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A British Trump tribute act could snatch power in the UK

Germany

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Friedrich Merz’s far-right gamble

Lives

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My best clients are married men

Health

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Asbestos: a public health catastrophe

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The Church needs to stop putting adults ‘in the naughty corner’

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I am heartbroken over my lost cat

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Mental health in farming needs to be taken seriously

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I’m frustrated with people telling me to take it easy at 91

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We should bring back mourning dress

CULTURE

Ian Hislop: Here is the cad we deserve

PEOPLE

Jeff Koons: My art isn’t about making money

A GOOD DEATH

Assisted dying: Leadbeater looks to drop High Court approval

POPULISM

How to defeat populism

DIVERSITY

Is ‘woke’ really to blame for the rise of Trump?

IMMIGRATION

Immigration myths are everywhere

WORLD

Britain needs to follow the Australian Way

DEMOCRACY

A British Trump tribute act could snatch power in the UK

MEDIA

Fact-checking is imperfect. I should know: I helped write the rules

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Middle East

Trump’s Gaza plan should not be seen in isolation

The US president shocked the world with his proposal to ‘clean out’ the Strip—but some Israeli politicians have been suggesting the same for months

Germany

Friedrich Merz’s far-right gamble

Palestine

As the Gaza ceasefire just about holds, the West Bank burns

Taiwan

Taiwan’s frontline dilemma

Mehdi Hasan: “The media doesn’t want to hear certain people”

Norm Pearlstine: “Media is Trump’s cocaine”

Has Labour abandoned the left?

Q&A: Reporting as an act of resistance

Are UK journalists under state surveillance?

Exclusive: Top Thinker interview with Eliane Brum

Saad Mohseni: the tycoon and the Taliban

Prince Harry wins, Telegraph in limbo: what next?

Trump’s inauguration, Musk’s salute and the special relationship

Armando Iannucci: “X is an industrial piss factory”

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Culture

Michael Longley, our Confucian sage

One of the finest poets of the English language died recently. Here is the verse by which you can know him

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Climate

Eliane Brum: hope won’t save us from climate change. We should be fighting for life

Prospect readers chose Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum as their Top Thinker for 2025. She tells us why we’re looking at climate change—and the world—all wrong

Politics

Labour’s meritocracy paradox and the legacy of Michael Young

Sex

The sex surrogacy dilemma

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People

Katherine Ryan: I’m the antithesis of Margaret Thatcher

The comedian is trying to support other women in her industry— and thinks people are ready for edgy comedy again

Health

I’ve shattered my pelvis, but can’t remember how

People

Peta founder Ingrid Newkirk: ‘The press wants something sexy’

People

Chvrches’s Lauren Mayberry: ‘I spent so much time figuring out what everybody wanted me to be’

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Sponsored

Can the Online Safety Act live up to expectations?

At a recent roundtable event, policymakers and experts discussed what the legislation means for digital safety

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Public Health gets personal: The case for an AI-driven personalised prevention platform

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Announcing the winner of the Bennett Public Policy Prize 2024

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To grow the north, first we must connect the north

EVENT

Book launch: We Should Be So Lucky

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Born to Rule: Live Q&A with Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman

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Lionel Barber in conversation with Peter Hoskin

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Sam Freedman: In Conversation

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Watch | Healthcare in a modern age: why we need a National Health Bank with Dame Sally Davies

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Watch | Should we re-freeze the Arctic? Exploring climate repair with Sir David King

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Listen | Is Britain run by a new out-of-touch elite?

INFO

The Prospect Summer Party 2023, in pictures

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Watch | Minister for the Future: How to open up tech monopolies

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Watch: Gutenberg to Facebook: what the printing revolution tells us about the digital world