Local difficulties, planet-sized problems

HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET

“I want you to act like the house is on fire,” 16-year-old

Should we pursue boundless economic growth?

YES Of course we should pursue boundless growth. This

Medicine in black and white

You want your doctor to treat you as an individual. But clinical practice is warped by dubious—and sometimes outright dangerous— ideas about race

Captain India

The cricket team led by the swaggering Virat Kohli embodies the newly-assertive—and nationalistic—direction India is taking.

The lonely prosecutor

One man’s historic fight for justice in central Africa

High street blues

Shops do more than sell—they give our towns their heart. As they shutter, it is not only local economies but the sense of place and community that is imperilled. So how, in an era of online retail, can the high street fight back?

Letters

Steve Bloomfield is right to raise the spectre of the

A new broom in No 10 represents change— but not hope

The selection of a new prime minister, even when the

The two-party system is dysfunctional, outdated—but worth hanging on to

The two-party system is dysfunctional, outdated—but

Own goal: how football authorities tried to kill the women’s game

Own goal: how football authorities tried to kill the

Britain’s national genius lay in moderation—now we risk losing our heads

Britain’s national genius lay in moderation—now we

A snap poll and Syriza on the slide— what next for Greek politics?

A snap poll and Syriza on the slide— what next for

Circling the square: our sprawling constitution works better than you think

Circling the square: our sprawling constitution works

Video killed the sports star

There was a time when the term “video games” brought

The unquiet American

An abrasive diplomat who never played by the rules was also the greatest peacemaker of his generation, says Tom Fletcher

Alexa, are you listening?

Tech corporations like Google and Facebook are aiming for digital omniscience. We should all be worried, argues Joanna Kavenna

All things necessary

Sacred books contain great wisdom, but we must have the imagination to read them properly, argues Lucy Winkett

The human element

Far from being a rigid cult the Bauhaus movement was a romantic rag-tag of avant-gardists, whose influence persists to this day, says Keith Miller

Late reading

How the Japanese have saved figure skating, and why my friend Les Murray deserved the Nobel

Books in brief

Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human

Recommends

Since the mid-1970s, the American artist Cindy Sherman

Prospect life

It’s tempting to associate the family business with

Policy report: Health

New technology holds promise and peril for the NHS

Economics and investment

The analyst: Duncan Weldon Associate Economics Editor

Events

The Prospect Book Club meets every third Monday of

The generalist by Didymus

5 ... Coast, the shoreline of the south-west India

Brief encounter

I was born in Strasbourg and then I moved to Ankara