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- Patricia Highsmith: Diaries and Notebooks https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/patricia-highsmith-diaries-notebooks-review-ian-rankin 14 comments
- What we get wrong about Machiavelli https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/what-we-get-wrong-about-machiavelli-the-prince-ferdinand-mount 59 comments
- Why the Supreme Court said no to Trump over pausing foreign aid payments https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/69471/why-the-supreme-court-said-no-to-trump 16 comments politics
- Occam’s razor and the limits of simplicity | This—widely misunderstood—theoretical touchstone has guided our scientific and philosophical enquires for centuries https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/occams-razor-and-the-limits-of-simplicity-philosophy-science-mcfadden-book-review 53 comments philosophy
- Chalk and cheese (interesting piece about cultural differences of Britain and Germany) by Mitsuko Uchida https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/chalkandcheese 5 comments europe
- The tide is turning against Brexit: Support is dwindling amongst the general public https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/the-tide-is-turning-against-brexit-polling-european-union 28 comments europe
- The Singapore-on-Thames delusion https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/the-singapore-on-thames-delusion-brexit-red-tape-economy 13 comments europe
- Aristotle on the perils of democracy and populist movements. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/aristotles-thinking-on-democracy-has-more-relevance-than-ever 3 comments philosophy
- The philosophical problem with our pursuit of “authenticity” https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/the-philosophical-problem-with-our-pursuit-of-authenticity 4 comments philosophy
- From Panini Stickers to Paris, a beginner’s guide to the Women’s World Cup https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/womens-world-cup-2019-football-beginners 12 comments soccer
- Kurt Gödel and the romance of logic https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/kurt-godel-and-the-romance-of-logic 8 comments philosophy
- Michael Lewis: are we heading for Trump’s financial crisis? https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/michael-lewis-are-we-heading-for-trumps-financial-crisis 11 comments politics
- “It’s going to take someone to die”: inside the parallel online world where the far-right thrives https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/its-going-to-take-someone-to-die-inside-the-parallel-online-world-where-the-far-right-thrives 37 comments politics
- America's unconditional support for Israel runs counter to the interests of the US and its allies. We need an open, unprejudiced debate about it https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/theisraellobby 169 comments geopolitics
- America's unconditional support for Israel runs counter to the interests of the US and its allies. We need an open, unprejudiced debate about it https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/theisraellobby 11 comments worldnews
- The decline and fall of Italian politics https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/the-decline-and-fall-of-italian-politics 4 comments italy
- Pause all Brexit posts and comments and read this. Ivan Rogers: The inside story of how David Cameron drove Britain to Brexit https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-david-cameron-drove-britain-to-brexit 19 comments europe
- John Rawls died 15 years ago—here’s why you should read “A Theory of Justice” https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/john-rawls-died-15-years-ago-heres-why-you-should-read-a-theory-of-justice?utm_content=buffer1f40d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 12 comments philosophy
- View from Estonia: flaky friends and a neighbour from hell http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/flaky-friends-and-a-neighbour-from-hell-estonia-trump 9 comments europe
- Turkey will cling to Russia as its only friend in the storm http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/turkey-russia-relations-andrey-karlov-putin-erdogan 9 comments europe
- Government is for the people, even conservative people. The Republicans forgot it, and Trump is the consequence http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/how-reason-got-fired-donald-trump-us-presidential-election 5 comments politics
- "The Outsider by Albert Camus is still the most stolen of all books, the thieves usually teenage boys" http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-dead 12 comments books
- Review of BBC's "World War Three: Inside the War Room" which depicts fictional Russian invasion of Latvia and nuking of Britain http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/bbc-world-war-three-inside-the-war-room-should-not-have-been-made-latvia-donabass-russia-putin 15 comments europe
- How we got pukka http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/hobson-jobson-henry-yule-kate-teltscher#.uc3dtdjnmrr 3 comments india
- Is there such a thing as the self? http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-self 53 comments philosophy
- "If I ruled the world" - Daniel Dennett (Feb 20, 2014) http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/if-i-ruled-the-world-daniel-dennett/#.uwlg_1jdvrs 97 comments philosophy
- Does Eastern Europe still exist? (x-post from /r/europeans) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/does-eastern-europe-still-exist/ 63 comments europe
- Heidegger in France: Nazism and philosophy http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/derbyshire/heidegger-in-france-nazism-and-philosophy/ 5 comments philosophy
- Wittgenstein's forgotten lesson on the scientism that pervades our modern times. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/ray-monk-wittgenstein/ 149 comments philosophy
- The lion and the tiger: How did the tiny country of Armenia become a giant at the game of chess? http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/the-lion-and-the-tiger/ 4 comments chess
- The twin child of the Big Bang: In the first moments of the universe, matter overpowered antimatter, its mirror opposite. We may soon find out why. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/the-twin-child-of-the-big-bang-frank-close/ 8 comments science
- An ambitious project called 'India' may be about to go off the rails http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2012/01/democratic-to-a-fault-ramachandra-guha-indias-future/ 8 comments india
- Article: Why do Lewis Carroll’s books still have such a hold on us? http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/09/alice-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll-legacy/ 7 comments books
- American fiction writers are still struggling to put words to the horror of September 11th—and only a few have succeeded http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/05/9-11-american-fiction-literature-terrorism/ 12 comments books
- /r/books Can anyone recommend any well written intelligent magazines? I'll start with two http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ 30 comments books
- What is wrong with the modern literary novel? Why is it so worthy and dull? Why is it so anxious? Why is it so bloody boring? http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2007/05/greek-comedy-modern-literary-novel/ 60 comments books
- This rift between economics and ethics, says Alasdair MacIntyre, stems from the failure of our culture “to think coherently about money.” http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/10/alasdair-macintyre-on-money/ 5 comments philosophy
- Good-looking people can earn 10 to 15 per cent more than the average-looking, who in turn can earn 10 to 15 per cent more than the plain or ugly. The tall earn more than the short; the obese have earnings 10 to 15 per cent below average. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/03/have-you-got-erotic-capital/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Sixty million people in the developing world are leaving the countryside every year. The squatter cities that have emerged can teach us much about future urban living http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/01/how-slums-can-save-the-planet/# 33 comments worldnews
- Drugs will soon be on sale to improve everything from memory to our trust in others:The coming Age of Enhancement http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/09/the-age-of-enhancement/ 45 comments science