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Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵 Our cover story is a symposium of writers reflecting on the consequences of the war in Iran, including former US ambassador Kim Darroch and former Nato chief George Robertson: prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-e…

Holyrood, like Westminster, has a voting system no longer fit for purpose—and the elections on May 7th could risk the break-up of the United Kingdom, writes pollster Peter Kellner prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/scotl…

“Almost everyday I see something that gets my blood boiling about the normalisation of Donald Trump”, says New Yorker journalist @sbg1 on Media Confidential with @arusbridger and @lionelbarber youtube.com/watch?v=NqmYic…

History shows us that in wars involving natural resources “the biggest losers long-term are often those who reach for their weapons first”, writes Daniel Litvin prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-e…

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Gordon Brown said the Arctic Monkeys woke him up in the morning. For our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, it was Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico—sparking a friendship with violinist Fabio Biondi that has since taken him from Parma to Moscow to Vienna. prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72876/…

“There used to be a cohort of energetic, newly-retired middle-class English people who became church wardens. That generation has almost passed away," writes @AliceGoodman17 prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/72…

“In the US, you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.” Sukhdev Sandhu on William Burroughs on film—from Frank Zappa reading NAKED LUNCH aloud to Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER. prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72873/…

On Media Confidential, Susan Glasser (@sbg1) speaks to @arusbridger and @lionelbarber about the media’s treatment of Donald Trump. Is he being ‘sane-washed?’ prospectmagazine.substack.com/p/susan-glasse…

Philosophy, history, truth and morality… Bernard Williams grappled with all of it. And a new essay collection shows just how far ahead of his time he was. Read Jane O’Grady’s review: prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72871/…

🎥: On Media Confidential, Susan Glasser (@sbg1) rates the media’s job of holding Donald Trump to account—and she doesn’t hold back. She speaks to @arusbridger and @lionelbarber: youtu.be/NqmYic-sQE8

Mark Wilding from @LInvestigates argues that the increasing use of such technology could reverse the presumption of innocence—a world where you are guilty until proven innocent Click here to read his full piece: prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technolo…

Say cheese! (It’s mandatory) Police forces in the UK are rolling out facial recognition technology with few safeguards to protect people’s privacy and prevent bias

What would Wittgenstein make of ChatGPT? @prospect_clark reviews a brisk new biography by @N10Egottlieb—and finds the grouchy Austrian more relevant than ever. prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72737/…

Iran’s network of proxies, including Hezbollah, relies not only on military power but on a set of ideas—which have proven misguided, writes @LizHurra prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-e…

In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, we consider how world leaders behave with impunity—and what the future might look like for Iranians. Plus: books not to wipe your arse with prospectmagazine.substack.com/p/iranian-drea…

Join Will Self at the Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb on 30th April, for an evening marking the publication of his new novel, The Quantity Theory of Morality. eventbrite.co.uk/e/will-self-fr…

"If women are no longer relegated to the kitchen and men no longer need to bear the burden of sole financial responsibility, then where do we sit in relation to each other?" asks @itsalicegarnett prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/72…

Following the fall of the USSR, “Shortages of daily basics, including toilet paper, came to an end to be replaced by a general lack of decency and common sense”, writes Vitali Vitaliev prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/72…

“Geopolitical competition for certain resources looks set to heat up—for example, over critical minerals needed for the defence and clean energy industries, and also over water supplies”, writes Daniel Litvin prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-e…

Reform UK has a new military thinktank. It's meeting at Beaconsfield Services. Mark Francois has been on the fruit machines. @mrhenrymorris reports—satirically, of course prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/72836…