Noam Chomsky. Francis Fukuyama. Anthony Giddens. Christopher Hitchens. Slavoj Zizek. All names that didn't even make the top 10 in Prospect's contest to crown 2008's public intellectual of the year....

Which political and cultural happenings were given far too much attention this year or far too little? 100 Prospect contributors—including Niall Ferguson, Brian Eno, Duncan Fallowell, Ian Rankin,...

They've been used by religious zealots to justify all sorts of bigotry and intolerance, and modern atheists roundly dismiss them as the rantings of a vain and vengeful god. As Christopher Hitchens...

It's always nice to be talked about. And, with the latest Prospect about to hit the shops—out tomorrow, and hopefully on the doorsteps of subscribers this morning—we thought we should see what...

What happens when it goes wrong? Despite the vast amount of coverage of the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, it is remarkable how little of it directs the finger of blame, moral, legal or...

We just put the Christmas edition of the magazine to bed, at 3am on Wednesday morning. If you join up for our Facebook group you can see the new cover, and get an overview of the contents. If you...

Today is Noam Chomsky's eightieth birthday. Noam Chomsky will need no introduction to our readers. In fact, Chomsky and Prospect magazine are probably destined to be linked together forever, at...

"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe - the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me," Immanuel Kant famously reflected. The 'moral law within me' is one of...

Oh dear. AC Grayling, Prospect's resident and favourite philosopher, seems a little tired of life. In the Guardian this morning he is to be found bemoaning, like so many before him, the passing of...

Yesterday's Queen's speech hit the headlines, but according to the website Revolt,  run out of the university of Nottingham, there is growing disloyalty hidden behind HM's gracious address and loyal...