“It is the first time an EU member state has decided to leave, and I’ll do everything for it to remain unique.”

Tina Brown on Weinstein, War and Peace and the fall of democracy

In this month's brief encounter, the philosopher and author discusses singing, running—and why her favourite quotation is from Mozart

Prospect talks to festival organiser Ted Hodgkinson about Trump, sheds—and why this year's festival is truly for all men

The BBC newsreader on Bach, football, and why Ulysses is the most over-rated book of all time

Prospect's October 2017 supplement