DECEMBER 2023 PROSPECT
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REGULARS & COLUMNS
THE CULTURE
PODCASTS
The grid Contributors People
Elissa Phillips & Anahita Babaei, Anna Biller, Marius Hobbhahn, Jonny Banger, Florence Schechter Philosopher-at-large:
Defining democracy— and defending it Sasha Mudd The joy of lex: Hallucinations
Sarah Ogilvie plus Stephen Collins’s cartoon € Letters plus In fact A carnival of Covid incompetence Sam Freedman † Diary
Serhii Plokhy ‡ When the internet becomes unknowable Ethan Zuckerman † Lives † Crossword & Bobby Seagull’s
Brain Teaser †† Brief encounter
Philippa Gregory
† st-century bard
Marking the th anniversary of the First Folio Rhodri Lewis My first folio
One of history’s most famous books—in the flesh Emily Lawford The actor’s text
Performers and producers owe a debt to the Folio Kate Maltby Sir Galahad’s honour
The truth about a tragic episode in the Falklands War Michael Rose ’ A way with words
How George Weidenfeld built a publishing empire Lucy Scholes € Books in brief €‡ Film: The greatness of
Powell and Pressburger Peter Hoskin € Classical: European union
Ian Bostridge €€ Pop: Hail to the queen
Laura Barton ۠ TV: Here are the victims
Imogen West-Knights
Cover photograph by Sara Morris, post-production by the Retouching Shed
→ Nicola Cutcher on how the culture wars hit our national parks → Andrew Clapham
Israel, Gaza and the laws of war, in association with Matrix Chambers → Andrew Bailey on the shocks to come for the Bank of England → At prospectmagazine.co.uk or wherever you get your podcasts
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Conor Gearty → The good society is still possible Helena Kennedy, interviewed by Hella Pick → Can political cartoons survive?
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