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July 2018 issue of Prospect Magazine (#268)

Features

How to de-radicalise an extremist
Nabeelah Jaffer / June 20, 2018
Adam converted to Islam at age 19. In 2014, he was taken on by a "de-radicalisation"...
A' mairsinn beò: why I'm learning Scottish Gaelic in 2018
Cal Flyn / June 19, 2018
Its speakers number in the tens of thousands. There are no monolingual speakers left...
Make Bury great again
Philip Collins / June 18, 2018
England's towns were once as mighty as its cities. Now, they've fallen on hard times. Can...
The mystifying ascent of Mike Pompeo
Sam Tanenhaus / June 18, 2018
While others in the White House have fallen, Trump's foreign policy brain has quietly...
Will Brexit break the Conservatives?
Tom Clark / June 15, 2018
They’ve come through war, the end of Empire and not a few spats about Europe. But just...
A Conservative vision for the future
Lee Rowley / June 15, 2018
How can the right get it right? Conservative MP Lee Rowley—part of the 2017 intake—...
New polling: are the Tories struggling in the marginals?
Prospect Team / June 15, 2018
Polling found voters it Tory-held marginals were unsure about the party’s efficiency...
Exclusive polling: Tories are "bad in a crisis"
Tom Clark / June 15, 2018
The results also show that the public view the party as divided, and not supportive of...
Can the centre right survive in Europe?
Andrew Gamble / June 15, 2018
Across Europe, a chill is being felt by the centre-right parties that used to be the...

Opinions

Former spy-chief: extremism on social media could threaten the foundations of western democracy
David Omand / June 20, 2018
David Omand, who ran GCHQ, argues that Twitter and Facebook embolden the far Right
China hasn’t won yet
George Magnus / June 19, 2018
The rising power is squaring up to the west. But it could still be undone by its top-down...
Don’t be fooled by elections—the military is still in charge in Pakistan
Samira Shackle / June 18, 2018
Potemkin democracy
The life lessons we’ll lose when the high streets fall
Hephzibah Anderson / June 17, 2018
When closed signs are flipped over permanently, livelihoods aren’t all that are lost
Protests in Jordan have led to a new prime minister—what happens next?
Rana F Sweis / June 16, 2018
Will reform reman elusive?

Regulars

How the world reacted to England's 1966 win
Ian Irvine / June 21, 2018
How did the world—and Denis Law—respond to England's historic World Cup victory?
Has test cricket had its day?
Zafar Ansari Mike Selvey / June 21, 2018
Will the sport succumb to the challenge from T20—or does it have life in it yet? Our...
Britain in space: Is the country ready for a giant leap?
Jay Elwes / June 18, 2018
The triumphs of 20th century space exploration were colossal. Will Britain play a role in...
In data: what it will really cost to save the NHS
Tom Clark / June 18, 2018
We're all going to pay for the NHS's 70th birthday bailout. Before long, it'll need...
Stephen Collins's Cartoon: Is your MP spending too much time on Brexit?
Stephen Collins / June 17, 2018

Science and Technology

Former spy-chief: extremism on social media could threaten the foundations of western democracy
David Omand / June 20, 2018
David Omand, who ran GCHQ, argues that Twitter and Facebook embolden the far Right
Britain in space: Is the country ready for a giant leap?
Jay Elwes / June 18, 2018
The triumphs of 20th century space exploration were colossal. Will Britain play a role in...

Arts & Books

The high priests of neuroscience
Julian Baggini / June 21, 2018
For every mystery they solve, these new books pose another—from how we cope to death to...
What forced exile does to a family
Josie Mitchell / June 20, 2018
Inara Verzemnieks’s remarkable new memoir travels back through the stories of her own...
A haunted imagining of the life of Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Tim Martin / June 19, 2018
David Peace’s 10th novel provides a fragmented glimpse into the world of one of Japan's...
What did Watergate feel like at the time? A new podcast tells the story
Charlotte Runcie / June 19, 2018
Three podcasts to try out this month
A plea for accountants to become boring again
Oliver Bullough / June 19, 2018
Richard Brooks argues in "Bean Counters" that accountants have lost track of what...
Ants Among Elephants exposes the reality of caste in modern India
Gaiutra Bahadur / June 19, 2018
Sujatha Gidla's wonderful memoir works within the rhetorical tradition of Dalit memoirs
The UK’s largest contemporary art festival—and other summer exhibitions
Emma Crichton-Miller / June 19, 2018
The Liverpool Biennial takes place from 14th July
A' mairsinn beò: why I'm learning Scottish Gaelic in 2018
Cal Flyn / June 19, 2018
Its speakers number in the tens of thousands. There are no monolingual speakers left...
Protesters hold a sign reading "Equality is the best therapy" in 2016 © PA
Why austerity is bad for our mental health
Mark Brown / June 19, 2018
The follow up to The Spirit Level rehearses the same argument but with a narrower focus
Ben Rhodes and Barack Obama on Air Force One in 2012 © PA
Obama: "My being president appears to have literally driven some white people insane"
Steve Bloomfield / June 18, 2018
Ben Rhodes, the former president's foreign policy adviser, reveals Obama's private anger
The classical music highlights of the summer
Alexandra Coghlan / June 18, 2018
It’s a rich year for 20th-century music at the Proms
Rock of pages: behind our golden age of music writing
DJ Taylor / June 18, 2018
The current gang of pop writers are the best we've ever had. But are they eulogising a...
In praise of (occasional) bad manners
Freya Johnston / June 18, 2018
Politeness is often the veneer that disguises our most barbaric instincts—as a look to...
"Dynamic and strikingly sincere"—The best films this summer
Francine Stock / June 17, 2018
Forty-two years after "Taxi Driver," Paul Schrader directs his own script about another...
"Raucous and tender beauty": The best opera this month
Neil Norman / June 16, 2018
Robert Carsen’s scintillating version of Falstaff is a riot of colour

Life

Palermo: where being poor does not mean you have to eat poorly
Sicily: where the "kitchen of the poor" means everyone eats well
Wendell Steavenson / June 17, 2018
Welcome to the capital of deep-fried leftovers
The gaze of other people can cause insufferable pressure
Why are so many unhappy women obsessed with their own bodies?
Anna Blundy / June 16, 2018
Female patients use their bodies as a canvas on which to express their distress

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