August 2012

August 2012 issue

Past issues

Essays

Mark Kitto and family; Photo: Eric Leleu

You'll never be Chinese

Is Britain still liberal?

Terminal blues

Is the west doomed to misunderstand the east?

There may never be peace

Think tank awards 2012

One way out

Five-four

Dahlia Lithwick

Regulars

If I ruled the world: Grayson Perry

If I ruled the world: Chris Mullin

Prospect recommends

Diary: August 2012

In fact

Letters

The way we were: Extravagance

Editorial: Pretence of progress

Opinions

If I ruled the world: Chris Mullin

Exodus

Nothing causes weather anxiety like the sun

Talk your way out

Why inequality matters

Richard Lambert

Schooled for risk

Digital cops

Arts & Books

If I ruled the world: Grayson Perry

Interview: Frank Auerbach

Unreal India

Silent artists

Hephzibah Anderson

What to read this summer

Raising Whales

Prospect recommends

On not cooking

Society and Culture

On not cooking

Investment

Summer aperitifs

Alice Lascelles

Leith on life

Across the continents

Brave new world

Hugh O'Shaughnessy