Articles by prospect
prospect / July 23, 2009
Summer books, featuring John Gray, Julie Myerson, Mark Thompson & others
Disease of the mind?
7th July 2009
In his review of Richard Bentall's new book (July), Alexander Linklater writes: "If psychiatric disorders are diseases at all, they are diseases of the mind...
Prospect redecorates the minister's office
A black-and-white photograph of William Gladstone taken in 1872 now hangs in the office of transport minister Andrew Adonis. Until early July, Gladstone...
On average, Hispanic men produce slightly more testosterone than African and Caucasian men and quite a lot more than Asian men. (USA Today, 11th March 2009)
Over their adult lifetimes, women...
Complacent Eno
22nd May 2009
Brian Eno's vision of a resurgence in live music tours and festivals (May) is all very well, but it ignores those musicians who are too old or sick to tour—or are...
prospect / July 4, 2009
Play
Jerusalem
By Jez Butterworth, dir Ian Rickson. Royal Court Theatre, 10th July-15th August, Tel: 020 7565 5000, from £10
Jez Butterworth has had an odd career since Mojo made his name at...
Britain
Don't bet on a Tory landslide
Gordon Brown may have seen off a second coup but, given his humiliation in June's elections and David Cameron's handsome poll lead, a thumping Tory victory...
In 1989, Vincent Van Gogh was the world's most expensive artist. In 2008, he was 394th on the Artprice auction turnover list. (Breakingview.com, 12th May 2009)
The number of millionaires in...