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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
Past issues
Essays
The donor detective: how one woman made it her mission to help donor-conceived children find their biological fathers
Stefanie Marsh
Forging the Führer: inside the sinister trend for fake Hitler paintings
Richard J Evans
Government vs politics: could a new constitution fix Britain's broken democracy?
Tom Clark
Does Britain need a proper constitution?
S. Douglas-Scott and A. Tomkins
The ghosts of Brexits past—no matter how hard we try to leave Europe, we always end up going back
Simon Jenkins
"What is Tommy up to?": How Tom Watson became Labour's other leader
Kevin Maguire
How Jacinda Ardern is transforming New Zealand
Max Rashbrooke
Regulars
The Prospect editorial—Rewriting the rules
Tom Clark
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
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
Is anxiety what makes us human? Why Kierkegaard is still relevant today
Clare Carlisle
Economics and investment: Look beyond Britain and take a chance abroad
Duncan Weldon
View from Canada: Justin Trudeau is mired in scandal—can he survive?
Nelson Wiseman
Forget feel-good diversity—women MPs have made a practical difference
Rachel Reeves
Yes, the Conservatives are in trouble—but don't underestimate the party's ability to bounce back
Mark Wallace
Get ready for a transport revolution
Jesse Norman MP
The questions Grayling is failing to answer
Lilian Greenwood
Policy report: transport and technology
Steve Bloomfield
Economics and Investment: How you and I can make companies behave
Andy Davis
There is no longer any excuse for not repatriating museums' colonial art
Emma Lundin
Arts & Books
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
Clive James
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
Clive James
Thatcher and Hatton Garden—the best television in May 2019
Chris Harvey
Woman at War and Birds of Passage—the best films in May 2019
Wendy Ide
Why celebrities are stalking you
Chris Moss
The Last Bohemians and Fatwa—the best podcasts in May 2019
Charlotte Runcie
A life in lost objects—one woman's reflections on love and grief
Zoe Apostolides
Simon Rattle's Berlioz and Stockhausen at the Royal Festival Hall—the best classical music in May 2019
Alexandra Coghlan
Hold my beer: how it all went wrong for Heineken in Africa
Chris Tilbury
A room for two: how a new generation of women writers are seeking inspiration from Virginia Woolf
Francesca Wade
Why Indian democracy still works
Oliver Balch
Andrea Levy's Small Island and Ibsen's Rosmersholm—the best theatre in May 2019
Michael Coveney
In a world designed for men, it's women who lose
Sian Norris
The best art and exhibitions in May 2019—Munch and Murillo
Emma Crichton-Miller
It's the end of the world as we know it—so don't feel fine
Sameer Rahim
What the hidden lives of animals can teach us about ourselves
Ray Monk
From slowing birth rates to rising life expectancies, major demographic changes will reshape the way we live
David Willetts
Forging the Führer: inside the sinister trend for fake Hitler paintings
Richard J Evans
What critics of liberalism get wrong
Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
There is no longer any excuse for not repatriating museums' colonial art
Emma Lundin
Society and Culture
Have another baby? I'm going to adopt a cat instead
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
Clive James
The way we were: Supreme happiness
Ian Irvine
Which sport is the best one?
Benjamin Markovits
Carpe sententias: why it's time to rescue Latin from the Jacob Rees-Moggs of the world
Charlotte Higgins
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