The media and the public at large has been scathing about Britain's involvement in Iraq: it is widely deemed both a political and military disaster, and the only option for British troops now seems...

So long as the good times rolled, argues Michael Prest in an essay for our latest edition, most people didn't complain that a banker got paid 100 times more than a nurse. At least, there was a...

Ha-Joon Chang has been described by Martin Wolf—the FT commentator—as the world's most effective critic of globalisation. The South Korean economist writes a short, provocative piece in the new...

One of the world's most famous philosophy conundrums goes something like this: You’re standing by a railway line when you see a train hurtling towards you, out of control:  the breaks have...

Prospect readers will have no doubt noticed that our March issue has a new look and feel. A layout redesign is not something we undertake lightly, but this one is more than an aesthetic flourish....

The media have recently been awash with stories about the psychological impact of excessive internet usage, and the use of social networking sites in particular. Lady Greenfield has said that these...

You might have noticed earlier today that Prospect's main website, as opposed to our blog, was hacked. Visitors around 11am this morning —those lost souls perhaps searching for something to do...

As part of the research for our forthcoming cover story on the case for a national civic service in Britain, Prospect and YouGov polled over 2,000 people in England, Scotland and Wales to explore...

With our new-look March issue hitting news-stands on Thursday, it's been a busy weekend for the authors of our next cover story, James Crabtree and Frank Field MP.

Friday afternoon in the Prospect office, all is quiet. We put the next edition of the magazine to bed earlier this week. But its an extra exciting month: we are giving the magazine a bit of a new...