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Think again. The best essays from Prospect 1995-2020

By Steve Bloomfield

Think again. The best essays from Prospect 1995-2020 Contemporary literature

Think again. The best essays from Prospect 1995-2020

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“A new publication,” began Prospect’s opening editorial in October 1995, “requires an explanation, even a justification.” For David Goodhart, who had walked away from a good job at the Financial Times to set the magazine up, those words must have been heartfelt. Like the founding chair, Derek Coombs, he was risking a lot in the notoriously unprofitable field of highbrow publishing, in order to embark on something new—but what? In page one of issue one, the founding editor went on to explain how curious British minds were missing out on the sort of extended high-class polemics and canonical overviews that Americans had long lapped up from top US writers and thinkers in publications such as the Atlantic and the New Yorker. In the quarter-century since, Prospect has been true to the mission of filling that gap. 

 

This wide-ranging anthology showcases the best of Prospect over the last 25 years. Contributors range from Neal Ascherson to Clive James and from Andrew Marr to Angela Saini, highlighting the rich variety found in every issue of the magazine. All three of the magazine’s Editors are included here too, with Bronwen Maddox and Tom Clark joining Goodhart in this unique celebration of Prospect’s place in Britain’s media landscape. 

 

The subjects tackled include the meaning of Britain, the 2008 financial crash, the legacy of Tony Blair, the Huawei story and the absurd cult of Dan Brown. This vital anthology explores 25 years of life in Britain and beyond in 250 pages, with the intelligence and wit for which Prospect is famous.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2020-05-05
Publication Date:
2020-05-05
Publisher:
Prospect Publishing Ltd
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1527259749
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