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Letters

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The joy of lex: Quiet quitting

Sarah Ogilvie

Julian Baggini Philosopher-at-large: Climate compensation

Julian Baggini

STEPHEN COLLINS

Cartoon

Samuel West, actor and theatre director

Samuel West, actor and theatre director

Ethan Zuckerman A world without Twitter

Ethan Zuckerman

That was quite the year. What next?

Sam Freedman

Lives

Mindful life, Displaced life, Farming life, Long life, Young life, Clerical life, Sporting life

The Generalist by Didymus

Each completed grid will contain solutions beginning with all 26 letters of the alphabet. Solvers should assign each solution to its correct position in each grid. The clues are presented in alphabetical order of their solutions.

Brief encounter

Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author

How not to save the NHS

Switching to a European model wouldn’t be an easy fix, writes a German journalist whose wife worked as a consultant in the UK health service

If China cracks

For decades, China has been the engine of the global economy. Now its leadership must confront immense structural challenges against a backdrop of spiralling public discontent. What if Beijing has blown it?

Home is where the hatred is

As Russian emigrants flee a repressive state waging an illegal war, they must reckon with the crimes committed by their president—and the complicity of their compatriots

VALUES FOR WHOM?

Under the veil of liberalism, politicians have manufactured a concept of Britishness that stigmatises and criminalises minorities

Still FABULOUS

Joanna Lumley has played many roles, both on and off the screen. But which one is real? Hella Pick attempts to find out

Get Brexit done?

Six years on from the referendum and three years since we left the EU, the sunlit uplands that we were promised are yet to materialise. We asked a passionate Remainer to sit down with a prominent Leaver who recognises that it has not all gone to plan. Could they agree on a way forward?

Full service

The former director general of the BBC on what the organisation has already achieved, why it is still essential, and how it can play a key role in the UK’s future

Made in Australia

Westminster is captivated by Canberra. We have much to learn from the Aussies. But some things, such as inhumane immigration policies and the strategies of Lynton Crosby, should remain deep down under

After the genocide

As war crimes investigators gather evidence in Ukraine, Michela Wrong looks at how the uncertain fate of eight Rwandan men reveals failures in the international justice system

Flight path

Led by Cal, a group of friends goes wandering through broken lands where birds once flew and only ghosts remain

Man of many voices

Bob Dylan’s new book covers 66 songs from across nine decades. His selections— and what he chooses to say about them—reveal much about Dylan himself

Lips and ledges

There’s much to savour in this collecton of journalism by one of Britian’s most perceptive literar y critics—but, sadly, it also omits his more acerbic side

Manifesto for the weary

Workplace culture in a capitalist society constantly demands more of us. Could the most revolutionary response be to just stop?

Field work

Peter Higgs is almost as difficult a subject as his ground-breaking discovery that unlocked the universe as we know it

Owed to memory

Annie Ernaux has dedicated her life— every part of it—to literature

Books in brief

Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones by Hettie

Books of the year 2022

Recommendations from Prospect's Arts and Books editor Pete Hoskins

In and through music

Daniel Barenboim has stepped back from performing, aged 80. He recalls a childhood that took him from the concert halls of Buenos Aires to those in Salzburg, Tel Aviv—and beyond

Real time

The TV auteur Steven Moffat is subjecting himself—and his characters—to the judgement of theatre audiences

Pinch of Sault

A mysterious UK collective is resisting the dictates of the music industry— and still coming out on top

From the ashes, diamonds

As Andrzej Wajda’s newly restored War Trilogy shows, cinema is a vital witness to military conflict

Foreword

Imagine you are the Minister for the Future.

MINISTER FOR THE FUTURE

INTRODUCTION From the Nesta project team In 1858,

BETTER THAN WELL

Biomedical science and new technologies promise extraordinar y advances in the treatment of disease, but how can we ensure that future gains in health are widely distributed?

WINNERS TAKE ALL

A level playing field is the only thing you can’t find online. The rise of a new breed of tech titans has shifted the economic paradigm and governments are scrambling to adapt

THE ANTHROPOCENE DIET

The trade-offs behind our diets are becoming harder to swallow. Increasingly, the food we eat is coming at a cost to the environment and our own physical wellbeing, so how will we start to square the competing demands of sustainability, price and nutrition?

THE NEW DEMOGRAPHICS

The demographic equation that props up society—and our tax system—is in flux as we live longer and have fewer children. With the after-effects of Brexit reverberating through our labour market, will attitudes to immigration start to shift? And how do we make the most of our longer lifespans to combine care, work and learning more creatively?

DISINFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

The power of the web to amplify misinformation is fast becoming a profound threat to social cohesion and democracy itself. Can citizens be equipped to resist conspiracy theories?

ALL IN THE MIND

Social attitudes around mental health have changed, but services are creaking under the pressure of rising demand. Should we open our minds to new approaches?

THE KNOWLEDGE

Workers of the future will need to navigate the increasingly choppy waters of a labour market disrupted by automation, Brexit and the transition to a net-zero future. Can we start to better anticipate the UK’s skills needs over the long term? And how radically are we willing to reimagine our blueprints for workers’ rights and lifelong learning?

REGENERATION GAME

As fossil fuel technologies are phased out, we are set to witness a once-in-a-lifetime transformation as our homes and cities transition to green energy sources. As the planet edges ever closer to climate change tipping points, is now the time to entertain more radical approaches to climate repair?

QUIZ OF THE YEAR

In 2022 we saw two monarchs, three prime ministers and quite a few strikes. But how much of the year’s news have you already forgotten? Time to test your knowledge of the past 12 months

Bobby Seagull’s Brain Teaser

Last month’s solutions Across: 1 Jagged rocks, 7