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Andy Burnham has floated the idea of a written constitution for the UK. But is it a wise move? In 2022, we asked two eminent former judges—one for and one against:
Jonathan Sumption and Kate O’Regan on whether Britain needs a written constitution
The notion that Britain is run by “good chaps” was tested to destruction by Boris Johnson. We asked two eminent former judges whether it’s time to ent...
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🎧: On Media Confidential, @arusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social are joined by Mehdi Hasan to discuss his publication Zeteo’s UK launch
Mehdi Hasan: Why US media shies away from talking about genocide
The political commentator on what the media misses on both sides of the pond
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If Andy Burnham is serious about changing UK policy on Israel-Palestine, he should start by asking for a health update on Marwan Barghouti and other Palestinian prisoners, writes Jo-Ann Mort
What Andy Burnham can do about Palestine
The new PM has made it clear UK policy on Israel-Palestine must change. He could start by asking for a health update on Marwan Barghouti and other Pal...
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Tom Clark discusses Andy Burnham’s early popularity. Plus: @peterkellner.bsky.social on why Nigel Farage should be worried
Will the ‘Burnham bounce’ last?
Plus: why Reform is in trouble
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The danger to working-class teenagers isn’t higher education, it’s opting out of education entirely, writes Andrew Adonis
Andy Burnham’s Neet dilemma
The dangerous magnet attracting working-class teenagers isn’t higher education, but rather opting out of education entirely
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🎥: On Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social speak to the NYT’s Maggie Haberman about the extraordinary book she has co-written about Trump’s second term
Maggie Haberman on the inside story of Trump’s second term | Media Confidential
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber are joined on Media Confidential by journalist Maggie Haberman to discuss her and Jonathan Swan’s explosive new book covering the first year of Trump’s second presidency. Having conducted hundreds of interviews, Maggie shares the astonishing amount of access that t
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Europe’s peak season is now defined by extreme heat. Its approach to tourism must change, writes Sema Karaman
Europe’s summer holidays are over
The continent’s peak season is now defined by extreme heat. Its approach to tourism must change
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The 2026 Three Choirs Festival is in full swing—and once again proving its worth as one of the world’s greatest musical gatherings, writes Alan Rusbridger
A cathedral to song
The 2026 Three Choirs Festival is in full swing—and once again proving its worth as one of the world’s greatest musical gatherings
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Keir Starmer’s plan was for Labour to get attacked by the left and the right, then...what exactly? Ben Ansell on the electoral mass Starmer left for Burnham: www.prospectmagazine...
✍🏼 David Barnett speaks to Jeff Noon, the sci-fi genius behind ‘Vurt’, whose latest book transports us to another meta-fictional alternate reality
Welcome to Brendleshire: inside the twisty-turny fiction of Jeff Noon
We speak to the sci-fi genius behind ‘Vurt’, whose latest book transports us to another meta-fictional alternate reality
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“What happens if Netanyahu wins? A more interesting question is what happens if he loses.” Alona Ferber on Israel’s coming election—and an opposition that promises much less than peace:
Inside the battle to oust Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah— and it’s going to the polls. The alternatives may not offer that much hope
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Things in Afghanistan are “getting worse day by day,” Zahra Joya tells Alona Ferber “So many things are banned for women”
Zahra Joya: The Taliban will collapse without support
The journalist on Afghanistan’s future—and the cost of exile
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Two new stage productions modernise their Gallic material—with varying success, writes Dr Kate Maltby
Does 17th-century France matter in 21st-century Britain?
Two new stage productions modernise their Gallic material—with varying success
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“This conference aims to be for longevity what the gun show is for gun nuts in the US.” Millionaires and regular folk are plying themselves with supplements and consulting AI to extend their lives. Katherine Stewart gives it a try
The time I tried to live forever
Millionaires and regular folk are plying themselves with supplements and consulting AI to extend their lives. Why not give it a go?
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🎥: On Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social speak to the NYT’s Maggie Haberman about the extraordinary book she has co-written about Trump’s second term
Maggie Haberman on the inside story of Trump’s second term | Media Confidential
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber are joined on Media Confidential by journalist Maggie Haberman to discuss her and Jonathan Swan’s explosive new book covering the first year of Trump’s second presidency. Having conducted hundreds of interviews, Maggie shares the astonishing amount of access that t
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“Trump presumably assumed the BBC, like other entities he has brought suits against, would simply fold. But the BBC said no,” writes The Empty City
How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump
The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records
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For @prospectmagazine.co.uk I interviewed @jeffnoon.bsky.social about his fabulous new novel MOON OVER BRENDLE, out now from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7428...
Welcome to Brendleshire: inside the twisty-turny fiction of Jeff Noon
We speak to the sci-fi genius behind ‘Vurt’, whose latest book transports us to another meta-fictional alternate reality
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“Taxi drivers are at the frontline of knowing their communities.” From Bradford to Sheppey, Hull to Peckham, Sarah Collins rode along with the cabbies who hear from all of England—and worry about where it’s heading.
If Andy Burnham wants to understand England, he should take a taxi
Over the past few months, we’ve been speaking to cabbies from Sheppey to Hull. Here’s how they see our broken country through their rear-view mirrors
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Alona Ferber talks to journalist Zahra Joya about fleeing Afghanistan
5 years of the Taliban
Plus: new sci-fi fiction
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Does Andy Burnham have the courage to tackle a collapsing justice system? ✍🏼 Alan Rusbridger
We’re addicted to locking people up—but it doesn’t make us safer
Does Andy Burnham have the attention span, the will and the courage to tackle a collapsing justice system?
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Perrault’s Bluebeard warned young women: don’t look too closely. Gisèle Pelicot, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Sarah Wynn-Williams looked anyway. Dr Kate Maltby on three memoirs that refused silence:
Inside Bluebeard’s castle: Wynn-Williams, Roberts Giuffre and Pelicot
Three recent books—by Sarah Wynn-Williams, Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Gisèle Pelicot—open a door on male power and its abuses
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Zahra's memoir, The Vanishing Girl of Kabul, co-written with @amiefr.bsky.social, is a must-read. It shows how the Taliban's repression of women and girls reinforces misogynists the world over, and reminds us how much the world has abandoned Afghan women /3 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
Zahra Joya: The Taliban will collapse without support
The journalist on Afghanistan’s future—and the cost of exile
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Relatedly, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk I interviewed @zahrajoya.bsky.social, the Afghan human rights journalist exiled in London, who set up a news agency dedicated to Afghan women /2 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
Zahra Joya: The Taliban will collapse without support
The journalist on Afghanistan’s future—and the cost of exile
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What would Thomas Paine say about a president who treats court orders as jokes and public office as a private revenue stream? He already said it, writes Sarah Churchwell The answer: resist
The Paine threshold for today’s America
What would one of the founding thinkers of the republic make of Trump’s reign? We already know: he wrote it all down
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A new book highlights the inconsistencies behind Lucy Letby’s conviction. Kate Clanchy asks: when will the establishment give doubters a hearing?
We need to talk about Lucy Letby
A new book highlights the inconsistencies behind the nurse’s conviction. When will the establishment give us doubters a hearing?
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Andy Burnham has floated the idea of a written constitution for the UK. But is it a wise move? In 2022, we asked two eminent former judges—one for and one against:
Jonathan Sumption and Kate O’Regan on whether Britain needs a written constitution
The notion that Britain is run by “good chaps” was tested to destruction by Boris Johnson. We asked two eminent former judges whether it’s time to ent...
prospectmagazine.co.uk
🎥: On Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social speak to the NYT’s Maggie Haberman about the extraordinary book she has co-written about Trump’s second term
Maggie Haberman on the inside story of Trump’s second term | Media Confidential
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber are joined on Media Confidential by journalist Maggie Haberman to discuss her and Jonathan Swan’s explosive new book covering the first year of Trump’s second presidency. Having conducted hundreds of interviews, Maggie shares the astonishing amount of access that t
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People of colour are 12 times more likely to be at risk of losing British citizenship than their white counterparts. Samira Shackle on how draconian rules created second-class citizens on the basis of heritage
Britain’s citizens of nowhere
Hundreds of UK nationals have been made stateless, and left trapped in squalid refugee camps, without being convicted of any crime
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“Trump presumably assumed the BBC, like other entities he has brought suits against, would simply fold. But the BBC said no,” writes The Empty City
How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump
The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records
prospectmagazine.co.uk