Prospect Magazine
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
Editor: Alan Rusbridger
@arusbridger.bsky.social; https://prospectmagazine.co.uk
Established 1995
Editor: Alan Rusbridger
@arusbridger.bsky.social; https://prospectmagazine.co.uk
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Our winter double issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵
For our cover story, @wblau.bsky.social speaks to Ed Miliband and @billmckibben.bsky.social about renewable energy—a surprisingly hopeful take on our future climate: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
For our cover story, @wblau.bsky.social speaks to Ed Miliband and @billmckibben.bsky.social about renewable energy—a surprisingly hopeful take on our future climate: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
“Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places...” When @jamesgunn.bsky.social said this, the internet exploded.
@pghoskin.bsky.social on why the director’s comments are unimpeachable—as a lavish new book reveals.
@pghoskin.bsky.social on why the director’s comments are unimpeachable—as a lavish new book reveals.
The limits of Superman
Is he an immigrant? An American? A god? An average joe? The answer is all of these things and more, though he still can’t be everything to everyone
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January 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
“Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places...” When @jamesgunn.bsky.social said this, the internet exploded.
@pghoskin.bsky.social on why the director’s comments are unimpeachable—as a lavish new book reveals.
@pghoskin.bsky.social on why the director’s comments are unimpeachable—as a lavish new book reveals.
Our resident button-masher @pghoskin.bsky.social takes us through the best video games of the year, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws
Video Games of the Year: 2025
Our resident button-masher takes us, in alphabetical order, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws
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January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Our resident button-masher @pghoskin.bsky.social takes us through the best video games of the year, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws
Lucy Scholes explores how Philip Pullman’s THE BOOK OF DUST doesn’t just extend HIS DARK MATERIALS—it explodes it from within, forcing beloved characters to reckon with trauma and complexity.
Philip Pullman, beyond childhood and evil
‘The Book of Dust’ isn’t just in conversation with the author’s earlier fantasy trilogy—it also unpicks our presumptions about growing up
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January 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Lucy Scholes explores how Philip Pullman’s THE BOOK OF DUST doesn’t just extend HIS DARK MATERIALS—it explodes it from within, forcing beloved characters to reckon with trauma and complexity.
A tip from political analyst Peter Kellner for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars...
How 2025 transformed British politics
And here’s a tip for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
A tip from political analyst Peter Kellner for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars...
From the Bolshevik Revolution to early nuclear physics, from Wittgenstein’s circle to British Mandate Palestine…
Esther Salaman witnessed history and wrote about it with rare psychological depth. Why aren’t we reading her?
Esther Salaman witnessed history and wrote about it with rare psychological depth. Why aren’t we reading her?
Scientific discovery: the hidden genius of Esther Salaman
She studied under Einstein—though it is as a writer, one of the great chroniclers of the 20th century, that she ought to be remembered
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January 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
From the Bolshevik Revolution to early nuclear physics, from Wittgenstein’s circle to British Mandate Palestine…
Esther Salaman witnessed history and wrote about it with rare psychological depth. Why aren’t we reading her?
Esther Salaman witnessed history and wrote about it with rare psychological depth. Why aren’t we reading her?
Florida nearly extended deregulation to 14-year-old workers in 2025. Will capitalism let things rest there?
@tom-clark.bsky.social reviews two sweeping histories that make us fear for the future:
@tom-clark.bsky.social reviews two sweeping histories that make us fear for the future:
Whither capitalism?
Two new surveys of our dominant economic system make us fear for its future
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Florida nearly extended deregulation to 14-year-old workers in 2025. Will capitalism let things rest there?
@tom-clark.bsky.social reviews two sweeping histories that make us fear for the future:
@tom-clark.bsky.social reviews two sweeping histories that make us fear for the future:
The first year of Trump 2.0 has been shocking, writes Andrew Adonis—but it could be worse
A year of Trump 2.0
Despite the shocks of the last year, US democracy is still intact
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The first year of Trump 2.0 has been shocking, writes Andrew Adonis—but it could be worse
These are bad times for the BBC: Trump is suing, its leaders have resigned, GB News snaps at its heels. In our winter issue, @aiannucci.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com, @sophiasgaler.bsky.social and others suggest how it could change.
Fixing the BBC
The corporation faces threats from inside and out. We asked a panel of past and present BBC voices how it must change to survive
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 AM
These are bad times for the BBC: Trump is suing, its leaders have resigned, GB News snaps at its heels. In our winter issue, @aiannucci.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com, @sophiasgaler.bsky.social and others suggest how it could change.
“At heart, I’m an introvert. But I pushed through my discomfort, striking up conversations with everyone who crossed my path.” In her diary, Malala Yousafzai reveals how she found her gang at university.
Why are young people struggling to make friends?
Plus, the perils of writing a memoir, and how to find your gang
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“At heart, I’m an introvert. But I pushed through my discomfort, striking up conversations with everyone who crossed my path.” In her diary, Malala Yousafzai reveals how she found her gang at university.
Despite the shocks of the last year, US democracy is still intact, writes Andrew Adonis
A year of Trump 2.0
Despite the shocks of the last year, US democracy is still intact
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Despite the shocks of the last year, US democracy is still intact, writes Andrew Adonis
From a documentary account of a re-energised street to an adaptation of a conversation in 1970s New York, Sukhdev Sandhu’s picks his top ten movies of the year
Films of the Year: 2025
From a documentary account of a re-energised street to an adaptation of a conversation in 1970s New York, here’s our critic’s top ten
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
From a documentary account of a re-energised street to an adaptation of a conversation in 1970s New York, Sukhdev Sandhu’s picks his top ten movies of the year
Peter Kellner reflects on how the past year transformed our politics—and what ice cream can teach us about political theory
How 2025 transformed British politics
And here’s a tip for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Peter Kellner reflects on how the past year transformed our politics—and what ice cream can teach us about political theory
“Other PMs have had powerful advisers—Cummings, Mandelson—yet only Morgan McSweeney has effectively chosen a leader.” Stuart McGurk profiles the back-room fixer who captured the Labour party.
The curious rise of Morgan McSweeney
How a behind-the-scenes fixer captured the Labour party, only to become a symbol of Keir Starmer’s failing government
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Other PMs have had powerful advisers—Cummings, Mandelson—yet only Morgan McSweeney has effectively chosen a leader.” Stuart McGurk profiles the back-room fixer who captured the Labour party.
Not sure what to watch before New Year's? Critic Sukhdev Sandhu spotlights the best films of 2025
Films of the Year: 2025
From a documentary account of a re-energised street to an adaptation of a conversation in 1970s New York, here’s our critic’s top ten
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Not sure what to watch before New Year's? Critic Sukhdev Sandhu spotlights the best films of 2025
With the right commitment to defence, Europe can face Putin without the US, writes Andrew Adonis.
No, Trump has not placed Europe in mortal danger
With the right commitment to defence, the continent can face Putin without the US
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
With the right commitment to defence, Europe can face Putin without the US, writes Andrew Adonis.
As the year comes to a close, music critic Philip Clark picks his ten favourite albums of the year...
Classical & Jazz Albums of the Year: 2025
Our critic picks his top ten from the past 12 months
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December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As the year comes to a close, music critic Philip Clark picks his ten favourite albums of the year...
Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything, writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. “This discourse may not seem intellectually serious—and it isn’t—but that doesn’t mean it won’t make it to our shores.”
Has ‘the great feminisation’ theory arrived in the UK?
Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Conservatives are panicking that working women have ruined everything, writes @polphilpod.bsky.social. “This discourse may not seem intellectually serious—and it isn’t—but that doesn’t mean it won’t make it to our shores.”
Our resident button-masher @pghoskin.bsky.social takes us through the best video games of the year, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws
Video Games of the Year: 2025
Our resident button-masher takes us, in alphabetical order, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Our resident button-masher @pghoskin.bsky.social takes us through the best video games of the year, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws
”We’re moving, potentially quite quickly, into a different kind of world”. @billmckibben.bsky.social and Ed Miliband on their shared hope about a solar-powered planet.
Here comes the solar revolution
Demagogues, populists and despair can’t halt the electrification of our world
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
”We’re moving, potentially quite quickly, into a different kind of world”. @billmckibben.bsky.social and Ed Miliband on their shared hope about a solar-powered planet.
I’m sick of Head Offices stealing our joy and vitality, writes Sheila Hancock. They order us about—and now they've taken away our trifles and chocolate eclairs.
Sheila Hancock: M&S has taken away my chocolate eclairs!
I‘m sick of Head Offices stealing our joy and vitality
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I’m sick of Head Offices stealing our joy and vitality, writes Sheila Hancock. They order us about—and now they've taken away our trifles and chocolate eclairs.
From hospitals to offices, film studios to death stars, Prospect critic Imogen West-Knights weighs up the year’s best telly...
Television of the Year: 2025
Hospitals, offices, film studios, death stars... our critic guides us through the year’s best telly
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
From hospitals to offices, film studios to death stars, Prospect critic Imogen West-Knights weighs up the year’s best telly...
In his first interview since 7th October, Haaretz editor Aluf Benn speaks to @arusbridger.bsky.social about editing Israel's most consequential and controversial newspaper.
Inside Haaretz, Israel's voice of dissent
The newspaper is revered and reviled for its unflinching coverage of the Gaza war. Can it survive a possible future succession crisis?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In his first interview since 7th October, Haaretz editor Aluf Benn speaks to @arusbridger.bsky.social about editing Israel's most consequential and controversial newspaper.
I’ve been a Royal Marine, a criminal and a prisoner, writes Isaac Rasmussen. But it was only when I became a student that I started to understand the masculinity that had forged me.
The biggest boys’ club in the world
I’ve been a Marine, a criminal, a prisoner. But it was only as a university student that I understood the masculinity that forged me
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December 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’ve been a Royal Marine, a criminal and a prisoner, writes Isaac Rasmussen. But it was only when I became a student that I started to understand the masculinity that had forged me.
Is it possible that the King is a bit… greedy? And so was his mum, and so is his brother Andrew, and so is his son William? @arusbridger.bsky.social investigates.
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Is it possible that the King is a bit… greedy? And so was his mum, and so is his brother Andrew, and so is his son William? @arusbridger.bsky.social investigates.
Not sure what to watch before New Year's? Critic Sukhdev Sandhu spotlights the best films of 2025
Films of the Year: 2025
From a documentary account of a re-energised street to an adaptation of a conversation in 1970s New York, here’s our critic’s top ten
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Not sure what to watch before New Year's? Critic Sukhdev Sandhu spotlights the best films of 2025