Matters of taste

Brexit

This is the last editorial I’ll write at Prospect; I

If I ruled the world

Modern societies have evolved highly-detailed collective ideas about what a

Prospect recommends

The title of this exhibition, part of this year’s Edinburgh

Prospect events

The June Book Club will take place on Monday 20th

Letters

While reasonable arguments can be made about the economic impact

In fact

If planned tax changes go ahead, in Australia a packet

Quitting is simply not the British way

The decision facing Britain on 23rd June is the most

“I can imagine running for Tory leader again”

“There will be a short period, probably measured in weeks,

Brexit roulette

“Are you an Inny or an Outy? A Keeper or

A three-part crisis

What is the biggest threat to the world economy in

The stuck economy

In the decade before the financial crisis, world economic growth

Obama’s true heir

Elections are virtuous as well as necessary, we’re o^ en

China’s gay children

I’m never certain how sensitive the topic of sexual orientation

The best sport

When I was young I played a variety of sports:

When politics gives out a bad smell

Political parties do better in elections if they are united

Is it anti-Semitic to boycott Israel?

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement calls for an

Blair: the reckoning

It’s been a diffi cult decade and a half in

Reprieve for the BBC?

On Monday 11th May 2015, John Whittingdale, MP for the

Hillary’s game

When Hillary Clinton eviscerated Donald Trump in a speech in

The shock of free trade

Many governments and economists have long argued in favour of

A universal basic mistake

The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must

Skyscrapers amid the rubble

Lebanon’s capital is coping with a million refugees, a corrupt

The day that killed optimism

The morning of 1st July, 1916, the opening of the

A Valhalla state of mind

At the end of June, Opera North brings its acclaimed

Was the Terror necessary?

In January 1789, King Louis XVI of France, on advice

How poor nations become rich

The Rise and Fall of Nations: Ten Rules of Change

On eating a radioactive sandwich

by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Anna Gunin and Arch Tait

The man who stirred a hornets’ nest

I should stress that David Lagercrantz only sounded like a

Books in brief

“Diplomacy is Darwinian: its practitioners need to evolve to survive.”

Leith on life

“How’s my driving? Call 1-800-BITE-ME.” This bumper sticker, glimpsed on

Life of the mind

If you go to the Freud Museum in Hampstead, you

Wine

While Greece’s economy continues to struggle, its wine industry has

DIY investor

Although personally I enjoy the challenge of deciding my own

The way we were

In 1922, Wyndham Lewis, the novelist and painter, recalls the