Joseph Wright of Derby’s painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768) is not really an experiment on a bird—it’s an experiment on the people watching. How, it asks, will spectators react to ...

Donald Trump is confused about whether the United States has “won” his war on Iran or not. It almost certainly hasn’t. It’s hard to know if you have won if you don’t know what winning looks like. And ...

Washington has immense military power at its disposal—but no idea how to secure a meaningful victory ...

‘Despair is a luxury’: A year of hope with Žižek, Mehdi Hasan, Robert Macfarlane and others ...

The sketch show’s first episode was patchy and too American. But we’re going to have to be patient if it’s to find its voice ...

Twelfth November was an unremarkable day in British politics. Another day when the topic of debate wasn’t one of voters’ main concerns—immigration or healthcare, say, or the budget, or the farmers—but ...

The results of Prospect's world thinkers poll After more than 10,000 votes from over 100 countries, the results of Prospect’s world thinkers 2013 poll are in. Online polls often throw up curious ...

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 ...

Sex and analytic philosophy are not promising bedfellows. But when it comes to feminist philosophy, it is no mere pun to say that sex is where the action is. The revival of this neglected feminist ...

It is commonly acknowledged that while biological sex is genetically determined, gender is a social construct. A human being cannot—and should not—be reduced to their biology, or indeed their genitals ...

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 ...

Does Charlotte Owen upset you? If not, it’s possible you haven’t been paying attention. Name doesn’t ring a bell? How about Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge? Still drawing a blank? It’s not your fault.