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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 16m

“Pissing like men…” Oliver Soden on the acrid, ammonial side of Seamus Heaney—a poet who combined a Nobel prize with seven-figure sales, but whose work was never as cosy as his reputation suggested.

In the bogs with Seamus Heaney

For all the beauty of his work, a new collection shows that the Irish poet was rooted in darkness and mud

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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, we take a look at our new cover story: Israeli genocide scholar @omerbartov.bsky.social on his country’s state of denial. Plus: the controversial politics of JCB diggers.

Israel’s state of denial

Plus: the surprising politics of JCB diggers

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Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal, but Israelis refuse to see it, writes @omerbartov.bsky.social. This has historical parallels—and roots in Israel’s foundation.

A state of denial

Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal, but Israelis refuse to see it. This has historical parallels—and roots in Israel’s foundation

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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social · 1h

I've written for the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk about some of the most inspiring people I know.

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The political prisoners club, and remembering Conor Gearty

My work takes me across the world, and I am always amazed at how those who have suffered such trauma spend time helping others

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🎧: He’s next in line to the Murdoch throne, but what is Lachlan Murdoch’s story? Biographer @paddymanning.bsky.social joins Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social.

The Successor: Who is Lachlan Murdoch?

He’s next in line to the Murdoch throne, but what is Lachlan Murdoch’s story?

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From Paris in the 1920s to Berlin in the 1990s… why do nomadic foreigners always yearn for an ideal city at its ideal age?

Boyd Tonkin on Vincenzo Latronico’s PERFECTION, the defining chronicle of a generation’s expat adventures:

Where is Berlin at now?

Germany’s capital keeps on drawing in expats in search of something... else. A great recent novel shows what happens to those people in the 21st centu...

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 3h

Our latest edition is out, with @omerbartov.bsky.social's magisterial essay on the history of genocide denial and how Israeli denialism over atrocities in Gaza has roots in the country's own history
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 2h

"In two years everything can break. All norms, all decency. In two years you can take a big idea, like shared humanity or international law, and empty it of all meaning"

My attempt at articulating what has happened to us since 7th October

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Two years that broke our world

Since the Hamas attack of 7th October, what remains of big ideals such as our shared humanity?

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 3h

Training AI doesn’t only depend on data but on the way humans, with all our drives and flaws, interact with it, writes @ethanz.bsky.social. And is that really destined to improve?

Chatbots may not keep getting better

Training AI doesn’t only depend on data but on the way humans, with all our drives and flaws, interact with it

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Anglican priest @revdalicegoodman.bsky.social recalls the moment she blessed some Unite the Kingdom protestors on the tube. “It was, I suppose, better than saying ‘God damn you.’”

Why I’m praying for Tommy Robinson supporters

An encounter with two elderly football hooligans on the tube made me consider the purpose of preaching in our fractured times

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 3h

Climate “realists” have swapped wishful thinking about quitting fossil fuels for magical thinking about upending the laws of physics.

In THE LONG HEAT, Wim Carton and Andreas Malm dissect the technological delusions at play:

The case against the ‘climate realists’

In their new book, two prominent eco-Marxists examine just how reasonable it is to think we can ‘solve’ environmental breakdown without changing the w...

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 3d

Really enjoyed chatting to @prospectmagazine.co.uk for their live podcast at Labour Conference.

We talked about how Labour needs to seize back the political megaphone and take on Reform on our terms not theirs.

Labour MP Lucy Powell on her bid to be Starmer’s deputy | Prospect Podcast live from Liverpool

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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 2d

"They say its the hope that kills you, but without hope you are already dead."

My latest column for @prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Woke people like me need to stop viewing hope as disrespectful

In the face of a world sliding into darkness, our sanity depends on holding on to joy

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

Me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk following up on a Substack I wrote earlier this summer. Come for the unnecessary discussion of Crystal Palace in the 1990s, stay for the reference to Jesse Plemons.

Who’s ‘white British’? Who cares?

Politicians seem to be fuelling racist debate about what it means to be British, rather than calling it out

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 1d

Good chat!

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🎧: He’s next in line to the Murdoch throne, but what is Lachlan Murdoch’s story? Biographer @paddymanning.bsky.social joins Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social.

The Successor: Who is Lachlan Murdoch?

He’s next in line to the Murdoch throne, but what is Lachlan Murdoch’s story?

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 5d

Public affairs firms, including those with ties to Labour, were representing everything from oil and gas to defence contractors in Liverpool, writes @petergeoghegan.bsky.social.

Labour’s conference was thick with lobbyists

Public affairs firms, including those with ties to the party, were representing everything from oil and gas to defence contractors

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In Farage, we have a would-be leader who praised Truss’s catastrophic budget, who has warm words for Putin, and who was embarrassingly craven to Elon Musk, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. Is the bandwagon faltering?

Nigel Farage has no idea how to be a prime minister

The Reform leader undoubtedly has charisma, but lacks the judgement, gravitas or respect for truth needed to lead a country

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The state should enforce its contractual rights against suppliers more often, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social. Take, for instance, the purchase of PPE equipment during Covid via the so-called VIP lane...

Why the government was right to take PPE Medpro to court

The state should enforce its contractual rights against suppliers more often

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The UK’s east coast is one of the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned, writes Katharine Quarmby.

The hell of high water

The UK’s east coast is the fastest eroding in Europe. As more storms approach, those losing everything to flooding feel abandoned

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Nancy Pelosi was asked, “what did the Democrats do wrong?” “And her answer was basically nothing... I just feel like it’s completely inadequate,” says congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti.

Saikat Chakrabarti is coming for the Democratic establishment

AOC’s former campaign manager is ready to take on Nancy Pelosi

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Starmer’s real enemy isn’t Farage, it’s economic stagnation, tax rises, botched Brexit, our overwhelmed NHS... Virtually none of which has been reversed since Labour took office last year, writes Andrew Adonis.

Why is Starmer focusing so much on Farage?

The prime minister’s real enemy isn’t Reform—it’s the state of the country

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In Jeremy Corbyn’s day, Labour conference was practically a lobbyist-free zone. “There was no point in going,” a veteran consultant told @petergeoghegan.bsky.social. But that has changed...

Labour’s conference was thick with lobbyists

Public affairs firms, including those with ties to the party, were representing everything from oil and gas to defence contractors

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Some rare good climate news: wind is vying to be the cheapest form of electricity generation there is, and solar adoption figures have surpassed all expectations, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.

The great 2025 solar boom

One massive thing is going really well, according to veteran climate campaigner Bill McKibben

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🎥: Labour deputy leadership candidate @lucympowell.bsky.social has hit back at Reform’s arguments on immigration. She talks to @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast:

Labour MP Lucy Powell on her bid to be Starmer’s deputy | Prospect Podcast live from Liverpool

The UK Labour government led by Keir Starmer is struggling and divided. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is on the rise, and the Tories are collapsing. What kind of change does Labour need, if it is to get back on track? On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, our hosts Ellen Halliday an

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Orwell wrote: “In England all the boasting and flag-wagging... is done by a small minority. The patriotism of the common people is not vocal or even conscious.” Someone tell Reform, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

Nigel Farage has no idea how to be a prime minister

The Reform leader undoubtedly has charisma, but lacks the judgement, gravitas or respect for truth needed to lead a country

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