June 2025 issue
Philip Collins investigates whether the populist hard right has a Doge-like plan for Britain. Ann Pettifor explains the failures of globalisation while Phil Tinline looks at growing US resistance to Trump. Plus, Emily Lawford has a brush with “Dr Death”
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Politics
Why British democracy is vulnerable to a Trump-style takeover
Imagine that a populist, hard-right party takes office and begins dismantling democracy. Except this time, it’s in Britain
Philip Collins
Editor’s Picks
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Globalisation has shattered. What next?
Ann Pettifor
Illustration by Gregori Saavedra
In the United States, the fightback has begun
Phil Tinline
Image: Alamy Stock Photo
Keir Starmer must find some courage before it’s too late
Sam Freedman
Illustration by Prospect / Photo courtesy Philip Nitschke
My appointment with Dr Death
Emily Lawford
Michelle Williams as Molly in “Dying for Sex”. Image: Sarah Shatz / FX
This is how to have sex on TV
Imogen West-Knights
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Long life: In my latter years, I want to embrace valour
Sheila Hancock
People
Image: John Watson
Ilan Pappé: ‘In a genocide, there are no two sides’
Imaan Irfan
Image: Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben: ‘AI writing my books? It’s not something I worry about’
Graeme Green
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Kamel Daoud: ‘When you are Franco-Algerian, you’re a political object’
Franklin Nelson
Image: Cormac Kehoe
Reform is coming for Labour in Runcorn
Cormac Kehoe
Image: John Watson
Can capitalism help the climate?
Samuel King
Regulars
The Prospect Grid: June 2025
Stephen Collins’s cartoon: Windows and worldviews
Stephen Collins
Letters: June 2025
Illustraton: Michael Rea
Rutger Bregman: Factory farming is a moral atrocity
Prospect Team
Columns
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Keir Starmer must find some courage before it’s too late
Sam Freedman
Illustration by David McAllister / Prospect. Sources: Pictorial Press, CPA Media Pte, Hi-Story / Alamy
Donald Trump vs the founding fathers
Sasha Mudd
Thatcher in brief, and making Germany great again
Iain Dale
Illustration: Vincent Kilbride
Learning to speak with honesty—and without AI
Ethan Zuckerman
Illustration by Andy Smith
The secret language of incels
Sarah Ogilvie
Features
Photography by Sara Morris
Why British democracy is vulnerable to a Trump-style takeover
Philip Collins
Illustration by Gregori Saavedra
In the United States, the fightback has begun
Phil Tinline
Credit: Alamy Stock Photo/Shutterstock
Globalisation has shattered. What next?
Ann Pettifor
Illustration by Prospect / Photo courtesy Philip Nitschke
My appointment with Dr Death
Emily Lawford
Illustration by Bill McConkey
Farage fashion, decoded
Henry Porter
Illustration by David McAllister / Prospect
Reform is ending Scotland’s indyref era
Dani Garavelli
Image: Alamy / Prospect
Philippe Sands on America: ‘How courageous are we going to be?’
Culture
“The Conversion of Saint Paul” (circa 1525) by Il Garofalo. Image: Ian Dagnall Computing / Alamy
Searching for God: the books exploring belief in modern Britain
Emily Lawford
Image: Balliol College, Oxford
Losing his religion: the life and work of Christopher Hill
Rhodri Lewis
Illustration by Roderick Mills
Mary McCarthy, the self-critical chronicler
Susie Mesure
The funniest straight man since Eric Morecambe: Dermot Morgan as Father Ted. Image: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy
Before the fall: ‘Father Ted’ and the case of Graham Linehan
Alexander Larman
Books in brief: what to read this May
Illustration by David McAllister / Prospect
Kraftwerk, autism, my son and me
John Harris
Image: Mark Waugh / Alamy
If the steel industry dies, culture will too
Laura Barton
Michelle Williams as Molly in “Dying for Sex”. Image: Sarah Shatz / FX
This is how to have sex on TV
Imogen West-Knights
Jodie (Justina Kehinde) walks her own path in ‘How to Fight Loneliness’. Image: Mark Douet
Shuffled off: assisted dying on stage
Kate Maltby
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Classical notes: Bumping into Boulez
Ian Bostridge
Lives
Illustration of Tilly Lawless by Clara Nicoll
Sex life: Visiting go-go bars in Thailand doesn’t make you a bad tourist
Tilly Lawless
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Mindful life: It’s my party and I’ll cringe if I want to
Sarah Collins
Rural life: One day I’ll go back to the city
Kiran Sidhu
Illustration by Clara Nicholl
Second life: Dreaming of Kyiv, Ukraine
Vitali Vitaliev
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Long life: In my latter years, I want to embrace valour
Sheila Hancock
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Clerical life: What if the teenagers are alright?
Alice Goodman
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Young life: My friends are the loves of my life
Alice Garnett
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