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2 In this issue FEATURES Imagining peace The peacemakers, not the zealots, will reign in the new Israel, writes a former speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg Plus Under pressure The war in Gaza will reshape the Middle East. And, as always, the poorest will suffer the most Khaled Mansour PROSPECT DECEMBER 2023 Save the humanities! Should critical thinking be celebrated? The government doesn’t think so Priyamvada Gopal Mission possible Traditional climate diplomacy hasn’t saved us from disaster. It’s time to give it a reboot Simon Sharpe The seeds of growth Growth is an existential challenge for Keir Starmer. He is making all the right noises—but no one knows what he will actually do Tony Danker
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DECEMBER 2023 PROSPECT 3 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 ONLINE → The Prospect website is updated daily with new analysis from our contributors. Visit prospectmagazine.co.uk for more, including: → Don’t call Hamas “terrorists” Conor Gearty → The good society is still possible Helena Kennedy, interviewed by Hella Pick → Can political cartoons survive? Alan Rusbridger FOLLOW PROSPECT → X @prospect_uk Threads @prospect_magazine Facebook prospectmagazineuk Instagram @prospect_magazine TikTok @prospectmagazine

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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

ONLINE

→ The Prospect website is updated daily with new analysis from our contributors. Visit prospectmagazine.co.uk for more, including: → Don’t call Hamas “terrorists”

Conor Gearty → The good society is still possible Helena Kennedy, interviewed by Hella Pick → Can political cartoons survive?

Alan Rusbridger

FOLLOW PROSPECT

→ X @prospect_uk

Threads @prospect_magazine Facebook prospectmagazineuk Instagram @prospect_magazine TikTok @prospectmagazine

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