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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…

“Antisemitism in these instances can be hard to identify because it is usually incorporated into legitimate calls for Israel to be held accountable for its war crimes”, writes Emily Hilton on the rise of anti-Jewish violence amid the war in Iran

“OCD has an irritating way of funneling my attention away from the real challenges in my life and towards random, distracting worries,” writes @journalist_sar prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/72…

“The longer I spend following Reform and the Greens, the clearer it becomes that, despite their opposing policy agendas, the two parties have much in common,” writes @carysafoko prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/72849…

Arrests, raids and seizes at the Quaker meeting house—Britain has stopped believing in freedom of protest, writes @arusbridger prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/identity…

When politicians in Washington and London push for military intervention, it’s not people in the Beltway or Westminster who have to endure the aftermath, writes H A Hellyer prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-e…

“Meta adopted what could be called an aggressive approach to the trial...this exercise in victim-blaming was not only unpleasant but also misconceived and counterproductive”, writes DAG on the Kaley GM jury trial prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technolo…

“We’re very good here in Britain at deciding that something new and ambitious is doomed to be awful before we’ve really given it a chance to get on its feet,” writes @ImogenWK prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-cu…

“Sooner or later, Brandon Taylor is going to win a big prize. The Booker or the Pulitzer.” Daniel Rey speaks to the rising star novelist prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72783/…

Will Self has been unwell, seriously unwell. And his new novel is reflects his battle with death, writes Philip Clark prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/72797/…

🎧 In the latest episode of Media Confidential, @lionelbarber, as a former FT editor, discusses why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’ and gives his response prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/media…

Reform UK is the hot new start-up on the Westminster scene. But that relies, just as in tech, on a confidence trick. And their hype cycle might just be coming to an end... @benwansell: prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/72779…

🎧 Former UK ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch explores three ways the Iran war can end in the latest episode of the Prospect Podcast with @PhilipJCollins1 and Ellen prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/prosp…

“Big bombs that look impressive when their explosions are broadcast on TV certainly kill a lot of civilians. The recurring lesson of the last 50 years is that rarely does that deliver a meaningful victory.” prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united-s…

Despite Starmer’s efforts to leave us out of the Iran war, the UK is still very much feeling the effects, writes @Andrew_Adonis in his latest column prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/the-i…

“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…

🎧 Why has one former diplomat called Pete Hegseth the most ludicrous character on the world stage? Find out in the latest episode of the Prospect Podcast with Kim Darroch prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/prosp…

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…

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/…

"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…

Reform and the Greens have beaten the established parties in byelections and local races. But are they in shape for a general election? @carysafoko investigates prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/72849…