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2 In this issue FEATURES Grading the governor Andrew Bailey couldn’t have become Bank of England chief at a more challenging time. In an exclusive interview, Prospect probes his decision-making—and asks if the worst is finally over Lionel Barber Repair and reconcile? The Church was complicit in slavery. Now it seeks reconciliation with the communities who suffered. Can this be found? Jane Shaw PROSPECT NOVEMBER 2023 The fear from within Nobody knows what will happen to Russia after Putin. But the west had best prepare Laurie Bristow The end of the NGO? Abuse scandals at Oxfam have exposed how global aid remains gripped by colonial power dynamics. Change is necessary— but it won’t be easy Jessica Abrahams Dear green place Nature fares badly inside our national parks. Can one— Bannau Brycheiniog, in Wales— set a bold example? Nicola Cutcher
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NOVEMBER 2023 PROSPECT 3 REGULARS & COLUMNS THE CULTURE PODCASTS The grid Contributors People George Benjamin, Lada Nuzhna, Ellen Clifford, Michael Plant, Mama Shamsa Philosopher-at-large: Rethinking the generation war Sasha Mudd Diary Francis Wheen How we’ve enshittified the tech economy Ethan Zuckerman € The government that stopped governing Sam Freedman The joy of lex: Z Sarah Ogilvie plus Stephen Collins’s cartoon Letters plus In fact ‰€ Lives € Crossword & Bobby Seagull’s Brain Teaser €€ Brief encounter Rory Stewart Thinking man A conversation with the philosopher Daniel Dennett Julian Baggini Flower power Some people will go to great lengths for orchids Cal Flyn Our permeable selves Essays by a writer who is literally and figuratively thin-skinned Marina Benjamin Here is the challenge John Gray raises questions that liberals must seek to answer Matthew d’Ancona ‰ Books in brief ‰‘ TV: Sex lives of the young and middle-aged Imogen West-Knights ‰ Stage: Women in the universe Kate Maltby ‰ Film: The last sights Sukhdev Sandhu ‰ Classical: The glory of Goethe Ian Bostridge ‰ Pop: National treasure Laura Barton Cover photograph by Sara Morris, post-production by the Retouching Shed → Elena Gordon explains how her son, Vladimir Kara-Murza, became Putin’s prisoner → Matthew d’Ancona calls for a radical new centrism → Barry Eichengreen asks whether the end of globalisation is near → A t 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: → I was an alleged Chinese spy too Isabel Hilton → Murdoch cherished journalism—but poisoned public life Alan Rusbridger → Niamh Cusack, star of That Face, interviewed Kate Maltby FOLLOW PROSPECT → X @prospect_uk Threads @prospect_magazine Facebook prospectmagazineuk Instagram @prospect_magazine TikTok @prospectmagazine

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In this issue

FEATURES

Grading the governor Andrew Bailey couldn’t have become Bank of England chief at a more challenging time. In an exclusive interview, Prospect probes his decision-making—and asks if the worst is finally over Lionel Barber

Repair and reconcile? The Church was complicit in slavery. Now it seeks reconciliation with the communities who suffered. Can this be found? Jane Shaw

PROSPECT NOVEMBER 2023

The fear from within Nobody knows what will happen to Russia after Putin. But the west had best prepare Laurie Bristow

The end of the NGO? Abuse scandals at Oxfam have exposed how global aid remains gripped by colonial power dynamics. Change is necessary— but it won’t be easy Jessica Abrahams

Dear green place Nature fares badly inside our national parks. Can one— Bannau Brycheiniog, in Wales— set a bold example? Nicola Cutcher

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