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For our cover essay, Philip Ball argues that the “AI could destroy humanity” story has been imposed by Silicon Valley itself—and it’s time to challenge it: prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
The literary world is at war. On one side, the writers and publishers devoted to the human craft of writing. On the other, those who wield machines that can spit out a novel in seconds, writes Katie Dancey-Downs
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe was one of the Mangrove Nine protesters whose trial marked the first judicial acknowledgement of racial prejudice within London’s Met police, writes @rebexswirsky
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Whistleblower Frances Haugen testified against Facebook before the US Senate in 2021. Today, she speaks to Liz Connor about being portrayed in Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming film The Social Reckoning prospectmagazine.co.uk/views…
“Increasing defence spending by cutting the warm homes budget, while wearing a Shell logo, as energy bills continue to rise rather sums up 2026”, writes Tim Smedley
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“What I was missing was not self-care, but connection”, writes @journalist_sar
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“Hands off cocks, on with your socks. John, what’s the difference between the Treasury and a care home? They both stink of piss, but only one of them is full of leaks,” says Pat McFadden in our latest satire column from @mrhenrymorris
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“Hubris, corruption and gerrymandering don’t create a path to victory. Nor do racism and hatred.” Jo-Ann Mort on the US midterms
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AI-generated fiction is threatening the publishing industry, but writers are “starting to fight back”. Ian Rankin on why he’s suing Anthropic and living in “weird times” prospectmagazine.co.uk/views…
The most remarkable factor in the Brazilian election, writes former Lula official @pedroabramovay, was the creation of the largest WhatsApp channel ever used by a political campaign anywhere in the world
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🎧: The far-right have failed to win recent elections. What lessons should be taken? prospectmagazine.co.uk/podca…
Andy Burnham’s favourite painter was no working class hero. LS Lowry was much weirder—and, to some extent, more radical, writes @dfmcallister
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After nearly 25 years I am home in northern California, toggling between tenses, trying to work out how to be here now, writes Sasha Mudd
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Social connection is the health indicator we ignore, writes @journalist_sar
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In the Tate Modern’s Frida Kahlo exhibition, the artist’s brows are everywhere: on a pair of Crocs, on a bejewelled rubber duck, on a gigantic pack of sanitary pads...
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“A chink seems to have opened in Pawlikowski’s heart. Even weak, self-interested artists are human beings.” prospectmagazine.co.uk/cultu…
The new Ofcom chair encouraged @arusbridger and others to set up the left-wing version of GB News. Challenge accepted...
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The manosphere. AI. Inequality. In these areas, entrepreneurs of disconnection leverage our learned helplessness, which isolates us from one another, to gain an advantage.
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A court said it was not in the public interest to hold the security service in contempt of court, writes David Allen Green
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