What can politicians learn from Margaret Thatcher?

Sigmund Freud is out of fashion. The reason? His heroic refusal to flatter humankind

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Classical historian Bettany Hughes recounts her favourite Mediterranean journeys

The ancient sites of north Africa and the Mediterranean are often overlooked, but they...

Tigers are rare and elusive. To see one in the wild, head to India

I have slept on many trains, but remain true to my first love, the Caledonian Sleeper

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Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, tells Prospect that European...

Matthew Parris, Stephanie Flanders, Martha Lane Fox and others set out their...

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Has Egypt’s revolution imperilled its Christian community?

Marriage by numbers

Pundits lament the political gridlock. It isn’t new; it may not be bad

London is awash with Greek cash. But who stands to gain?

Occupy London protesters have been evicted from St Paul's. In December, James Macintyre...

Six things to do this month, from Celtic connections to the art of walking

Prospect asked what people will do—or not—in 2012

Extracts from memoirs and works on changes in British customs

New Year special

Bronwen Maddox introduces the January issue of Prospect

The Euro dilemma I agree with Peter Mandelson (December) that Britain’s interests in...

There should be more art, no career politicians and only grandmothers would be allowed to...

Biofuels will not save us from climate change, argues Matt Ridley. Their environmental...

Captain Scott, crime statistics and prize-winning poetry

Christopher Hitchens stood at the intersection of late imperial Britain and hedonistic,...

Sigmund Freud is out of fashion. The reason? His heroic refusal to flatter humankind

Two days in Amsterdam, Berlin or Madrid? Hire a bike, head to galleries and then rest

Ten years ago the American short story was in decline. Now it is once again a vital genre

David Hockney’s English landscape paintings have heroically revived this deeply...

There’s never been a better time to be middle aged

The financial meltdown has inspired many films. Margin Call is one of the best yet

January’s selection takes Natalie Haynes from Nigeria today to Victorian England

"She’d got pretty good at sneaking around in the last few months. Since the...

Extracts from memoirs and works on changes in British customs

Marie Tussaud’s waxwork museum has given rise to a billion dollar global...

For Meghan Daum and her husband, watching television dramas is part of their...

Egon Ronay’s enduring influence on British food

The challenge of inflation

My new passport is a twee jigsaw of fantasy Britishness