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2 In this issue FEATURES The dawn of the splinternet Russia wants to create its own purified digital world. Can it? Ethan Zuckerman Clinging to the promise of peace Eighty years ago, Hella Pick boarded the Kindertransport. Now she is watching history repeat itself What is Russia thinking? Fed by propaganda, most Russians support Putin’s war Anastasia Kirilenko Plus The polls: Putin is genuinely popular—for now As the war grinds on, the president’s ratings may well slump Alexey Levinson Why I’m leaving the Church of England An incompetent Church is now incapable of running its own affairs Martyn Percy PROSPECT JUNE 2022 Foul play Football is waking up to the Qatar World Cup debacle—but far too late Mark Damazer The cost of leaving The true economic reality of Brexit is finally hitting home Tom Clark What is a woman? A range of women, including Brenda Hale, actually answer the question A home for captive elephants One Indian charity is giving these grand animals sanctuary Ruth Padel What happened in Guantánamo Mohamedou Ould Slahi speaks to his torturer Mr X. Will he be allowed to forgive him? Bastian Berbner & John Goetz
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JUNE 2022 PROSPECT 3 COLUMNS BOOKS & CULTURE PODCASTS The grid Contributors People Jim al-Khalili, Devi Sridhar, Andy Byford, Graham Phillips, Rebecca Salter The joy of lex: Trolling Sarah Ogilvie Brexit Britain’s liberal turn Sam Freedman Philosopher-at-large: Dealing with dictators Julian Baggini Diary Beth Rigby Letters and In fact plus Stephen Collins’s cartoon Heat or eat? An exam question with no answers Torsten Bell ˆ Don’t kill all the lawyers David Allen Green Lives Puzzles plus events Brief encounter Monica Ali The Churchill cult Britain needs to face up to the darker side of its wartime icon Priyamvada Gopal Oxford rules One university produced our current political mess Andrew Adonis Ž Voices from a nation How the west is discovering Ukraine’s writers David Herman Ž Posthumous reputations Julian Barnes’s tribute to Anita Brookner misfires Leo Robson Ž Visit from the Steve Jobs squad Jennifer Egan’s tech visionary upends the world Catherine Taylor Ž Books in brief Art: Raphael, angel with a clipboard Keith Miller ˆ Classical: Harrison Birtwistle’s wounds Kate Molleson Stage: How playwright Beth Steel knew she could do it Kate Maltby Screen: Riz Ahmed, from Wembley to the Oscars Sukhdev Sandhu Cover artwork by Justin Metz → The rule of law A new legal podcast, with Matrix Chambers → Sonia Sodha & Peter Kellner On the local election results → George Robertson The former secretary general of Nato on negotiating with Putin → At prospectmagazine.co.uk or wherever you get your podcasts ONLINE → The Prospect website is updated daily with new analysis from our contributors. Visit prospectmagazine.co.uk for more, including: → Ed Sheeran won his legal case—but borrowing is the lifeblood of music Ivan Hewett → The rise of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland Finn McRedmond → Why we should all own Twitter Martin Skladany FOLLOW PROSPECT → Twitter @prospect_uk, @prospect_events Facebook facebook.com/ prospect.mag Instagram @prospect_magazine

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JUNE 2022 PROSPECT

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COLUMNS

BOOKS & CULTURE

PODCASTS

The grid Contributors People

Jim al-Khalili, Devi Sridhar, Andy Byford, Graham Phillips, Rebecca Salter The joy of lex: Trolling

Sarah Ogilvie Brexit Britain’s liberal turn

Sam Freedman Philosopher-at-large:

Dealing with dictators Julian Baggini Diary

Beth Rigby Letters and In fact plus Stephen Collins’s cartoon Heat or eat?

An exam question with no answers Torsten Bell ˆ Don’t kill all the lawyers

David Allen Green Lives Puzzles plus events Brief encounter

Monica Ali

The Churchill cult

Britain needs to face up to the darker side of its wartime icon Priyamvada Gopal Oxford rules

One university produced our current political mess Andrew Adonis Ž Voices from a nation

How the west is discovering Ukraine’s writers David Herman Ž Posthumous reputations

Julian Barnes’s tribute to Anita Brookner misfires Leo Robson Ž Visit from the Steve Jobs squad

Jennifer Egan’s tech visionary upends the world Catherine Taylor Ž Books in brief Art: Raphael, angel with a clipboard Keith Miller ˆ Classical: Harrison

Birtwistle’s wounds Kate Molleson Stage: How playwright Beth

Steel knew she could do it Kate Maltby Screen: Riz Ahmed, from

Wembley to the Oscars Sukhdev Sandhu

Cover artwork by Justin Metz

→ The rule of law

A new legal podcast, with Matrix Chambers → Sonia Sodha & Peter Kellner

On the local election results → George Robertson The former secretary general of

Nato on negotiating with Putin → At prospectmagazine.co.uk or wherever you get your podcasts

ONLINE

→ The Prospect website is updated daily with new analysis from our contributors. Visit prospectmagazine.co.uk for more, including: → Ed Sheeran won his legal case—but borrowing is the lifeblood of music Ivan Hewett → The rise of Sinn Féin in

Northern Ireland Finn McRedmond → Why we should all own Twitter Martin Skladany

FOLLOW PROSPECT

→ Twitter @prospect_uk,

@prospect_events Facebook facebook.com/ prospect.mag Instagram @prospect_magazine

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