Few historical figures have been discussed and debated as much as Adolf Hitler. We have a wealth of primary source material available to us about his life, including his autobiographical manifesto ...

At the Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show, on the August bank holiday weekend, spectators are waiting for a treat. The sun beats down, and the smell of hamburgers and hot dogs drifts over the ...

Politics is a precarious business, and politicians are a precarious bunch. Every five years MPs face an employment review from an increasingly volatile public. But what happens to those who don’t make ...

Dominic Sandbrook is speaking about Gordon of Khartoum. He lowers his voice to a reverent whisper, leans into his microphone and tells me of “an imperial hero, an adventurer, who ended his days on the ...

Prospect has expanded its editorial and commercial operations as it accelerates its path towards digital transformation. The new members of the editorial team are: Alona Ferber has been a senior ...

Philosophers are trained to keep themselves out of their work. It’s supposed to all be about the arguments, not the arguer. So it’s not surprising that few write autobiographies and, when they do, ...

The gentle air of spring carries the sweet first call of the cuckoo. It is a sound that has captivated cultures for centuries, signalling the end of the dark days of winter. Yet the innocent birdsong ...

In his Prospect article "The rise of time machine fiction," Sam Sacks identified that “once a sci-fi plot conceit, time travel fiction has become among the most popular structural devices in ...

In 1984, a little-known company called Theatre de Complicite went on tour with A Minute Too Late, an anarchic comedy devised around the subject of death. The company's style - inspired by the teaching ...