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Our summer double issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a preview of what’s inside... 🧵 For our cover story, @OliverBullough details how water privatisation has left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in: prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/environm…

Tommy Robinson and his allies have long framed Islam as a threat to “Judeo-Christian” culture. But recently they have more explicitly evoked Christianity, writes @FrankieVetch. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/far-r…

Earth Overshoot Day is rubbished every year, but it’s a reliable enough indicator of what overconsumption is doing to our planet, writes Tim Smedley. prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/environm…

Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum’s Serpentine Pavilion is in London’s Kensington Gardens for the summer. But @eabeaumont asks: what mark will it leave? prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-cu…

Civil justice will never rank among the “people’s priorities” because it is so poorly understood. But without fixing it, Starmer’s broader agenda could be toast, writes Tom Clark. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/crim…

Trump can’t afford to be humiliated by Putin refusing to compromise. So he has little choice but to actively support Ukraine, writes @Andrew_Adonis. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/the-i…

Laura Bates explains how powerful algorithms are fuelling the backlash against feminism, and what we can do about it. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technolo…

🎧: On the Prospect Podcast with @ellen_halliday and @paperdispatch, @stewarthome1 reveals how yoga became a recruiting ground for conspiracy theorists and the far right. prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/prosp…

“Maybe it’s time for another rest…” @Markgatiss, who has worked on Doctor Who in the past, considers what should happen next with the series: prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/brief-en…

Since the 2023 war began, Egypt has become an unintentional host to an estimated 100,000 Palestinians from Gaza. Without legal status, Palestinians from Gaza living in Egypt exist without rights, writes @YoumnaElSayed17.

More than 100 protesters have been arrested across the UK since the proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group. Earlier this month, screenwriter Ronan Bennett argued the policy was an assault on our liberty. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/free-…

Badenoch’s Tory reshuffle—and Starmer’s mooted Labour one— won’t make much difference to the popularity of either leader, writes @Andrew_Adonis. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/the-i…

Blue Labour has recently taken a turn towards Maga. Co-founder @mds49 on how Trump and Brexit transformed the movement. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/70309…

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The UK’s creative industries are worth £127bn and the arts give us immense soft power. Kate Mosse asks: so why is our government’s AI data bill selling us out to Big Tech? prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technolo…

Japanese fiction now outsells all other translated languages in the UK—and it’s not just Murakami anymore. From cats to cannibalism, @susiemesure explores the literary boom that began with CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and shows no signs of slowing down. prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books/…

“Last week I was not a terrorist. This week I am, because I stand with Palestine Action. “Were I to write this or say it, I would be liable to arrest and prosecution under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000,” writes screenwriter Ronan Bennett. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/free-…

🎥: New technologies are being weaponised against women. Why are governments and tech companies failing to act? Laura Bates joins @ellen_halliday and @paperdispatch on the Prospect Podcast to discuss. youtu.be/dyPUPiy1JBo

“You read these never-ending debates over supposedly reforming the Upper House and it makes you wonder if anything will ever really change. It feels like an elaborate metaphor for broken Britain,” writes @arusbridger. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/westm…

Trump is authoritarian and anti-democratic. But fascism is the wrong word, according to two historians. He doesn’t seek to strengthen the state, but to dismantle it. prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/70605/th…

“Evidence for the culture war is to be found in his professional setbacks, such as failing to secure research grants.” @J_Bloodworth profiles Matthew Goodwin, the heterodox intellectual turned right-wing populist. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philosop…