July 2018 issue of Prospect Magazine (#268)
Features
Nabeelah Jaffer / June 20, 2018
Adam converted to Islam at age 19. In 2014, he was taken on by a "de-radicalisation"...
Cal Flyn / June 19, 2018
Its speakers number in the tens of thousands. There are no monolingual speakers left...
Philip Collins / June 18, 2018
England's towns were once as mighty as its cities. Now, they've fallen on hard times. Can...
Sam Tanenhaus / June 18, 2018
While others in the White House have fallen, Trump's foreign policy brain has quietly...
Tom Clark / June 15, 2018
They’ve come through war, the end of Empire and not a few spats about Europe. But just...
Lee Rowley / June 15, 2018
How can the right get it right? Conservative MP Lee Rowley—part of the 2017 intake—...
Polling found voters it Tory-held marginals were unsure about the party’s efficiency...
Tom Clark / June 15, 2018
The results also show that the public view the party as divided, and not supportive of...
Andrew Gamble / June 15, 2018
Across Europe, a chill is being felt by the centre-right parties that used to be the...
Opinions
David Omand / June 20, 2018
David Omand, who ran GCHQ, argues that Twitter and Facebook embolden the far Right
George Magnus / June 19, 2018
The rising power is squaring up to the west. But it could still be undone by its top-down...
Samira Shackle / June 18, 2018
Potemkin democracy
When closed signs are flipped over permanently, livelihoods aren’t all that are lost
Will reform reman elusive?
Regulars
Ian Irvine / June 21, 2018
How did the world—and Denis Law—respond to England's historic World Cup victory?
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...
Jay Elwes / June 18, 2018
The triumphs of 20th century space exploration were colossal. Will Britain play a role in...
Tom Clark / June 18, 2018
We're all going to pay for the NHS's 70th birthday bailout. Before long, it'll need...
Science and Technology
David Omand / June 20, 2018
David Omand, who ran GCHQ, argues that Twitter and Facebook embolden the far Right
Jay Elwes / June 18, 2018
The triumphs of 20th century space exploration were colossal. Will Britain play a role in...
Arts & Books
Julian Baggini / June 21, 2018
For every mystery they solve, these new books pose another—from how we cope to death to...
Josie Mitchell / June 20, 2018
Inara Verzemnieks’s remarkable new memoir travels back through the stories of her own...
Tim Martin / June 19, 2018
David Peace’s 10th novel provides a fragmented glimpse into the world of one of Japan's...
Charlotte Runcie / June 19, 2018
Three podcasts to try out this month
Oliver Bullough / June 19, 2018
Richard Brooks argues in "Bean Counters" that accountants have lost track of what...
Sujatha Gidla's wonderful memoir works within the rhetorical tradition of Dalit memoirs
Emma Crichton-Miller / June 19, 2018
The Liverpool Biennial takes place from 14th July
Cal Flyn / June 19, 2018
Its speakers number in the tens of thousands. There are no monolingual speakers left...
Mark Brown / June 19, 2018
The follow up to The Spirit Level rehearses the same argument but with a narrower focus
Steve Bloomfield / June 18, 2018
Ben Rhodes, the former president's foreign policy adviser, reveals Obama's private anger
Alexandra Coghlan / June 18, 2018
It’s a rich year for 20th-century music at the Proms
DJ Taylor / June 18, 2018
The current gang of pop writers are the best we've ever had. But are they eulogising a...
Freya Johnston / June 18, 2018
Politeness is often the veneer that disguises our most barbaric instincts—as a look to...
Forty-two years after "Taxi Driver," Paul Schrader directs his own script about another...
Neil Norman / June 16, 2018
Robert Carsen’s scintillating version of Falstaff is a riot of colour
Life
Welcome to the capital of deep-fried leftovers
Female patients use their bodies as a canvas on which to express their distress