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From the magazine. Magazine. A year on from the 7th October, Samir Al-Youssef and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen reflect on horror and trauma in the Middle East. Our critics offer a US culture special, while former Nato secretary general George Robertson pens a …
Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? - Prospect
In her concise and authoritative new book, Clare Carlisle seeks to rescue Spinoza from those who peddle misconceptions—on all sides. A professor of philosophy at King’s College London and author of a recent biography of Søren Kierkegaard, Carlisle also edited George Eliot’s translation of the Ethics last year. She argues that Spinoza was a …
Past issues - Prospect
Past issues. A year on from the 7th October, Samir Al-Youssef and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen reflect on horror and trauma in the Middle East. Our critics offer a US culture special, while former Nato secretary general George Robertson pens a letter to voters. Paul Mason untangles the far-right networks linked to the recent anti-immigration riots.
Fiction: Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood - Prospect
Fiction. Fiction: Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood. A short story for Prospect readers. By Margaret Atwood. September 17, 2014. Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 40 books of fiction, poetry and essays, including The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin, which won the Booker Prize in 2000. Her latest book is the short story ...
Why Conrad's The Secret Agent is the perfect novel for our time
May 10, 2019 · At the time Conrad was one of a handful of writers capable of bridging the gap between paramount artistic ambition—repurposed for the machine age by Ezra Pound with his slogan, “Make it New!”—and the quotidian enjoyment of a rattling good yarn. To read Conrad—and this is true in particular of The Secret Agent (1907)—is to find ...
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About us. Prospect is the UK’s outstanding monthly current affairs title—a home for fine writing, robust debate and considered reflection on the biggest issues of our time. Edited by Alan Rusbridger, it is published in print ten times a year—including a bumper issue in both the winter and the summer—and now boasts a lively website, app ...
Introducing our new podcast: Media Confidential - Prospect
Sep 28, 2023 · By Alan Rusbridger. September 28, 2023. Today I’m delighted to announce we are launching a brand new weekly podcast called Media Confidential, which adds to Prospect’s growing digital repertoire. A new episode will be released every Thursday morning (UK time), hosted by myself and Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times.
The surprising history of “Rule, Britannia!” and Last ... - Prospect
Aug 26, 2020 · The chance to modernise the proceedings came only when Sargent retired and was replaced by Colin Davies. For the 1969 celebrations, the Controller of the Proms, William Glock, removed both “Land of Hope and Glory” and “Rule, Britannia!”—but the outrage led to both being reinstated. As the BBC commentator observed, the “Bring Back ...
Gordon Brown's biography reminds us why he is one of the
He is one of the giants of our recent political history—and this book explains why. My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown is published by Bodley Head (£25) NOW READ: an exclusive look at the unused Gordon Brown posters for the election that never was. Jonathan Freedland is a journalist. Despite his many faults, Brown was a towering figure who ...
The populism of Matthew Goodwin—and its many problems
May 10, 2023 · Buy on Bookshop.org. This is the authentic voice of populism. It is a swingeing attack on what its author, the academic Matthew Goodwin, casts as a small, liberal, university-educated elite who treat everyone else with contempt. And that contempt is clearly reciprocated by Goodwin. He criticises them for, among other things, promoting identity ...