May 2011 issue of Prospect Magazine (#182)
Features
Edward Docx / April 20, 2011
Novelist Edward Docx had to know what it feels like to be lost—truly lost—in the...
Peter Kellner / April 20, 2011
Britain’s leading pollster has a bleak prognosis, but a former Lib Dem leader explains...
Charles Kennedy / April 20, 2011
I admit that this coalition wasn’t exactly my preferred option but I've come round,...
Janan Ganesh / April 20, 2011
Cameron’s ideas are bold. He must fight for them
Anatole Kaletsky / April 20, 2011
The cuts imperil our economy—for Tory gain
Sam Mendelson / April 20, 2011
Qatar, the world’s richest country, is playing a dangerous game
Gavyn Davies / April 20, 2011
Armageddon has been averted, but the future for markets is opaque. Gavyn Davies opens our...
Prospect / April 20, 2011
The path to global recovery remains far from clear. Four leading voices set out the...
Prospect / April 20, 2011
We asked finance and economics experts which investments they would buy—or avoid. Here...
Andy Davis / April 20, 2011
Should you stay or should you go? Deciding when to sell is the toughest decision of the...
Max Hastings / April 20, 2011
Max Hastings took a DIY investment masterclass courtesy of Prospect. What happened next?
Julian Baggini / April 20, 2011
A new book argues that human beings are born to lie: that we cannot live without deceit....
Catriona Chatfield / April 20, 2011
The NHS reforms will worsen trust in doctors
Stryker McGuire / April 20, 2011
Cameron and Clegg inherited a country with rising debt and fading global influence. So...
Sam Knight / April 20, 2011
The story of an antique Chinese vase, found in a house clearance in Pinner and sold for...
Opinions
Alison Wolf / April 20, 2011
Governments have neglected the importance of high achievement in their focus on failing...
Anthony Loyd / April 20, 2011
Don’t pin your hopes on Libya’s pro-democracy rebels. In three weeks with them I saw...
Jamie Bartlett / April 20, 2011
We are not a nation of binge drinkers—and new plans to make us drink less will not work
Rachel Aspden / April 20, 2011
Researchers have spent four years compiling a history of office chairs. Why?
Leo Benedictus / April 20, 2011
Why do book reviewers insist on being so nice? More honesty would benefit everyone
Regulars
A rash young Heffer gets in hot water, Gaddafi and Sarkozy's friendship on the rocks, and...
Why we need the monarchy, why banking is good for us, a defence of Brian Cox, and more
Niall Ferguson / April 20, 2011
Ruling is an anachronism—it made sense in the 17th century, but not now. If I were in...
Ian Irvine / April 20, 2011
Extracts from letters and diaries on election nights
Science and Technology
Anjana Ahuja / April 20, 2011
Anjana Ahuja on patenting stem cells, smoking in China and world population growth
Martin Rees / April 20, 2011
Probes are being dispatched to explore the solar system, but will people follow them?
James Crabtree / April 19, 2011
With studies showing a decline in car use, are we seeing the beginning of the end for the...
Arts & Books
David Gilmour / April 20, 2011
With its multi-ethnic ports, the Mediterranean sea was once the centre of western...
James Woodall / April 20, 2011
Boris Johnson wants millions of Londoners to dance on the streets in celebration of the...
David Benedict / April 20, 2011
The juxtaposition of pleasure and pain in Much Ado About Nothing makes it memorable. I...
Ben Lewis / April 20, 2011
Mike Nelson’s creepy installations deftly avoid the pitfalls of Britart. He’s a great...
Andrew Hussey / April 20, 2011
Publishing a novel in France is harder than ever. With the death of the French...
Life
Julian Baggini / April 20, 2011
A new book argues that human beings are born to lie: that we cannot live without deceit....
Sam Leith / April 20, 2011
Forget videogames as art—they’re games. Portal was genius and its sequel will take...
William Skidelsky / April 20, 2011
A group of culinary pioneers is raising the quality of British street food. Make mine a...
Benedict Allen / April 20, 2011
I come from a family of adventurers. I couldn’t resist becoming one too
David Goodhart / April 20, 2011
Wharfedale has reached the third highest tier in rugby union without giving up its local...