The American journalist and writer William F Buckley died yesterday at the age of 82. Buckley founded the influential conservative magazine National Review in 1955. He published over 50 books...

In this month's cover story, Mark Leonard addresses a question that has been largely neglected by even the most ardent admirers of China's rise as an economic superpower: what exactly are the ideas...

In Prospect's lead opinion piece this month, Trevor Phillips—chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and one of Britain's foremost black political figures—explains why he believes...

Britain's prison population now stands at 82,000. We're locking up more people than ever, and the number seems set to rise no matter who takes power at the next election. But is this increase a cause...

Our latest issue is now live on the web—and there's plenty of free material to read in addition to the three lead articles heading our landing page. By way of introductions, why not savour David...

What's happening at the New Statesman? Despite a handsome, and very expensive, relaunch back in 2006, the magazine's circulation continues to stagnate—in the last round of ABC audits it was even...

In his web exclusive article for Prospect this week, Kamran Nazeer argues that the results of Pakistan's recent elections suggest a growing weariness among the population with extremist and dynastic...

With Castro officially yesterday's man, it's time to talk of new eras in Cuba—of capitalism and all the joys it could bring. While everyone else is doing that, however, it's also interesting to...

While the FA's attempt to, er, internationalise English football may not have gone down well in every corner, the Champions League, whose knockout stage starts tonight, shows that football can help...

We now know that Gordon Brown wants a meritocratic Britain modeled upon the X-Factor. Hidden talent should be teased out, supported and celebrated, while the talentless should be publicly humiliated...