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Editor’s Letter
Time for a new plan
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I think Rachel Sylvester will be proved wrong on the
In fact
In the US, there have been 1,516,863 gun-related deaths since
Opinions
A rebellion in the Lords
Brexit is not as widely supported as the new Prime Minister assumes
When law runs out
There is no legal precedent for what lies ahead
Ban the voice-over
Britain needs to hear more foreign languages
The Cemetery of Traitors
The Turkish soldiers who are buried but not at rest
Scottish nationalism has peaked
The case for independence is becoming harder to make
China’s blockbuster love affair
It’s like Hollywood in the old days
Populism versus democracy
If MPs uncritically accept the result of the EU referendum, they are not doing their jobs
Politics
The vacant centre ground
Paddy Ashdown believes the Brexit vote emphasises the country’s fractures— his new movement is out to fix that
The Prospect Duel
Are the Olympics worth the money?
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Features
The challenge ahead
“There’s no getting away from the fact that our prospects have just got worse”
The Brexit economy
Damage limitation is now the central task of British government policy
A London bubble
Does it matter that England no longer resembles its capital city?
Capital flight
The City of London will decline outside the European Union—and Britons will be the poorer for it
The way we weren’t
It’s tempting, but wrong, to think we are cleverer than previous generations
American nihilist
Donald Trump—the anti-candidate
The stillborn state
The creation of South Sudan has brought war not peace— those who would divide Syria should take note
The terror effect
If a violent group has no clear aims, is negotiation possible?
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Selling Lemonade
As America suffers its worst racial anguish in a generation black artists like Beyoncé, despite the hype, are failing to say anything profound, says Thomas Chatterton Williams
Anger—what is it good for?
Martha Nussbaum thinks we shouldn’t lose our tempers. Good luck with that, says Julian Baggini
Portrait of the artist in a midlife crisis
In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel a writer rediscovers his Jewish identity, says Elaine Showalter
All about Almodóvar
The film director’s vision liberated Spanish culture from the Franco era, argues Miranda France
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