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Citizenship is “perhaps the most fundamental human rights issue, alongside the right to life and the right not to be tor...
02/01/2026

Citizenship is “perhaps the most fundamental human rights issue, alongside the right to life and the right not to be tortured”, writes DAT Green. So why does the home secretary have brutal, wide-ranging powers to strip it from British citizens?

The home secretary has brutal, wide-ranging powers to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights

What has Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales changed his mind about? “Elon Musk. I’ll leave the reader to guess what that mean...
02/01/2026

What has Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales changed his mind about? “Elon Musk. I’ll leave the reader to guess what that means.”

Read more in our latest Brief Encounter:

The Wikipedia founder on his favourite quote, his biggest regret and what he has changed his mind about

“It’s hard to think of a more important English philosopher or cultural thinker this century than Mark Fisher.” Sukhdev ...
02/01/2026

“It’s hard to think of a more important English philosopher or cultural thinker this century than Mark Fisher.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the man who’s the subject of a new documentary:

A new film grapples with one of the finest—and broadest—minds of the 21st century

Speaking to Prospect’s Peter Williams, Giuliano da Empoli warns that, in the age of AI, we’re like Aztec scribes recordi...
01/01/2026

Speaking to Prospect’s Peter Williams, Giuliano da Empoli warns that, in the age of AI, we’re like Aztec scribes recording the conquistadors… an old order encountering in a superior power it doesn’t understand:

Giuliano da Empoli has spent his working life around power. He tells us where its holders are leading us now

“Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places...” When James Gunn said this, the internet ...
01/01/2026

“Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places...” When James Gunn said this, the internet exploded.

Peter Hoskin on why the director’s comments are unimpeachable—as a lavish new book reveals.

Is he an immigrant? An American? A god? An average joe? The answer is all of these things and more, though he still can’t be everything to everyone

Our resident button-masher Peter Hoskin takes us through the best video games of the year, from one of the best he’s eve...
01/01/2026

Our resident button-masher Peter Hoskin takes us through the best video games of the year, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws

Our resident button-masher takes us, in alphabetical order, from one of the best he’s ever played to a boxful of strange jigsaws

Lucy Scholes explores how Philip Pullman’s THE BOOK OF DUST doesn’t just extend HIS DARK MATERIALS—it explodes it from w...
01/01/2026

Lucy Scholes explores how Philip Pullman’s THE BOOK OF DUST doesn’t just extend HIS DARK MATERIALS—it explodes it from within, forcing beloved characters to reckon with trauma and complexity.

‘The Book of Dust’ isn’t just in conversation with the author’s earlier fantasy trilogy—it also unpicks our presumptions about growing up

A tip from political analyst Peter Kellner for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars...
01/01/2026

A tip from political analyst Peter Kellner for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars...

And here’s a tip for 2026: beware the rules of the ice cream wars

From the Bolshevik Revolution to early nuclear physics, from Wittgenstein’s circle to British Mandate Palestine…Esther S...
01/01/2026

From the Bolshevik Revolution to early nuclear physics, from Wittgenstein’s circle to British Mandate Palestine…

Esther Salaman witnessed history and wrote about it with rare psychological depth. Why aren’t we reading her?

She studied under Einstein—though it is as a writer, one of the great chroniclers of the 20th century, that she ought to be remembered

Florida nearly extended deregulation to 14-year-old workers in 2025. Will capitalism let things rest there?Tom Clark rev...
01/01/2026

Florida nearly extended deregulation to 14-year-old workers in 2025. Will capitalism let things rest there?

Tom Clark reviews two sweeping histories that make us fear for the future:

Two new surveys of our dominant economic system make us fear for its future

The first year of Trump 2.0 has been shocking, writes Andrew Adonis—but it could be worse
01/01/2026

The first year of Trump 2.0 has been shocking, writes Andrew Adonis—but it could be worse

Despite the shocks of the last year, US democracy is still intact

These are bad times for the BBC: Trump is suing, its leaders have resigned, GB News snaps at its heels. In our winter is...
01/01/2026

These are bad times for the BBC: Trump is suing, its leaders have resigned, GB News snaps at its heels. In our winter issue, Armando Iannucci, Lewis Goodall, Sophia Smith Galer and others suggest how it could change.

The corporation faces threats from inside and out. We asked a panel of past and present BBC voices how it must change to survive

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