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2 In this issue FEATURES How the government captured the BBC A right-wing cabal is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed Alan Rusbridger PROSPECT MARCH 2024 Europe’s choice Only one set of countries can help Ukraine drive out Putin. Will they? Timothy Garton Ash Lebanon’s thin red line Targeted assassinations and clashes near the Israel border could draw Hezbollah into all-out war Simona Foltyn The world’s top thinker result An exclusive interview with economist Daron Acemoglu Tom Clark The end of money Physical cash is dying—and it’s not just conspiracy theorists who sense something threatening Stuart Jeffries
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MARCH 2024 PROSPECT 3 REGULARS & COLUMNS THE CULTURE PODCASTS The grid Contributors People Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Alejandro Cao de Benós, Celia Richardson, David King, Joelle Taylor Philosopher-at-large: To whom do we owe shelter? Sasha Mudd The joy of lex: Glass cliff Sarah Ogilvie plus Stephen Collins’s cartoon Letters plus In fact The petulant prime minister Sam Freedman ƒ Diary Gillian Tett ƒ Two warring visions of AI Ethan Zuckerman ‡ Lives ‡ Crossword & Bobby Seagull’s Brain Teaser ‡‡ Brief encounter David McCloskey, CIA officer turned novelist ‡ Japan’s trials The search for the country’s soul after the Second World War Christopher Harding Growth by slavery Reckoning with Britain’s true economic history Tom Clark Tinker Taylor... Was it really the pop singer whodunnit? Sarah Collins ‡ Mr Fleming, I presume? The persistent mysteries of James Bond’s creator Philip Clark “ Books in brief “ƒ Gaming: Nintendo’s world Peter Hoskin “ Stage: Hamlet forever Kate Maltby ““ Pop: Take a pause Laura Barton “‡ TV: Existential cringe Imogen West-Knights → Avi Shlaim on why he’s advocating for a one-state solution → Peter Kellner on how accurate political polls really are → Toby Jones on the impact of his drama about the Post Office scandal → 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: → Netanyahu must seek a settlement Hella Pick interviews Catherine Ashton → My plan to move MPs into Buckingham Palace Alan Rusbridger → A new graphic novel of the month Mike Turner FOLLOW PROSPECT Cover photograph by Sara Morris, post-production by the Retouching Shed → X @prospect_uk Threads @prospect_magazine Facebook prospectmagazineuk Instagram @prospect_magazine TikTok @prospectmagazine

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FEATURES

How the government captured the BBC A right-wing cabal is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed Alan Rusbridger

PROSPECT MARCH 2024

Europe’s choice Only one set of countries can help Ukraine drive out Putin. Will they? Timothy Garton Ash

Lebanon’s thin red line Targeted assassinations and clashes near the Israel border could draw Hezbollah into all-out war Simona Foltyn

The world’s top thinker result An exclusive interview with economist Daron Acemoglu Tom Clark

The end of money Physical cash is dying—and it’s not just conspiracy theorists who sense something threatening Stuart Jeffries

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