene in From Here to Eternity (1953) ©John Springer Collection/Corbis/Corbis via getty Images
The Way We Were: Losing my virginity
Ian Irvine
The Duel: should the UK stop pretending Trump's US can be its best friend?
Peter Tatchell & Malcolm Rifkind
If I ruled the world: Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman
John Minton's "The Kite" (1940)
Prospect Recommends: The best art this month
Emma Crichton-Miller
Martha Argerich
Prospect recommends: The best classical music this month
Alexandra Coghlan
Speed data: Austerity forever?
Carl Emmerson
Opinions
View from Estonia: flaky friends and a neighbour from hell
Richard Martyn-Hemphill
Robotisation: time to face the future
Tom Watson
Reform could beget qualification factories ©Robert Judges/Rex/Shutterstock
Universities challenged: we must not overturn a successful system
Alison Wolf
Authenticity is the missing ingredient in politics
Alex Dean
"Spreadsheet Phil" ©Jane Barlow/PA Wire/PA Images
Does Britain have a new government—or not?
Soumaya Keynes
Shaking up the system: Virginia Raggi, the new Five Star Mayor of Rome ©Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Imagesin
Italian referendum: some populists are worth listening to
Bill Emmott
John Whittingdale was "motivated by tribal instinct to cut the BBC in favour of its more politically reliable commercial rivals" ©Carl Court/Getty Images
Why Britain needs the BBC
Tony Hall
General view of Shepherd's Bush market in west London ©Matt Crossick/Matt Crossick/Empics Entertainment
The Casey Review is an ill-conceived intervention
Oliver Kamm
President-Elect Donald Trump ©CQ-Roll Call/SIPA USA/PA Images
Donald Trump’s plans are an assault on science
Philip Ball
Arts & Books
Winter Fiction, January 2017 issue
Sameer Rahim
Can fiction lead the political fight back?
Emran Mian
Fiction in brief: Bad Dreams by Tessa Hadley
Charlotte Runcie
Fiction in brief: Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Jane Shilling
Books in brief: Negroland by Margot Jefferson
Sameer Rahim
Fiction in brief: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Lucinda Smyth
Fiction in brief: Wonders Will Never Cease by Robert Irwin
Ian Irvine
Books in brief: Rebel Crossings by Sheila Rowbotham
Rachel Holmes
Fiction in brief: Selection Day by Aravind Adiga
Peter Robins
Books in brief: The Ethics of Influence by Cass Sunstein
Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
The Raj's glorified self-image: depiction of the English grandee of the East India Company riding in procession, c 1825 ©Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images
The Raj delusion
Yasmin Khan
Fiction in brief: The Dark Circle by Linda Grant
Arifa Akbar
Fiction in brief: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Houman Barekat
Books in brief: Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders
Alex Hacillo
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Fiction in brief: The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies
Anthony Cummins
Books in brief: Cleverlands by Lucy Crehan
Patrick Alexander
Books in brief: A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women
Miranda France
Books in brief: The Politics of Virtue
Jon Cruddas
Illustration by Miles Cole
Brexiteers have taken the country for a ride
Philip Collins
Books in brief: Called to Account by Margaret Hodge
Vicky Pryce
Forgiving Alan Bennett
DJ Taylor
Kafka's metamorphosis
Tim Martin
Society and Culture
The President-Elect ©Michael Vadon, Wikimedia Commons
Leith on language: the Trump idiolect
Sam Leith
Matters of taste: dish off the old block
Wendell Steavenson
DIY investor: getting real
Andy Davis
In defence of the wine expert
Barry Smith
©Bill Bradford
Life of the mind: a degree of madness
Anna Blundy
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