May 2019 issue
As the Brexit crisis rumbles on, is it time to rewire British politics? Plus Ray Monk on why cows have feelings, Clive James on how poetry heals—and a new generation of writers take inspiration from Woolf
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Essays
The donor detective: how one woman made it her mission to help donor-conceived children find their biological fathers
Stefanie Marsh
Deceptive: the fake Vermeer sold to Göring. Photo: Shutterstock
Forging the Führer: inside the sinister trend for fake Hitler paintings
Richard J Evans
There's a crisis in British politics—and a written constitution could rewire it. Image: Prospect
Government vs politics: could a new constitution fix Britain's broken democracy?
Tom Clark
Could a codified constitution break the deadlock in British politics? Photo: PA
Does Britain need a proper constitution?
S. Douglas-Scott and A. Tomkins
Illustration by Ben Jennings
The ghosts of Brexits past—no matter how hard we try to leave Europe, we always end up going back
Simon Jenkins
Tom Watson talks Dante, Brexit, and the notion of a government for national unity. Image: Tim McDonagh
"What is Tommy up to?": How Tom Watson became Labour's other leader
Kevin Maguire
Jacinda Ardern has come to global attention for her response to the Christchurch terror attack. But her new approach to New Zealand goes beyond inclusivity. Photo: Getty
How Jacinda Ardern is transforming New Zealand
Max Rashbrooke
Regulars
The Prospect editorial—Rewriting the rules
Tom Clark
Historian Niall Ferguson answers Prospect's Brief Encounter questions. ILLUSTRATION BY NICK TAYLOR
Niall Ferguson: "Our capacity for self-destruction grows greater every day"
Prospect Team
Speed data: Why not every vote is equal
Tony Travers and Tom Clark
Could a codified constitution break the deadlock in British politics? Photo: PA
Does Britain need a proper constitution?
S. Douglas-Scott and A. Tomkins
How to make Global Britain a reality
Alex Dean
Letters, May 2019
Prospect Team
Prospect puzzle and crossword: May 2019
Prospect Team
Stephen Collins's cartoon: Cloud consciousness
Stephen Collins
Hannah Berry's cartoon: Gardening with soul
Hannah Berry
Opinions
Photo: Shutterstock
Is anxiety what makes us human? Why Kierkegaard is still relevant today
Clare Carlisle
Photo: Ron Sachs/DPA/PA Images
Economics and investment: Look beyond Britain and take a chance abroad
Duncan Weldon
Justin Trudeau looks dejected. Photo: Shutterstock
View from Canada: Justin Trudeau is mired in scandal—can he survive?
Nelson Wiseman
Trailblazer: Nancy Astor campaigning during the 1919 by-election. Photo: Shutterstock
Forget feel-good diversity—women MPs have made a practical difference
Rachel Reeves
Photo: Han Yan/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images
Yes, the Conservatives are in trouble—but don't underestimate the party's ability to bounce back
Mark Wallace
What would Henry Ford make of driverless cars?
Get ready for a transport revolution
Jesse Norman MP
The questions Grayling is failing to answer
Lilian Greenwood
Chris Grayling, our controversial transport secretary, is the eighth in just 12 years. Photo REX/Shutterstock
Policy report: transport and technology
Steve Bloomfield
Economics and Investment: How you and I can make companies behave
Andy Davis
The calls for repatriating museum objects have become impossible to ignore. Photo: PA
There is no longer any excuse for not repatriating museums' colonial art
Emma Lundin
Arts & Books
Richard Madden in Bodyguard: “nothing beats it for sheer unbelievability." Photo: WORLD PRODUCTIONS
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
Clive James
Richard Madden in Bodyguard: “nothing beats it for sheer unbelievability." Photo: WORLD PRODUCTIONS
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
Clive James
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher and Hatton Garden—the best television in May 2019
Chris Harvey
A scene from Birds of Passage
Woman at War and Birds of Passage—the best films in May 2019
Wendy Ide
I'm your biggest fan: Adam Foulds's new novel tackles celebrity obsession © Matthias Ripp/Flickr
Why celebrities are stalking you
Chris Moss
Cosey Fanni Tutti
The Last Bohemians and Fatwa—the best podcasts in May 2019
Charlotte Runcie
Journalist Kate Field features in The Lost Properties of Love © Wikimedia commons
A life in lost objects—one woman's reflections on love and grief
Zoe Apostolides
Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus licht comes to the Southbank
Simon Rattle's Berlioz and Stockhausen at the Royal Festival Hall—the best classical music in May 2019
Alexandra Coghlan
Heineken has made a lot of money in Africa © Max Pixel
Hold my beer: how it all went wrong for Heineken in Africa
Chris Tilbury
Woolf's works are providing inspiration for a new generation of women writers. Photo: CHRISTIAAN TONNIS/Flickr (Licensed under Creative Commons)
A room for two: how a new generation of women writers are seeking inspiration from Virginia Woolf
Francesca Wade
Cut-outs of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at an election rally in Kolkata © (Photo by Avishek Das / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Why Indian democracy still works
Oliver Balch
Andrea Levy's Small Island is coming to the National Theatre in May
Andrea Levy's Small Island and Ibsen's Rosmersholm—the best theatre in May 2019
Michael Coveney
Caroline Criado Perez discovers that even crash test dummies have a male bias © Christoph Soeder/DPA/PA Images
In a world designed for men, it's women who lose
Sian Norris
Edvard Munch self-portrait
The best art and exhibitions in May 2019—Munch and Murillo
Emma Crichton-Miller
A boy wades through the flood to his house after the city was devastated by Hurricane Idai © Kate Bartlett/DPA
It's the end of the world as we know it—so don't feel fine
Sameer Rahim
Apes like us: left, a bonobo female shares food with infant. Photo: Shutterstock
What the hidden lives of animals can teach us about ourselves
Ray Monk
The elderly exercising on Japan’s Respect for the Aged day. Image: Shutterstock
From slowing birth rates to rising life expectancies, major demographic changes will reshape the way we live
David Willetts
Deceptive: the fake Vermeer sold to Göring. Photo: Shutterstock
Forging the Führer: inside the sinister trend for fake Hitler paintings
Richard J Evans
Deirdre McCloskey critiques a new book on liberalism
What critics of liberalism get wrong
Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
The calls for repatriating museum objects have become impossible to ignore. Photo: PA
There is no longer any excuse for not repatriating museums' colonial art
Emma Lundin
Society and Culture
Illustration by Kate Hazell
Have another baby? I'm going to adopt a cat instead
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Richard Madden in Bodyguard: “nothing beats it for sheer unbelievability." Photo: WORLD PRODUCTIONS
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
Clive James
Marriage of Victoria and Albert, painted by George Hayter
The way we were: Supreme happiness
Ian Irvine
What's the best sport? It depends what you define as "best". Photo: Prospect composite
Which sport is the best one?
Benjamin Markovits
Ex-public schoolboys like Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson are fond of a Latin phrase. Photo: PA
Carpe sententias: why it's time to rescue Latin from the Jacob Rees-Moggs of the world
Charlotte Higgins
What is it about being alone that's so inspiring? Illustration: Kate Hazell
Alone in a cabin in the woods, solitude seems like a decadent luxury
Cal Flyn
Anyone for an antique? How family heirlooms are becoming a thing of the past
Hephzibah Anderson
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