DECEMBER 2024 PROSPECT

THE PROSPECT GRID Our monthly cut-out-and-keep guide to who falls where on the taste hierarchy

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Gove at the Spectator. Because all political careers end in failure

Te s l a . From hero brand to zero brand

UPMARKET

The National Gallery’s new ban. Please don’t water the sunflowers flofl w

B o o ks a r e s o ove r. Just as UK publishers made a record £7.1bn

Sayeeda Warsi’s new book. A fierce rebuttal to bigotry

Wimbledon line judges are out

Thomas Tuchel. Vorsprung durch

Exzentrik

Ludwig. Peep Show meets

Line of Duty

The Tory leadership contest. The unspeakable in pursuit of the unelectable

D U D

Trump making fries at Maccie D’s. No-one’s lovin’ it

BoJo’s memoir. An inverted pyramid of piffle

Morgan McSweeney. Hail to the chief (of staff )

XL Bully cats. Wish we could unsee this one

The Substance.

Horrifying. We need Moore

S H U T T E R STO C K

C O M M O N S R E X

I K I M E DI A

A L A M Y W

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Russell Brand is seeking God inside hurricanes and hawking

“magic amulets”. Category 5 weird

The Joker s e q u e l .

“Folly” à deux?

B a ke O f f is back. On your marks,

get set...

Phillip Schofield on Cast Away. A desert island with one washed-up celeb

Strikes at Te t l e y Te a . Trouble is brewing

Charlie XCX’s remix album. Gearing up for a brat winter

DOWNMARKET

Nobody Wants This. Netflix finally figures out romcoms

The Home Offi ce grants Paddington a UK passport. Offi cial observations: bear

B A N G E R

Sally Rooney. Intermezzo è molto bello

Andrew Garfield’s Chicken Shop Date. He’s ready to put a wing on it