The most frightening thing about the lack of agreement on what happened last time is that the next crisis could hit before long, writes Prospect Editor Tom Clark in the foreword to our August issue

The playwright's works might be dazzlingly cerebral, but they are surprisingly moving

In the Syrian town of Salamiyah the Ismailis are suffering—but are determined to keep control of their story

From Samuel Pepys to Denis Howell, extracts from memoirs

On some measures, more polluted than anywhere else in the world—and it really is a killer

As a new book explains, some wrongly fear that vaccination programmes serve only the interests of big pharma

Francesca Segal’s second novel is exuberant and entertaining

One of these films will put you in a spot—and hold you there until it gets uncomfortable. Another is deeply emotional in a "very still waters British way." All three are must-sees

Mariinsky Ballet's Don Quixote is likely to be a balletomane’s dream ticket

60 years ago, rage was all the rage