A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right ...

Toby Buckle is host of the Political Philosophy Podcast and editor of "What is Freedom?" He podcasts and writes on liberalism, republicanism, ideology, and religion ...

This Austrian music festival has been going strong for decades. But a slight revamp may be needed if it’s to thrive for decades more ...

Andrew Hood is a Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) ...

Twelve months ago, we published our shortlist of Top Thinkers for 2024—and you, Prospect readers, chose well. You picked Daron Acemoglu as the winner, and in October he received a second accolade: the ...

Given how central journalists like to say their profession is to keeping the public informed, you might think that relentless retrenchment in the industry over the past decade would leave people ...

Every year, Prospect puts together a list of Top Thinkers—a curated list of people who, through their ideas, are making an impact in the world right now—and asks you, the readers of this esteemed ...

Failure is relative. For me, egg poaching pans—the kind with circular inserts and the little egg holding devices—are failures. The eggs come out oddly uniform. The white doesn’t fully encircle the ...

Alan and Lionel discuss the crisis at the top of the BBC, and whether current impartiality rules are fit for purpose This week, Alan and Lionel are joined by Stewart Purvis, formerly editor-in-chief ...

Ever since ancient Rome, the sea, seabed and seashore have been accepted as part of the commons—res communes omnium—belonging to everybody equally, and inalienable as state or private property. The ...

The Tories are in trouble. Despite fairly persistent (and sometimes perverse) attempts by the pundit class to suggest that Rishi Sunak has given the party grounds for hope at the next general election ...