Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Welcome to the Weekly Constitutional, where a legal text or other formal document is used as a basis for a discussion of a topical law and policy issue. This week’s text is the constitution of the ...

More than 50 MPs from all the British parties in parliament have signed a letter backing Kim Leadbeater’s plan to replace the safeguard of a High Court judge with a three person panel. They say, “We ...

Amid the Royal Academy’s latest showing of Brazilian modernist art, I discovered one work in particular that took me back home ...

Alan and Lionel are joined by Sam Freedman, who says Westminster lobby journalists are more interested in gossip than policy detail. But how does this end up shaping the government line? This week, ...

If a Trump tribute act wanted to take over British institutions, what would their first steps be—and how could we guard against them? Alan and Lionel are joined by an expert panel of guests to discuss ...

Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied joins Ellen and Alona on this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world” ...

Welcome to the Weekly Constitutional, where a judgment or other formal document is taken as a starting point for exploring a matter of law and policy. This week the text is this 2021 judgment of the ...

I thought I might cry. But the emotions that threatened to overwhelm turned more euphoric—a silly, wide smile, plastered across my face for hours. As the first beaver padded tentatively but fixedly ...

Every murder mystery must have an identifiable killer, every superhero movie an evil nemesis, every romantic comedy a spoiled yuppie antagonist. And apparently every lost presidential election needs a ...

Recent polling showing Reform UK ahead of both the government and the official opposition has sent shockwaves through the political establishment. It’s led Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to march ...