December 2023 issue
Is peace still possible? Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli Knesset, says human dignity will triumph over violence in the Middle East, while Khaled Mansour says the war will reshape the region and the rules of conflict
Past issues
A beam of light shines across a coloured map showing Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and surrounding countries.
Gaza War
I still dream of peace
My country will emerge from this horror—and when it does the peacemakers, not the zealots, will reign, writes a former speaker of the Israeli Knesset
Avraham Burg
Editor’s Picks
Image: Penta Springs Limited / Alamy
Oh, the humanities!
Priyamvada Gopal
The Sir Galahad burns in Port Pleasant. Image: PA Images / Alamy
The whiff of a cover-up
Michael Rose
Serhii Plokhy’s diary: The trains are still running in Ukraine
Serhii Plokhy
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Mindful life: Why a feral night out can be good for your mental health
Sarah Collins
Illustration by Michael Rea
Philippa Gregory: “historians simply cannot see women out of the stereotypical roles”
Prospect Team
Books in Brief: what to read this November
People
Elissa Phillips and Anahita Babaei. Illustration: John Watson
How to stop an Icelandic whale hunt
Abby Young-Powell & Jessica Abrahams
Returning to Bluebeard’s Castle
Peter Hoskin
Illustration: John Watson
Can we make AI safe?
Tom Ough
Image courtesy of Jonny Banger
How Sports Banger turned a T-shirt into an art movement
Róisín Lanigan
Illustration: John Watson
The biologist behind the Vagina Museum
Emily Lawford
Columns
Illustration: Bill Mcconkey
The chaos of Covid is now emerging
Sam Freedman
Illustration by Vincent Kilbride
When the internet becomes unknowable
Ethan Zuckerman
The Capitol riot, January 2021. Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy. Image: Picture Architect / Alamy Stock Photo
A philosophical defence of democracy
Sasha Mudd
Serhii Plokhy’s diary: The trains are still running in Ukraine
Serhii Plokhy
Why I am glad artificial intelligence “hallucinates”
Sarah Ogilvie
Regulars
Illustration by Michael Rea
Philippa Gregory: “historians simply cannot see women out of the stereotypical roles”
Prospect Team
Stephen Collins’s cartoon: Cabinet meeting
Stephen Collins
Letters: December 2023
Prospect Team
The Prospect Grid: December 2023
The Generalist: December 2023
Features
A beam of light shines across a coloured map showing Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and surrounding countries.
I still dream of peace
Avraham Burg
On 13th September 1993, US president Bill Clinton watched as Yasser Arafat, PLO leader, and Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli prime minister, shook hands over the first Oslo accord © J. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty Images
Under pressure
Khaled Mansour
Illustration by Matt Clough
We need a new kind of climate diplomacy
Simon Sharpe
Image: Penta Springs Limited / Alamy
Oh, the humanities!
Priyamvada Gopal
Illustration by Darren Espin
Can Keir Starmer plant the seeds of growth?
Tony Danker
Culture
Illustration by Élise Hibberd
21st-century bard
Rhodri Lewis
The book in the flesh, the playwright in print. Image: Stephen Chung / Alamy
My first folio
Emily Lawford
Coming to life: David Warner in one of Peter Hall’s productions of “Hamlet”
The actor’s text
Kate Maltby
The Sir Galahad burns in Port Pleasant. Image: PA Images / Alamy
The whiff of a cover-up
Michael Rose
Image: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy
A way with words
Lucy Scholes
Books in Brief: what to read this November
Fear and desire: Moira Shearer in “The Red Shoes” (1948). Image: Collection Christophel / Alamy
The greatest
Peter Hoskin
Letter from Luxembourg. Image: DBI Studio / Alamy
Across time and borders
Ian Bostridge
Image: Collection Christophel / Alamy
Hail to the queen
Laura Barton
Image: Justin Slee / ITV
Here are the victims
Imogen West-Knights
Lives
Illustration of Tilly Lawless by Clara Nicoll
Sex life: Flirting across a language barrier has been unexpectedly liberating
Tilly Lawless
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Young life: Why are Brits incapable of living well?
Alice Garnett
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Farming life: I feel politically homeless and don't know who will get my vote
Tom Martin
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Mindful life: Why a feral night out can be good for your mental health
Sarah Collins
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Long life: For every ranting extremist, there are thousands of good people. Kindness is everywhere
Sheila Hancock
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Clerical life: Singing together is one of the most profoundly human things we do
Alice Goodman
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Sporting life: The welcome death of the “sporty girl” standard
Emma John
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