Editors picks highlight image Politics
A plan for Britain
Labour lacks a philosophy or a plan for government. A few simple changes could transform the country’s fortunes
Ravi Gurumurthy
From the magazine
North America
How the World Cup took over the planet
David Goldblatt
From the magazine
Prospect Podcast
Ravi Gurumurthy has a plan for Britain
Prospect Team
Conservatives and the British Right
Anglofuturism and ‘decline porn’: the Brave New Worlds of the right
Benjamin Clark
From the magazine
Editorial
Editorial: Labour must leave its comfort zone
From the magazine
Latest
THE INSIDER
Political chaos has made Britain the ‘new Italy’
Andrew Adonis
NORTH AMERICA
How the World Cup took over the planet
David Goldblatt
From the magazine
CULTURE
Nil Venditti, the 21st-century conductor
Alan Rusbridger
From the magazine
CULTURE
Democracy’s terrible secret
Matthew d’Ancona
From the magazine
CONSERVATIVES AND THE BRITISH RIGHT
Anglofuturism and ‘decline porn’: the Brave New Worlds of the right
Benjamin Clark
From the magazine
ENGLAND
Three lions, no trophy
Mark Damazer
LIVES
Young life: Mine is not the first generation to live with the threat of annihilation
Alice Garnett
From the magazine
LIVES
Sheila Hancock: From the London Lighthouse to the Museum of Brands, this Notting Hill building is a tribute to the best of humanity
Sheila Hancock
From the magazine
CULTURE
A Shakespearean’s grief
Kate Maltby
From the magazine
POLITICS
A plan for Britain
Ravi Gurumurthy
From the magazine
Argument
Alan Rusbridger author image
The climate crisis is terrifying. Why is the press ignoring it?
Alan Rusbridger
Sasha Mudd author image
The shock of the old
Sasha Mudd From the magazine
Ethan Zuckerman author image
Angine de Poitrine: the alien rock band playing for Team Human
Ethan Zuckerman From the magazine
Ben Ansell author image
The quiet triumph of the button-down conservative
Ben Ansell From the magazine
Alona Ferber author image
Sally Rooney’s non-boycott of Hebrew
Alona Ferber
Prospect Lives View all
Kiran Sidhu author image
Rural life: All my neighbours believe in fairies
Kiran Sidhu From the magazine
Sarah Collins author image
Mindful life: I can’t stop singing my thoughts
Sarah Collins From the magazine
Tilly Lawless author image
Sex life: I have changed my mind about motherhood
Tilly Lawless From the magazine
Sheila Hancock author image
Sheila Hancock: I thought I might faint in front of all the Dames
Sheila Hancock From the magazine
Alice Garnett author image
Young life: I have been made redundant for the second time in my twenties
Alice Garnett From the magazine
Middle East
View all
Topics highlight image
Economics
The Iran war has left the UK poorer than it hoped to be
There are no easy answers for an energy-importing country during a global energy price surge
Duncan Weldon
From the magazine
Lebanon
Sally Hayden’s diary: Fragments of life in Beirut
Sally Hayden
From the magazine
Middle East
Food could soon run short—and so will Trump’s luck
Tim Smedley
Middle East
Beyond the Iran war
From the magazine
Politics
View all
Topics highlight image
Nigel Farage
Rupert Lowe: the new star of Elon Musk’s X
The rise of the Restore leader could block Nigel Farage from power
Benjamin Clark
Brexit
Just don’t mention the referendum
Ben Ansell
From the magazine
UK
Nigel Farage is a dangerous demagogue—here’s how to stop him
Alan Rusbridger
Hinterland
Jeremy Hunt: “AI can’t compete with raw, human originality and creativity”
Culture
View all
Topics highlight image
Culture
The state of cli-fi
Can novels about the climate emergency offer hope for a better tomorrow?
Susie Mesure
From the magazine
Culture
Nil Venditti, the 21st-century conductor
Alan Rusbridger
From the magazine
Culture
The art of the unfinished masterpiece
Daniel Rey
Culture
When Marilyn Monroe took on Fox—and won
DAT Green
From the magazine
Magazine
magazine promo block image lazyload

With the UK facing yet another change of prime minister, Ravi Gurumurthy outlines a bold plan for Labour to get our economy moving. Plus, as the World Cup begins, David Goldblatt writes on the power of the great global festival of our times

Past issues

A plan for Britain

Labour lacks a philosophy or a plan for government. A few simple changes could transform the country’s fortunes

Ravi Gurumurthy
How the World Cup took over the planet
David Goldblatt
The hunt for the ‘Butcher of Hama’
Ed Siddons
Robert Reich’s good fight
Benjamin Clark
The state of cli-fi
Susie Mesure
Nil Venditti, the 21st-century conductor
Alan Rusbridger
Mindful life: I can’t stop singing my thoughts
Sarah Collins
World
View all
Topics highlight image
International Law
The hunt for the ‘Butcher of Hama’
Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, an alleged war criminal, built a property empire across Europe. How did he get away with it?
Ed Siddons
From the magazine
Gaza
‘If they get hungry, they bite’: How vermin overran Gaza
Husam Maarouf
Aid
Aid and the search for a new world order
Michael Jacobs
Health
Ebola’s return is a warning the world should not ignore
Martin McKee
Sponsored
View all
Topics highlight image
Policy Insights
Defending digital infrastructure
Collective, consistent and concerted effort—matched by an honest conversation about risk—is required to enhance the resilience of telecoms and communications networks
Policy Insights
Building a resilient energy supply
Policy Insights
Rethinking water resilience
Policy Insights
Are we ready to have a sensible discussion about the UK’s energy transition?
About us Subscribe Contact us Submission guidelines Jobs and vacancies Corporate subscriptions
Facebook Twitter Linkedin
© 2026 Prospect Publishing Limited
Gift subscriptions Press Room Acceptable Use Terms of Use Contributor Terms & Conditions Privacy Complaints Advertise with us Advertising Guidelines