February 2015 issue
Can the Tories win ask Tim Montgomerie and Peter Kellner, scrap "first past the post" says Vernon Bogdanor, How will France treat its Muslims after Charlie Hebdo, the London schools revolution and Swiss death cafes
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Essays
All eyes are about to turn to David Cameron. © David Jones/PA Archive/Press Association Images
General election 2015: how can Cameron win?
Tim Montgomerie
Tory defector Mark Reckless wins the Rochester and Strood by-election in November. © Carl Court/Getty Images
Time to ditch “first past the post”
Vernon Bogdanor
Gravitational waves: predicted by Einstein's theory but yet to be detected
Beyond relativity
Philip Ball
Obituary: Derek Coombs, 1931-2014
David Goodhart
Is Cameron too complaceent? © Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive/Press Association Images
The Conservative party: a tarnished brand
Peter Kellner
A cartoon from 1883 shwoing workmen supporting the lumber, paper and linen industries as wealthy businessmen recline on top. © Stock montage/Getty images
Should we give up on taxing companies?
Charles Dumas
A lessons at Paddington Academy, rated "outstanding" by Ofsted in 2011. © View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images
The London schools revolution
Josh Lowe
The town of Vissoie in the Swiss mountains, where Bernard Crettaz, creator of the "death cafe" movement, was born. © Photoshot
Take me to the death cafe
Sophie Elmhirst
President Barack Obama applauds after the signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in July 2010. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Time to get serious about bank reform
Barry Eichengreen
Regulars
Christopher Isherwood poses for his partner, artist Don Bachardy, 1980s. © Rex/Zeitgeist films/Courtesy Everett Collection
Valentine's Day: hits and misses
Ian Irvine
Juliana Wang
Short story: Foxes by Kirsty Gunn
Kirsty Gunn
Had Garibaldi failed, he wouldn't be immortalised in dinner memorabilia today. © Eugene La Pia
What if... Garibaldi had failed?
John Hooper
Our panel: Oliver Kamm (left, yes) and Simon Wren-Lewis (right, no)
The Duel: Is austerity right for Britain?
Simon Wren-Lewis & Oliver Kamm
Opinions
The North Sea has brought prosperity to Aberdeen—average wages are £12,000 higher than the rest of UK
Oil supplement: Solid in the Granite City
Colette Cohen
Putin and Merkel: no longer so close. © Sebastian Zwez
Germany, Putin’s former friend
Constanze Stelzenmueller
Sri Lanka's incoming President Maithripala Sirisena waves to supporters as he leaves the election secretariat in Colombo. © Eranga Jayawardena/AP/Press Association Images
Sri Lanka’s stunned silence
Avantika Chilkoti
Nobody wants to see politicians telling porkies, but is it practical to legislate against it?
Should it be illegal to tell lies in parliament?
AC Grayling
Are non-doms a help, hindrance, or irrelevance? © Joe D
How can Labour be socially democratic without the City?
Stewart Wood
Had Garibaldi failed, he wouldn't be immortalised in dinner memorabilia today. © Eugene La Pia
What if... Garibaldi had failed?
John Hooper
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Oil supplement: Can renewables be competitive?
Ian Temperton
Flooding in Bangladesh: what does cheap oil portend for global agreements on climate change? © Stockbyte
Oil supplement: bad news for the green dream
Paul Bledsoe
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Oil supplement: Fate of the North Sea
Paul Stevens
An artist's impression of Hinkley Point C which, when complete, will generate 7 per cent of the UK's electricity. © EDF
Oil supplement: the return of nuclear
Keith Parker
Our panel: Oliver Kamm (left, yes) and Simon Wren-Lewis (right, no)
The Duel: Is austerity right for Britain?
Simon Wren-Lewis & Oliver Kamm
Arts & Books
Ballet dancer Leann Benjamin performs at the National Gallery. © Zipporah Films
National Gallery: the paintings are the point
Sebastian Smee
Review: Taking Command by David Richards
Jonathan Foreman
Review: Buying Time by Wolfgang Streeck
Mathew Lawrence
"The last time England was an autonomous state with its own laws was in the period between kings Alfred and Canute
An England of the mind
Alexandra Harris
Review: The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig
Jessica Abrahams
A Punch and Judy show in Lowestoft, 1952. © The Francis Frith collection/Superstock
David Lodge: the ladder of opportunity
David Kynaston
Review: Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia by Peter Pomerantsev
Annabelle Chapman
Review: Europe Entrapped by Claus Offe
Hans Kundnani
Juliana Wang
Short story: Foxes by Kirsty Gunn
Kirsty Gunn
A US Marine passes through an Afghan poppy field
Andrew O'Hagan's The Illuminations captures the beauty and harshness of modern life
Francine Prose
Review: 10.04 by Ben Lerner
Hannah Rosefield
Review: The Internet is Not the Answer by Andrew Keen
Serena Kutchinsky
A sketch of Shostakovich. His Symphony No 11 can be seen at Symphony Hall, Birmingham this month. © Arturo Espinosa
Prospect recommends: The best concerts and festivals this month
Alexandra Coghlan
Society and Culture
Is it worth getting stuck in in the kitchen?. © Jeff Kubina
Matters of taste: is home-made always better?
Wendell Steavenson
It's always a shock when you hear Freud parrotted by a patient. © Emilio Zaldivar
Life of the mind: Freudian truths
Anna Blundy
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Wine: old traditions in the new world
Barry Smith
Old books in the library of Strahov, Prague. © Moyan Brenn
Leith on life: literary time machines
Sam Leith
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DIY investor: a game of optimism
Andy Davis
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