Coronavirus will transform the way we travel—but will it be for the better?

Trump’s brain: would conservative attorney general William Barr sabotage the US election to win Trump a second term?

Daylight robbery: How London is losing its fight for light

I was Saddam’s prisoner

Getting somewhere: How the Tories leapt ahead of mainstream economists to give towns their due

Zooming through the looking glass

The world’s top 50 thinkers 2020

How can nations atone for their sins?

Ernest Bevin: working-class hero

The rise of white identity politics

White lies matter

The Prospect editorial—taking stock

Joyce Carol Oates: "I am much more forgiving than I was in my early years"

Hannah Berry's cartoon: high face-mask fashion

The Prospect puzzle and crossword: August/September 2020

Letters: August/September 2020

How racist is Britain?

Stephen Collins's cartoon: The return of Emperor Galaxus

The duel: Should we aim to get the economy back to “business as usual”?

Is inflation going to stage a comeback?

The best pensions advice? Check who’s advising you

Policy report: NHS infrastructure—hospitals vs the home front

Austerity had battered the NHS even before coronavirus. Now we must rebuild

Why Hong Kong's new national security law is a coup dressed up in statute

Why lawyers were as culpable as any slaver

Brazil's stadium of the dead

Why we should call time on “cancel culture”—and hold on to our friends

Why the government’s war on the civil service is destined to fail

I worked to build a bridge between science and government. Now the relationship has broken down—costing thousands of lives

The state faces its greatest challenges since the war. The last thing we need is endless carping from No 10 about our excellent civil service

Only a strategic plan will see us through the next great health challenges that come our way

I, too, am George Floyd—Black Lives Matter comes to Britain

Ali Smith's revelatory Summer captures a polarised Britain

Joyce Carol Oates: "I am much more forgiving than I was in my early years"

Stan Lee’s American pantheon

The best theatre this summer 2020—Six and Ian McKellen's Hamlet at Theatre Royal

New fiction: Young offender

Anne Tyler's record of America

Looking for details amid the roar of occupation

The Italian jobs

The best television this summer 2020—The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty and BBC's Africa Season

David Mitchell's rock 'n' roll comfort read

The best podcasts this summer 2020—Black Women Working and Cults

The best films this summer—How to Build a Girl and Babyteeth

Statues, the Second World War and the battle over memory

Why we can't agree to disagree about Donald Trump

Roger Scruton's final word on Wagner

The best exhibitions to see this summer—Titian at the National Gallery and Kara Walker at the Tate

Coronavirus will transform the way we travel—but will it be for the better?

Daylight robbery: How London is losing its fight for light

Letters and diaries: Meetings of great minds throughout history

What nature teaches us about change

From the #sexban to falling condom sales: What lockdown taught me about being single

How racist is Britain?

It's time to face the facts—our male pop stars need to try a bit harder

Lockdown has shown a new side of London—and why our restaurants matter more than ever

Shades of King Creon: The ancient forebears of Trump and Johnson

Why we should call time on “cancel culture”—and hold on to our friends