The co-author of Why Nations Fail is back with a far-reaching interrogation of the roles of the state, society, and the conditions required for freedom

A great public intellectual passed away last month. Magee spent his life wonderstruck by the sheer fact of existence, for questions about the nature of reality are “obviously the most important and interesting there are”

The Poet laureate answers 11 of Prospect's quick-fire questions

The former prime minister's doctrine of liberal interventionism shaped two decades of conflict. Now, as the west's power is waning, he says it needs updating

The master of improper arts talks Jane Austen, the NHS, and why he's losing faith in an independent Scotland

Jeanette Winterson’s inventive fiction has always pushed boundaries. She tells AN Devers why her new novel is taking on gender-fluidity and the rise of humanoid robots

From the healing power of the poem to fantasies of Paris in 1929—the poet answers 11 questions

The historian and author answers Prospect's questions on favourite quotations, most embarrassing moments—and why he'd like to have a go at being a real man

Sameer Rahim is joined by Jill Lepore to discuss how US presidents use—and abuse—the story of America's past

Steve Bloomfield is joined by Ece Temelkuran, who asks whether she is losing her country

Biographer Richard Evans on the Marxist historian and national treasure Eric Hobsbawm

Adam Wagner talks to Prospect about twitter tribalism and how to rise above it