NEW When should social media posts have legal consequences? Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social can you follow me back so I can DM you?

Well this is rather delicious from @emilylawford.bsky.social on being mansplained to about the roots of sexism by the Revolutionary Communist Party www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...

Very funny report of the 'Battle of Ideas' by @emilylawford.bsky.social Particularly entertained to read some definitely accurate pronouncements from Reform's in-house genius James Orr, and that an English civil war is still just around the corner. www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...

I went on a Border Force patrol with immigration minister Mike Tapp for the New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Really happy to have signed with @annapallai.bsky.social. Hopefully exciting projects ahead www.ampliterary.co.uk/about-1-1

With the pressure to be political at Glastonbury in front of a sea of Palestine flags, it was almost odd when some artists avoided the topic, writes @emilylawford.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Our summer double issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a preview of what’s inside... 🧵 For our cover story, @oliverbullough.bsky.social details how water privatisation has left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Thrilled to be selected as a winner of this year’s 30 to Watch award!

"In the pod, there’s a red button. This is what you’d press to die. What a crazy way to go, is all I can think. Nitschke’s face looms outside the plastic windows" A fantastic piece by @emilylawford.bsky.social from our new issue @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

For our new magazine, I profiled Philip Nitschke - aka “Dr Death” - who facilitated the first ever assisted suicides in the 1990s and has spent the rest of his life inventing new ways to die www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

I reviewed Sayaka Murata's Vanishing World - where all babies are conceived by IVF and pretty much no one has sex - for The Times www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

I’ve finally bitten the bullet & started a #substack! I’ll write pieces related to Byzantine studies & history, reviews, tips+tricks, and art. This first essay is personal, outlining some feelings about Doing History. #historybluesky #byzantinebluesky empressofbyzantium.substack.com/p/bad-histor...

If you’re watching Netflix’s Adolescence, it’s a great time to revisit @emilylawford.bsky.social’s deep dive into the radicalisation of young men in the online “manosphere” from our November 2024 issue. www.prospectmagazine...

I reviewed Róisín Lanigan's funny and haunting book about the horrors of renting in London www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

This never happens. The @prospectmagazine.co.uk paywall is down until 7pm GMT tomorrow, so head over our site to read for free @arusbridger.bsky.social

For Prospect, I interviewed Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of Peta, about why she's happy to be disruptive for animal rights: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...

“In a group that’s supposed to be for discussion of the rights of men, they spend 90 per cent of the time talking about what women are doing”, said Harry. @emilylawford.bsky.social met some incels and men’s rights activists www.prospectmagazine...

Co-hosting the @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod with @ellenhalliday.bsky.social has been one of the most unexpected (and fun) parts of my now not-so-new job, and our final episode of the 2024 was particularly fun to put together /1 shows.acast.com/cf7520d4-c0d...

What happens when you die, but have no one to pay for your burial? Beautiful piece about public health funerals, or 'paupers' funerals', and how budget cuts mean councils are struggling to provide: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

As parliament prepares to debate assisted dying, I spoke to Dame Esther Rantzen about what feels different about this campaign: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...

Is our assisted dying bill the first step on a slippery slope to murder? Mark Mardell examines how the law changed in Canada: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Lovely interview with an end-of-life doula—who helps people in their final days—by @aliciamargclegg.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...

To keep up with Prospect's journalism, follow @prospectmagazine.bsky.social And we have our own starter pack! go.bsky.app/Vk8j7vP

While you’re in the mood for new things, subscribe to Lightbulb 💡, the free newsletter I write for @prospectmagazine.bsky.social. Every weekday lunchtime I provide a rundown of our latest stories, plus musings on my favourite things (mince pies, Paddington). www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/newsletters

On Tuesday, Mark Mardell launched Prospect's assisted dying blog. During this week, he's spoken to doctors and campaigners, and examined the upsides and potential pitfalls. Read the blog here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Hello newcomers to Bluesky! I send out a weekly(ish) email on the backlash against feminist progress. It's free! Why not sign up? thebacklash.substack.com

US election pollsters are getting a lot of flack for failing to predict a Trump victory. But former president of YouGov Peter Kellner argues that they were closer than usual www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

As parliament discusses assisted dying, Prospect is launching our new series, "A Good Death", where we cover all angles of the debate. To kick it off, Mark Mardell has written this beautiful piece: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

This piece, on the case of an asylum seeker jailed for manslaughter after crossing the channel in a small boat has just been shortlisted for print news story of the year in the @fpalondon.bsky.social media awards. It's in @prospectmagazine.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

☀️ @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social moved to Greece and is making the rest of us jealous www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

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I went to lunch with incels to discuss why they hate women for Prospect: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

For Prospect's latest issue, I spoke to researcher Julia Ebner about how the far right got organised—and why she's concerned about cracking down too harshly on extremists www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...