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Misplaced faith
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Dating Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The ideological monoliths of the Cold War are gone. Can a film about a secret service traitor have any resonance for the modern audience, beyond the historical? -
How Britain can save a “narco state”
Frederick Forsyth was in Guinea-Bissau when the country’s president Joao Bernardo Vieira was assassinated in 2009. The thriller writer was looking for “the flavour, the odour, of a pretty washed-up, impoverished, failed west African mangrove swamp,” a search which led him straight to the former Portuguese colony. “I thought, what... -
Think Tank of the Year Awards—the winners
Last night Prospect held the 10th annual Think Tank of the Year Awards at the British Academy in London. Bringing together the nation’s finest political brains in an evening of convivial wonkery, the event has been aptly described by Radio 4 as “the Oscars of the think tank world.” Jeremy... -
Matters of life and death
Interest in “trolleyology”—a way of studying moral quandaries—has taken off in recent years. Some philosophers say it sheds useful light on human behaviour, others see it as a pointless pursuit of the unknowable -
Brussels diary: The EU’s homeless foreign ministry
Starved of offices, staff and funds, does the EU actually want the foreign ministry it has created? -
Political notes: Labour’s leadership
Labour’s to-do list: spring clean, find new leader (and policies), reposition party without alienating voters in the marginals -
How to cut £90bn a year
The next government will have to slash spending and raise taxes. But what's the best way to save? -
If I ruled the world
Cigarettes are designed to kill you painfully. How silly—they should be designed to kill you painlessly, preferably just as you retire
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