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Sionaidh Douglas-Scott / July 16, 2019
How appalling that the issue has been allowed to get this far
Tory candidates are on a spending spree, but austerity has not been defeated. There is...
For all her virtues, Hadley's Late in the Day suffers from an excessive timidity
David Allen Green / July 15, 2019
Open justice is not only about opening the courtroom doors. It's about public...
Dan Hancox / July 15, 2019
The humble loaf has become a fashionable badge of identity. But do we really know our...
Tim Montgomerie / July 15, 2019
Thatcherism set in motion perpetual revolution in every area of British life—except the...
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Dan Hancox / July 15, 2019
The humble loaf has become a fashionable badge of identity. But do we really know our...
Many communities are missing out in material terms—but they still have a strong spirit....
Isabel Hilton / July 12, 2019
Hostages, espionage and a global trade war—how a Chinese telecoms company is trying to...
H Kennedy and J Sumption / July 12, 2019
Is the Human Rights Act a vital safeguard or inherently undemocratic? Two of Britain's...
Will Self / July 12, 2019
Post-war British architecture often gets a bad rap. But it wasn’t all concrete and...
Jennifer Williams / July 4, 2019
Between silent factories and struggling shops, there’s poverty and even hunger. But...
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Prospect Team / June 13, 2019
The writer on her memories of childhood, the fight against populism—and why she writes...
Tom Clark / June 13, 2019
Global warming is not the kind of phenomenon that the human mind has evolved to regard as...
Archive
Ed Miliband puts forward a radical green agenda, and argues that it's time to bring the Green New Deal home. Plus: Rory Stewart on English moderation, and Angela Saini uncovers the return of scientific racism
Steve Bloomfield asks whether nationalism will take hold in Britain. Could a populist really reach No 10? Plus: Julia Blunck on the world’s next environmental catastrophe and Philip Ball on the greatest mystery in physics today
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)