July 2019

July 2019 issue

Ed Miliband puts forward a radical green agenda, and argues that it's time to bring the Green New Deal home. Plus: Rory Stewart on English moderation, and Angela Saini uncovers the return of scientific racism

Past issues

Essays

Greengrocer's shop, Deal, Kent England. Image shot 1912. Exact date unknown.

Ghost towns: how Britain's fading high streets kill local communities

Hephzibah Anderson

Virat Kohli could lead India to glory at the ICC Cricket World Cup. Illustration: Tim McDonagh

How Virat Kohli became one of the most powerful men in India

IlLUSTRATION BY CLAY DISARRAY

Mind your language—communicating the climate problem

Discredited ideas of racial difference still inform modern medicine. Photo: Prospect composite

Medicine in black and white: how flawed race science influences our healthcare

How to save the planet

The lonely prosecutor: one man’s historic fight for justice in central Africa

Regulars

Elif Shafak: "I am huge fan of Gothic metal"

Illustration by CLAY DISARRAY

The Prospect editorial: Climate change—local difficulties and planet-sized problems

Should we pursue boundless economic growth?

John Browne, Jason Hickel

Prospect puzzle and crossword: July 2019

The finals of an Esports event in Hamburg. Photo: Chris Emil Janssen/Imago/PA Images

The astonishing rise of Esports—in numbers

Hannah Berry's cartoon: The smallest act

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Stephen Collins's cartoon: The Eco3000

Stephen Collins

Opinions

PM Alexis Tsipras (left) at a rally in front of the Greek parliament in Athens. ZOONAR GMBH / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO

A snap poll and Syriza on the slide—what next for Greek politics?

He thought simply the creation of the health service would save us money

Policy report: Making tech work for the NHS

Steve Bloomfield

Photo: Boris Johnson: a comfort zone leader. Photo: Shutterstock

Tory leadership race: A new broom in No 10 represents change—but not hope

Jeremy Hunt had promised a “paperless NHS,” but reams of paper are still used every day. PHOTOFUSION/SHUTTERSTOCK

Tech in the NHS—A new way to reach vulnerable patients

Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/PA Images

Tech in the NHS—get ready for a digital revolution

Crowds gather to celebrate the ascension of Natsuki Sakai/AFLO/Press Association Images

Economics and investment: Japan enters a new era

Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire/PA Images

Economics and investment: The power of timing—and luck

Photo: Isabel Infantes/EMPICS Entertainment

Circling the square: our sprawling constitution works better than you think

Photo: Pure populism: Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement inspired Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party

The two-party system is dysfunctional, outdated—but worth hanging on to

Not the way to do it: Punch & Judy politics. Photo: Shutterstock

Britain’s national genius lay in moderation—now we risk losing our heads

Denmark wins the World Cup final in football for women across Mexico in 1971. Image: Ritzau / Alamy Stock Photo

The forgotten story of how Fifa suppressed women’s football

Arts & Books

Elif Shafak: "I am huge fan of Gothic metal"

Richard Herring, probably the best comedy interviewer going

The best podcasts in July 2019—Against the Rules with Michael Lewis and Richard Herring

Charlotte Runcie

Flying home: a pigeon

The wonderful world of pigeon fancying

"He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt": Christopher Abbott in Catch-22

The best television in July 2019—Catch-22 and Dark Mon£y

No idea: Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage

Think Brexit is a bad idea? It's even worse than you think

Laia Costa in Only You

The best films in July 2019—Varda and Only You

The Queen meets Australian poet Les Murray who was presented with the gold medal for poetry, at Buckingham Palace, London. Photo: PA

Clive James on saving figure skating—and why poet Les Murray should have won the Nobel

The Queen meets Australian poet Les Murray who was presented with the gold medal for poetry, at Buckingham Palace, London. Photo: PA

Clive James on saving figure skating—and why poet Les Murray should have won the Nobel

Benjamin Britten's Noye's Flood

The best opera and classical in July 2019—the Proms and Noye's Fludde

Alexandra Coghlan

Benjamin Britten's Noye's Flood

The best opera and classical in July 2019—the Proms and Noye's Fludde

Alexandra Coghlan

Great Englishman: David Hume

Why philosophy should be a carnival, not a museum

Bank of England

The man who should become the next Governor of the Bank of England

Peter Gynt at the National Theatre

The best theatre in July 2019—Peter Gynt and Noises Off

Michael Coveney

A colander from Pompeii

The best art and exhibitions in July 2019—Cindy Sherman and Last Supper in Pompeii

Emma Crichton-Miller

A smiling baby Wikimedia commons

Inside the secretive world of unborn babies

Zoe Apostolides

Kate Moss attending the Met Gala in 2019 Jennifer Graylock/PA Wire

What Kate Moss can tell us about capitalism

George Packer's "Our Man" reveals a portrait of a diplomat who embodied outward-looking muscular foreign policy.

"A bull with no china shop": the diplomat who embodied the many sides of American optimism

Fiona MacCarthy's new biography of Walter Gropius explores the many sides of the man behind the Bauhaus movement. Photo: Helen Mellor

The hidden lives behind the Bauhaus movement

Fiona MacCarthy's new biography of Walter Gropius explores the many sides of the man behind the Bauhaus movement. Photo: Helen Mellor

The hidden lives behind the Bauhaus movement

Who owns your liver? How a new form of capitalism is taking aim at our private lives

A large-scale print of the so-called 'Gumbertus' Bible' is on display at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. Photo: PA

In scripture, we find not just religious thought and theory—but a challenge to how we read

Society and Culture

James Peale's "Still Life With Vegetables." Photo: Google Art Project

From Frankenstein's monster to Franz Kafka: vegetarians through history

My students brightened up my year and helped me feel positive about the human race. Image: Illustration by Kate Hazell

What teaching has taught me

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Yes, he was a fleet-footed messenger—but he also took people to the underworld. Illustration by Kate Hazell

Do Hermes couriers know about their classical links to the underworld?

Charlotte Higgins

The isle is full of noises—how animals communicate outside the reach of our senses.

From whirring moths to squeaking bats, the world is full of animal communications we cannot detect

Gareth Southgate dejected after failing to score in the penalty shoot out which ended England's chances in the Euro '96 semi-finals. Photo: PA

Yes, sport is character building—mostly because we can lose at it

Benjamin Markovits

A shoe-in: working with our families can bring rich rewards—or tensions. Photo: PA

The pleasures—and pitfalls—of mixing business and family

Hephzibah Anderson