Editorial

“I’ve always been a supporter of Israel,” wrote the

Letters & opinions

Zoe Williams (“The Left road to remain,” August) tempts

Country before party

Our tribes are dysfunctional, but they won’t break down before Brexit. MPs must work across them

New parties and old egos

A new political force might sound attractive. But the oddballs who start them spell trouble

The debt we owe Naipaul

Yes, he was a flawed character, but VS Naipaul was a literary giant

Markets vs Property

A new book sets one of the Right’s favourite ideas against another

No fast cars

Pension freedom pitfalls

Feminist fix for a man-made problem

Mary Robinson’s humorous fight against climate change

Sweden’s immigration battle

The traditionally tolerant Nordic nation is taking a hard-right turn

The gap of ages

Whatever you do, don’t be young

Is Donald Trump a fascist?

YES In the American political conversation, there seems

One state

One of the few things that most Israelis and Palestinians

Two states of DENIAL

In 1993 Israel and the Palestinians signed the Oslo peace accords, the first step down a path that it was hoped would lead to two independent states living in peace, side-by-side. A quarter of a century on, that dream is shattered beyond repair and Avraham Burg, a former speaker of the Knesset and chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel, proposes a bold new plan: a onestate solution

BULLDOZING a vision

Donald Macintyre, reporting from the West Bank, explains how the old dream of two states is slipping beyond reach

BREAKING NEWS

How Metro beat the red tops to become the most-read newspaper in Britain

The truth about Ruth

She has a reputation for being a different kind of Tory— but just how far can Ruth Davidson go, asks Dani Garavelli

The dark side of early diagnosis

For years, patients have been told that an early diagnosis can save their life. What if this advice is wrong?

CALL€D TO ACCOUNT

The single currency’s design isn’t perfect. But what’s really hampered its first 20 years are decisions freely taken by power-hungry men in Frankfurt

An Elizabethan Brexit

A break with Europe, an economic crisis, and a government on the brink of collapse. Today’s crisis bears an uncanny resemblance to that facing Elizabeth I in the late 16th century

The last warrior

As a wartime general and peacetime president Charles de Gaulle fought for a France made in his own grand self-image, finds Piers Brendon

Lend me your ears

For Roger Scruton the western classical tradition reigns supreme over modern music. But, as Ivan Hewett argues, other harmonies are available

Sculptor of nightmares

David Lynch’s memoir offers a glimpse behind the curtain, says Wendy Ide

Rest for the wicked

A brash US talent delights in breaking taboos of all kinds, finds Josie Mitchell

Books in brief

A common problem with arguments in favour of continued

Recommends

History is written by the victors, but objects can

Home front

Ensconced in my daughter’s menagerie of stuffed animals

The wild frontier

They say that “there’s no smoke without fire,” but

In play

Every summer when I was a kid we went to Europe to

The way we were

Extracts from memoirs and diaries

Bad habits

When I was growing up I spent a lot of time with my

Prospect Think Tank Awards 2018

All the results from our biggest and broadest annual contest yet

A mayor writes

How can it be that the north and south of England are so unequal? In property prices, life expectancy and economic activity, London and the south outstrip the north on every measure. Successive governments have promised to close that gap but have so far failed. What can we do—and what is realistic?

In search of the rich life

The north is known for industry, but we are equally

Spinning wheels

Big projects invite big political talk. The “Northern

View from the Ministry: the transport question

We’ve seen many recent technological revolutions in

Events

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The generalist by Didymus

10 In Islam, a tax of 2.5%, payable on property and

Enigmas & puzzles

At Palindrome Palace in Scandanavia, the visitors must

Brief encounter

England winning the World Cup in 1966. But the flour