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May 2013 issue of Prospect Magazine (#206)

Features

World Thinkers 2013
Prospect / April 24, 2013
The results of Prospect's world thinkers poll
Do public intellectuals matter?
AC Grayling / April 24, 2013
Public intellectuals can alter the course of events, even after their time
The fall of Richard Fausto—a play
Marcus Miller and Nicholas Beale / April 24, 2013
The devil is in the detail—and the Square Mile. A play to demonstrate the problem of...
A very British school
David Goodhart / April 24, 2013
Where one school leads, will the country follow?
Finance: For the banks, change has only just begun
Andy Davis / April 24, 2013
It took disaster to prompt even small steps forward from the banks
Finance: The FSA's new rules are working
Martin Wheatley / April 24, 2013
The new chief regulator on the Retail Distribution Review
Has democracy had its day?
Mark Mazower / April 24, 2013
Electoral politics has had a bad decade
Degrees of debt
Richard Lambert / April 24, 2013
The student loans scheme is unsustainable
Will Iraq burn again?
Anthony Loyd / April 24, 2013
A decade after the US-led invasion, could Syria, Iran, and sectarian fury destroy a...
Rise of the super-family
Alison Wolf / April 24, 2013
Is there any room left at the top?

Opinions

Desmond Tutu: Why I won't vote for the ANC
Desmond Tutu / May 10, 2013
A freedom fighting unit does not make a good political party
Can Osborne cut the NHS?
Paul Johnson / April 24, 2013
The June spending review will set the agenda for the next election
Escaping “Little Britain”
Bronwen Maddox / April 24, 2013
Prospect talks to William Hague, the foreign secretary
Scrap Trident
Edwin Bramall / April 24, 2013
To keep it is hypocrisy
After the fall
Magda Kandil / April 24, 2013
First came Egypt's revolution—now for the cuts
Cameron: the best of a bad bunch
Peter Kellner / April 24, 2013
David, Ed or Nick—who would you rather sit next to on the train?

Regulars

Editorial: Politics on the ropes
Bronwen Maddox / April 24, 2013
There is little enthusiasm for our current leaders
Prospect Recommends
Prospect / April 24, 2013
Five things to do this month
If I ruled the world
Moises Naim / April 24, 2013
Disruptive, revolutionary changes for political parties
The way we were: Strivers and shirkers
Ian Irvine / April 24, 2013
Extracts from memoirs and diaries
Letters
Prospect / April 24, 2013
Prospect readers have their say

Science and Technology

Is the BSE crisis over?
Tom Whipple / April 24, 2013
So far, 176 people have died, but scientists are still struggling to understand it
The month ahead
Anjana Ahuja / April 24, 2013
The 30th anniversary of HIV

Arts & Books

The trouble with the Enlightenment
Ollie Cussen / May 5, 2013
Arguments about the Age of Reason have become stale. Can a new book transform the debate?
Sex, the old-fashioned way
Joanna Bourke / April 24, 2013
Why are men and women so different? Lewis Wolpert doesn’t have the answers
Are criminals born or made?
Daniel Dennett / April 24, 2013
New research suggests that some people have a stronger innate tendency towards violence...
The month in books
Hephzibah Anderson / April 24, 2013
Publishers are already eying airport bookshops, but there’s nothing escapist about...
Model modern satire
Alexandra Coghlan / April 24, 2013
Gilbert and Sullivan’s best works fit perfectly into the 21st century
An experiment with anarchy
Thomas Meaney / April 24, 2013
The philosophy of Silicon Valley is shallow and self-serving

Life

Life of the mind: My testing first patient
Anna Blundy / April 24, 2013
The first hurdle of therapy
Leith on life
Sam Leith / April 24, 2013
It's the minor crimes that count
Matter of taste
Simon Wroe / April 24, 2013
Let them eat crabs
DIY investment
Andy Davis / April 24, 2013
The challenge of rising inflation
Wine
Barry Smith / April 24, 2013
Revolutionise the wine list

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