Welcome to Prospect’s “Weekly Constitutional”, where a judgment or other formal document is used as a starting point for an exploration of power relationships in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, as ...

Last week, the prime minister appeared to be governing against his former self. The barrister who came to public prominence as the (unpaid) representative of two misfit environmental campaigners in ...

Ghee coffee for gut health and weight loss, turmeric shots to boost your immune system, oil-pulling for dental care, ashwagandha pills for cancer-curing detoxes and stress reduction—the internet is ...

For around three days in mid-January, Rachel Reeves was on the verge of losing her job—according to the UK’s news media. The Daily Mail splashed that she was a “lame duck” two days in a row. The ...

No one much wants to mark the fifth anniversary of Brexit this week, despite the event’s seismic significance. For the victors, it was too disastrous; for the losers, it is too painful. It is not just ...

Sam Weech, a reverend, looks down the platform with alarm. As if he doesn’t have enough to worry about, as if there haven’t been enough setbacks, a bishop is hastening towards him. You can tell the ...

Michael Young embodies the promise of the Labour party but also the doubt that it can ever live up to its self-stated ideal. He will forever be the man who brought the 1945 general election manifesto ...

The Timca is a container ship that delivers cars to Finland and paper to Belgium, alongside other goods in both directions. The 28,000-tonne, 205-metre-long ship repeats this journey across the North ...

As it happens, two of the shows I watched over the Christmas break were not in English. I watched all three seasons of Dark, a German-language, Stranger Things-esque time-travel drama that my ...

Three days of the assisted dying committee questioning witnesses has come to an end, with supporters of the bill highlighting the emotional evidence of a man who lost three members of his family in ...

In the early hours of 5th July 2024, when Nigel Farage was confirmed as the new MP for Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, he celebrated with a threat. “We’re coming for Labour,” the Reform UK leader declared. “Be ...

For some people it is the offer of a gong. For others, it is a seat in the House of Lords. But surely there is no greater or rarer honour in public life than to be played by Toby Jones. Look what it ...