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Stephen Donnan / April 19, 2019
Journalist Lyra McKee, who has been killed in the Creggan Estate in Derry, fought to make...
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Tom Clark / April 5, 2019
As Brexit reminds us, there are some very strange wrinkles in the way we are governed
Stefanie Marsh / April 3, 2019
Thousands of children conceived by anonymous sperm donation still have no right at all to...
Richard J Evans / April 2, 2019
Unbeknownst to many, the market for faked Hitler paintings is thriving. But who is buying...
Tom Clark / April 2, 2019
Brexit has exposed a deep rift in our politics. And it's not just May's government that's...
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Prospect Team / April 4, 2019
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Prospect Team / March 29, 2019
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As the Brexit crisis rumbles on, is it time to rewire British politics? Plus Ray Monk on why cows have feelings, Clive James on how poetry heals—and a new generation of writers take inspiration from Woolf
How has the national broadcaster dealt with the biggest issue of our time? Plus: James Graham on John Bercow and Jennifer Williams on Manchester's housing boom (and homelessness crisis)
Gaby Hinsliff asks how it is that every side managed to lose the Brexit war. Rachel Sylvester profiles Sajid Javid, while James Ball suggests a plan for taking on big tech. Plus: Jonathan Rée on the invigorating strangeness of Friedrich Nietzsche
A special double issue with new writing from Clive James, Hannah Fry, Justin Welby, Cathy Newman, AL Kennedy and more! Plus: the fiction special and Prospect's books of the year