Over the past year, virtual gatherings have stifled creativity, limited conversation—and made us less human

Change is possible but not guaranteed, says the Chief Executive of the British Academy

Ralph Fiennes takes on TS Eliot, and The Death of a Black Man at Hampstead Theatre

Back in the 1990s, conviction in attacking the government, openness in reforming itself, and Tony Blair’s personal charisma combined to bring Labour back from the wilderness. If Labour wants power, it must find that formula again

The City shouldn’t hurry to match risky innovations taking place across the Atlantic

We can fill in the holes in the justice system—if the courts service is given the funding and data it needs

BBC's Pursuit of Love, plus cross-species friendship in Janis and Lucy

The invite-only app has drawn in the likes of Elon Musk and Oprah Winfrey—and a $1 billion valuation. How does it work?

Has the energy transition finally got the momentum it needs?

It is a form of politics that educated opinion disdains. But it’s no good wishing populism away. Wake up to the underlying condition of mis-governance that creates it—and then shake up our institutions to fix the link between the governing…

The government is lending to itself, via a circuitous route through the money men. Cut them out, and we could banish austerity

The novelist, memoirist, doctor and feminist spoke to Prospect three years before her death about her upbringing in Egypt and the writer’s role in speaking the savage truth