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You may not have heard of Lord Leggatt, a judge who joined the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2020. One may not expect anything sensational from a former English commercial lawyer, even one ...
Every year, Prospect puts together a list of Top Thinkers—a curated list of people who, through their ideas, are making an impact in the world right now—and asks you, the readers of this esteemed ...
There is a new permanent secretary in Whitehall, and his name is David Dinsmore. No reason why you should have heard of him: he’s been toiling away on behalf of Rupert Murdoch for nearly 22 years and ...
Channel 4 snapped Sirieix up for their TV show First Dates in summer 2013. He’s since overseen more than 1,000 blind dates, also counting the spin-off shows First Dates Hotel and Teen First Dates, and ...
What turns a loyal devotee into a whistleblower seeking revenge? And what would you do if an anonymous source handed over reams of sensitive information on one of the biggest companies in the world?
During the final curtain call for a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore at the Royal Ballet and Opera the other week, dancer Danni Perry raised a Palestinian flag. What ensued was a graceless ...
I have never really had a traditional job. Besides a few months of bar work and babysitting when I was a teenager—which were both cash in hand—I’ve always done sex work. I’m unfamiliar with contracts, ...
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Sixty million people in the developing world are leaving the countryside every year. The squatter cities that have emerged can teach us much about fut ...
We’ve all watched a great play, or a great movie, that doesn’t quite stick the landing. When the central section soars, the comedown of a weak ending is even more of a disappointment. Her Lear takes ...
Does Oscar hate Marty? Martin Scorsese has won the Academy Award for Best Director just once. And it wasn’t this year for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ ...
Make Paddington Peruvian again The new film takes its bear-hero home. But what meaning will ‘home’ have for him—and for us?