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Asbestos: a public health catastrophe
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We should bring back mourning dress
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How to defeat populism
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Immigration myths are everywhere
Britain needs to follow the Australian Way
A British Trump tribute act could snatch power in the UK
Fact-checking is imperfect. I should know: I helped write the rules
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
Friedrich Merz’s far-right gamble
As the Gaza ceasefire just about holds, the West Bank burns
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”
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
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
Labour’s meritocracy paradox and the legacy of Michael Young
The sex surrogacy dilemma
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
I’ve shattered my pelvis, but can’t remember how
Peta founder Ingrid Newkirk: ‘The press wants something sexy’
Chvrches’s Lauren Mayberry: ‘I spent so much time figuring out what everybody wanted me to be’
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
Public Health gets personal: The case for an AI-driven personalised prevention platform
Announcing the winner of the Bennett Public Policy Prize 2024
To grow the north, first we must connect the north
Book launch: We Should Be So Lucky
Born to Rule: Live Q&A with Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman
Lionel Barber in conversation with Peter Hoskin
Sam Freedman: In Conversation
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