Articles by James Crabtree
James Crabtree / November 21, 2008
The New Humanist magazine, where I moonlight from time to time as a contributor, just published some amusing God top trumps. All the Abrahamic faiths are represented, along with various species of...
James Crabtree / November 20, 2008
Question: which public intellectual has impressed you most this year? With this edition just gone to bed, our thoughts turn to the Christmas edition. Chatting in the office yesterday, we thought we...
James Crabtree / November 19, 2008
British social mobility, so the received wisdom goes, is falling through the floor. A combination of conservatives, seeking to bash the Government, and the Government, seeking to justify further...
James Crabtree / November 19, 2008
Coverage of the current rumblings in the eastern Congo has concentrated, understandably, on perceived ethnic tensions between different groups. Rebel general Luaren Nkunda, a clever, charistmatic and...
James Crabtree / November 19, 2008
Prospect's next edition comes out tomorrow. We'll be posting details later today, and during tomorrow. Meanwhile, though, we have a Facebook group - and i've put a sneak preview of the contents up...
James Crabtree / November 18, 2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex is out in cinemas this week, part of a new cinematic movement for "terror chic." It joins recent pics on Verges, the terrorist lawyer, and Colombian FARC. (A forthcoming...
James Crabtree / November 18, 2008
This morning's papers are full of the Clinton saga - the one which will never die - reborn. Beneath it, though, is a more interesting story, of Obama's reading habits, the renewed influence of...
James Crabtree / November 13, 2008
It's close to midnight on Wednesday evening, and the lights burn brightly still at Prospect towers; as mentioned below, tonight is press night, so the team stays late, and make sure no i goes...
James Crabtree / November 12, 2008
Its deadline day here in the Prospect office, and we are all breaking the very slightest of sweats to get the magazine finished - so our apologises if the blog is a little light on traffic. Our next...
James Crabtree / November 5, 2008
In news sure to delight the incoming administration, this just arrived in my inbox. Intriguing that such a group still exists. More intriguing they have a press office capable of reacting to events....