For the new decade, Prospect commissioned nine writers to give us their big idea for the 2020s. Find them all here

The Bafta-winning writer behind Netflix's The Two Popes on bringing Francis and Benedicte to the big screen

The time has come to stop cropping the sad parts. Only then can we truly understand each other and start supporting each other as a community

Zoom out and take a longer view, and there are good reasons to muster a new confidence for the 2020s

Parliament’s arcane theatricality may embody continuity, but it also reeks of exclusivity. And that's not the only problem...

Impeachment has never finished off a president. A shambolic process that doesn't kill Trump might simply make him stronger

"Oscar Wilde, I pity you because you must be suffering more than we"

The celebrated novelist's latest takes on Trump, Clinton-era complacency, and what it means to be a man

Should works of art be bought and sold like potatoes? Or are they, like the best presents, items on which no real price can be placed?