Not to be confused with The American Prospect magazine.

Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specialising in politics and current affairs. Frequent topics include British, European, and US politics, social issues, art, literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy, and psychology. It features a mixture of essay-length analytic articles, first-person reportage, one-page columns, and shorter, quirkier items. David Goodhart is the Editor of Prospect, a British current affairs magazine. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... Most circulated periodical magazines in the U.S. as of 2003. ... For other uses, see October (disambiguation). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... For other uses, see Literature (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... HIStory – Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by American singer Michael Jackson released in June 1995 and remains Jacksons most conflicting and controversial release. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... {redirect|Psychological science|the journal|Psychological Science (journal)}} Not to be confused with Phycology. ...

Notable features of the magazine include head-to-head debates between two writers with opposing views on a subject; roundtable discussions, in which a series of experts with varying views on a given topic meet for a discussion, an edited transcript of which is published in the magazine; and interviews with major political and cultural figures (recent examples include Orhan Pamuk, Paul Wolfowitz, and Craig Venter). Prospect has also attempted to revitalise the art of the short story in Britain, by publishing new fiction in every issue, and by organising and sponsoring the National Short Story prize, the biggest award in the world for a single story, which launched in 2004. The first award, of £15,000, went to James Lasdun in May 2005. Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born on June 7, 1952 in Istanbul) is a Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. ... Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships. ... Craig Venter, 2007 J. Craig Venter (born John Craig Venter October 14, 1946, Salt Lake City) is an American biologist and businessman. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Lasdun (born 1958 in London) is a writer and academic who currently lives in upstate New York. ...

The magazine is broadly centre-left, but prizes independence over ideology and its articles and authors span the political spectrum. In recent years the magazine's editor, David Goodhart, has stirred controversy with a series of articles arguing that the increasing diversity of the United Kingdom may weaken the bonds of solidarity on which the welfare state depends. The debate fed into the broader discussions of "Britishness" that have become increasingly common in the public sphere. In politics, the term centre-left is commonly used to describe and denote political parties or organisations that stretch from the centre to the left or are moderately left-wing, as opposed to extreme left wing beliefs such as communism. ... An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ... David Goodhart is the Editor of Prospect, a British current affairs magazine. ...

Well-known contributors to Prospect include Linda Colley, AC Grayling, Gordon Brown, Wesley Clark, Michael Lind, Michael Ignatieff, Francis Fukuyama, John Keegan, Margaret Atwood, and JM Coetzee. Linda Colley (born 1949) is a British historian, widely known for her 1992 study Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 of the Britsh national identity in historical terms. ... Anthony Clifford Grayling MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSA (born 3 April 1949) is a British philosopher and author. ... For others with the same or similar names, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ... Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23, 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. ... Michael Lind is an American journalist and historian, currently the Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. ... Michael Grant Ignatieff, M.P., Ph. ... Francis Fukuyama Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952, Chicago, Illinois) is an American philosopher, political economist and author. ... Sir John Keegan OBE (born 1934) is a British military historian, lecturer and journalist. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... J.M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (pronounced coot-SEE-uh) (born February 9, 1940) is a South African author. ...

The magazine has an ABC circulation figure of 26,767 (2007), slightly more than that of the New Statesman. The Audit Bureau of Circulations is one of the several organizations of the same name operating in different parts of the world. ... A newspapers circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day, although circulation rates are decreasing. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The New Statesman is a left-of-centre political weekly published in London. ...

Prospect received worldwide attention in October 2005 when it published its list of the world's top 100 public intellectuals, which included Noam Chomsky, Umberto Eco, and Richard Dawkins. The magazine asked readers to vote for their top intellectual from the longlist; Chomsky was the eventual winner. Some of the public intellectuals who won The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll. ... Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. ... Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa) and his many essays. ... Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS (born March 26, 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. ...

Origins

Prospect was launched in October 1995 by its present editor David Goodhart, then a senior correspondent for the Financial Times, and chairman Derek Coombs. Goodhart came up with the idea of producing an essay-based monthly general interest magazine—a form then unknown in Britain—while covering German reunification as Bonn correspondent for the FT. The Financial Times (FT) is a British international business newspaper. ...

Policy positions

The magazine tends to avoid a "line" on specific policy issues. It is broadly centre-left and pro-European, but perhaps its strongest leaning is "contrarian"—it devotes much space to articles debunking the "popular wisdom," on topics ranging from Japan's alleged economic crisis to the Mahdi army in Iraq. The magazine was said to be very popular amongst Tony Blair's staff during his last term in office. Pro-European is a subjective term applied to a person who supports the European Union (EU) and/or further European integration, specifically in the context of political argument over the current and future status of the EU and its policies. ... Members parade in Sadr City The Mahdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Militia, Mehdi Army or Jaish al Mahdi (Arabic جيش المهدي) , is a militia force created by the Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June of 2003. ...

Regular columns

"Out of mind," which began as a column by clinical neuropsychologist Paul Broks, who related tales of his patients and their symptoms. The columns formed the basis of a book, "Into the Silent Land," published by Atlantic Books. The column is now written by Alexander Linklater and Robert Drummond.

"Washington watch," an anonymously written diary-form column with gossip and rumours about domestic US politics.

"France profonde," by Tim King, a British resident of the France countryside. Month by month, King builds up a portrait of life in the French countryside.

"Brussels diary," another anonymous diary, this time focusing on EU politics.

"Out of Africa" by Richard Dowden, a collection of news items from Africa.

"Notes from Underground" was written by Dan Kuper, a cynical and disaffected worker who was eventually sacked from his job on the London Underground. The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves a large part of Greater London and some neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. ...

"Matters of taste" by Alex Renton, a food and drink column.

"Widescreen" by Mark Cousins, a film column.

"Private view" by Ben Lewis, a visual arts column.

"Between the lines" by Jason Cowley, a books column.

Since the start of June 2007, the Prospect website has also featured "First Drafts," a blog with several updates daily from the editorial team on politics, arts and other eclectic diversions. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Official home page
• Digital Edition
• Prospect Blog focussing on the 2007 French elections
• "First Drafts," Prospect's Editorial Blog