But spending time with them crystallised for me just how big a billionaire problem the world now has, and why solving it may be a precondition for successful action on so many of the other problems we ...

Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened to escalate the war in Ukraine by breaking the nuclear taboo. In June, as Russia installed tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, he raised the spectre of a ...

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 ...

How Harry and Watson forced News Group Newspapers to admit wrongdoing Why the circumstances show it was NGN wanting to avoid a public trial—and not the costs risk on the claimants—that brought this ...

When should you ban a far-right party? A motion to consider a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), signed by 113 members of parliament, has been submitted to Bundestag. It’s a sign of how ...

It’s a miserable time for Britain’s universities. Their funding has declined and will fall further; cuts and closures are everywhere; their management and staff are divided as perhaps never before; ...

Although TS Eliot was arguably the most influential literary critic of the 20th century, for decades, scholars worked without a collected edition of his critical prose, which was scattered through the ...

Artificial intelligence has turned a corner, and no one is sure how worried we should be. After years of hype, stilted chatbots and indifferent language translation, suddenly AI can engage us in ...

After 6,000 years, wild bison are back in Britain Animals have been imported from across Europe to a rewilding project in Kent. Could they manage the land better than machines?

When should a democracy stop politicians from running for office? Looking at the legal barriers now faced by Donald Trump and by Marine Le Pen ...

Who really funds the Jewish Chronicle? Why it’s troubling that we don’t know… Four years ago, a mysterious consortium came to the rescue of the beleaguered publication—and nobody is really clear about ...

The hour-long coastal cycle ride from Margate to Ramsgate offers a vivid illustration of the paradox of England’s relationship with its seaside, one of both intense affection and careless neglect.