“The west has often treated Kurds as pawns for its own imperialist interests in the Middle East”, writes Zac Larkham
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“The west has often treated Kurds as pawns for its own imperialist interests in the Middle East”, writes Zac Larkham
“When I put my coat on, I see myself as an entirely different person: a hardy, outdoorsy type who goes for cold water swims before work,” writes Sarah Collins
Rockefeller, Carnegie, Frick. Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk... The plutocrats of the modern era haven’t been so careless or culpable as those of the Gilded Age, but their actions have had major social consequences, argues David Aaronovitch
In this Monday’s Media Confidential interview, Alan and Lionel talk to Murdoch expert Gabriel Sherman
Could anti-monopoly be the idea that saves the Democrats? Phil Tinline tells the story of its historic rise, fall—and rise again
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Alex J Kay and Jon-Wyatt Matlack analyse whether Trump is a fascist
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“It is ironic that it is often the same people who criticise certain Islamic countries for being theocracies who want to give elevated status to one church and its values”, write The Humanist Philosophers Group
“The west has often treated Kurds as pawns for its own imperialist interests in the Middle East”, writes Zac Larkham
In this Monday’s Media Confidential interview, Alan and Lionel talk to Murdoch expert Gabriel Sherman
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Alan Rusbridger writes on the “special relationship”
With enormous influence over political narratives, the Lobby shapes how the country understands its government. Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss the Lobby at its best and worst with Ailbhe Rea George Parker
“Can you imagine Churchill’s utter revulsion at having to pretend to have any kind of relationship with such a figure”, writes Alan Rusbridger on Trump and Starmer
“On they march, forming new thinktanks, writing scathing op-eds, refusing to die. They are the liberals—the most feared of the political undead.” Ben Ansell on zombie liberalism:
“For all his insight, flexibility and sensitivity, Fowler made the irremediable error of identifying correct English usage precisely with the way he himself spoke and wrote.” Oliver Kamm says it’s time to close the book on Fowler
“Tell a clear story and set out a distinctive project for progressive politics”—an open letter for Labour’s next leader, from Peter Kellner
The Rolling Stones: overrated.
Ron Sexsmith: underrated.
His favourite room in any gallery: the coffee shop.
Alan Johnson’s HINTERLAND Q&A is here:
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On the latest episode of the Prospect Podcast, David Aaronovitch explains how today’s tech titans mirror the ‘robber barons’ of the Gilded Age—and which intellectuals Silicon Valley CEOs are listening to: prospectmagazine.sub...
“Being a lutenist can clearly be a dangerous job.”
Mark Smeaton was beheaded for adultery with Anne Boleyn. David Rizzio was brutally murdered by Lord Darnley. And John Dowland fled Jesuit conspirators for Protestant Nuremberg.
“My life has been broken like a piece of film.” Sukhdev Sandhu remembers Robert Vas, the forgotten genius of Free Cinema who believed, “Movies are a world of fragments, so why pretend smoothness?”
“One-woman shows—even with technical fireworks—are cheaper to stage than ensemble dramas. Which means that in theatre's post-Covid, budget-strapped era, they are here to stay.”
Dr Kate Maltby on ARCADIA vs DRACULA: which direction will theatre choose?
Art has had a close relationship with Ovid ever since the Roman poet composed his METAMORPHOSES.
But, wonders David McAllister, is that relationship now… changing?
Welcome to the Modi Cinematic Universe…where, reports Imaan Irfan, some of Bollywood’s most famous actors are having to tread “a fine line between self-preservation and complicity”.
It is believed that some of those who would have choose the next Iranian Supreme Leader have been killed and injured, leaving no obvious sucessor, writes Saeid Golkar
