Life of the mind

Time for a new plan

Britain has had a change of prime minister and a

If I ruled the world

Post-Brexit, universities should receive more money

Prospect recommends

Things to do this month

Prospect events

The Prospect Book Club meets every third Monday evening of

Letters

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

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

The vacant centre ground

Paddy Ashdown believes the Brexit vote emphasises the country’s fractures— his new movement is out to fix that

Are the Olympics worth the money?

The Olympics in Rio are expected to cost £8bn, a

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?

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

Books in brief

Anyone expecting a dry account of the European balance of

Leith on life

I was standing on the pavement outside the pub the

Matters of taste

It was coming up to my brother Xander’s 40th birthday

Wine

How important is the sense of smell to our experience

DIY investor

We are only a few weeks into Britain’s long goodbye

The way we were

Extracts from memoirs and diaries, chosen by Ian Irvine