Last week, it was Exeter. Now Nottingham. The higher ed sector has been collapsing (largely outside of London, I think?) in slow motion, with big job losses, economic impacts and a decline in opportunities for young people.

I do wonder whether this heatwave might have shifted people's perceptions. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Ellen Halliday urges elites not to stick their heads in the sand regarding the heatwave. Plus: The Empty City on constitutional reform

Some people are really struggling to accept that this heat is exceptional—and dangerous @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

It's too hot, and we all know why. If you're sheltering from the heat like I am, do listen to Jens Beckert, who has fascinating ideas about what's stopping us from fighting climate change. @mpifg.bsky.social @prospectmagazine.co.uk @imaanirfan.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

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Some news—and an opportunity! I'll be going on maternity leave from October, which means @prospectmagazine.co.uk is looking for a deputy editor while I'm away. See the link here for all details: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/jobs-and-vac...

Ten cents worth from me www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/north-...

Our latest edition has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵 1/6 For our cover essay, @raviguru.bsky.social argues that Labour lacks a plan for government—so he proposes his own: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/737...

Wuppertal, known for Friedrich Engels, Tuffi the elephant who fell from a suspended railway—and now, clubbing

Our latest issue is out now! Here’s a peek at what’s inside (all of which you can READ FOR FREE until 11th May) 🧵 For our cover story, @ethanz.bsky.social argues that it has not been proven that social media causes harm—or that banning it is the answer: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

Why would Scots—often thought of as more progressive than the English—vote Reform? According to Fraser McMillan, co-investigator at @scotvoting.bsky.social, we shouldn't be so surprised. Read his analysis now—for free. Our paywall is down until 11th May www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/sco...

A few times a year we drop the @prospectmagazine.co.uk paywall so you can read to your heart's content.

Police forces are deploying facial recognition tech across the country. There are serious concerns about the implications.... Mark Wilding from Liberty Investigates @libertyhq.bsky.social joined me on this week's @prospectmagazine.co.uk podcast. Tune in! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Is Trump going to just... walk away from Iran? This week on the podcast, @prospectmagazine.co.uk editor Philip Collins and I spoke with Kim Darroch about this and other potential scenarios

Our latest issue is out, with expert analysis on the Iran war, the Hungarian elections, a special report from Sudan's Nuba mountains and a primer on Reform and the Greens’ odds of success in a national campaign. Plus Zack Polanski’s celebrity crush (not an April fool)

🚨Reform could almost *DOUBLE* oil and gas imports by 2035 🚨 (by my rough estimates) The war in Iran has led to a million folks suggesting that we just need to drill in the North Sea a bit more, and the UK will be all fine again. Notably, that voice of reason, Reform UK, is keen on this

I didn't post this yesterday because we were too busy getting our April issue launched—but I've written a piece in it! It's about a big current in the Atlantic ocean, how it could collapse, and to what extent we, in the UK, are prepared for that. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Our latest issue is out today! With excellent writing from @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social, @philtinline.bsky.social, @okhromeychuk.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social, @imaanirfan.bsky.social and so many others. Please read!

It is four years since Russia’s invasion, and 12 years of war in Ukraine’s east. This week, @aloner.bsky.social and I talk to Maksimas Milta of @trpforjustice.bsky.social about the latest www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro... @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and @janinedigi.bsky.social

The migration doom loop explained. By @jdportes.bsky.social on @prospectmagazine.co.uk

Wednesday is @prospectmagazine.co.uk! This week @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and I speak with none other than our new boss, the former Labour speechwriter @philipjcollins1.bsky.social, about the government's ongoing crisis. How long can Starmer cling on? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Oh and the paywall is down til Monday, so you can read @benansell.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social, @jenstout.bsky.social, @isabelh.bsky.social, @danielharris.bsky.social and others to your heart's content. (And then maybe subscribe? 🙏)

It’s our first issue of the year, with essays on the fragmentation of British politics, how climate is changing the Arctic (and Greenland) and who in Ukraine is judged to be a traitor. Plus: Musk’s servers in space, Ralph Fiennes’s operatic debut and more. Regular readers might spot some changes 👀

A poem for this week: Earth tilts on its spindle, winding the day To its very tightest. A three o'clock The air is bruised By John Fuller, from Marston Meadows

Our new issue, out today. @prospectmagazine.co.uk

We were delighted to publish this beautiful writing from @okhromeychuk.bsky.social. Please read it! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...

It is always a pleasure to speak with Serhii Plokhy, despite the existentially troubling subject of our conversations. The nuclear age never ended, and this latest chapter is the most dangerous in generations, he says. What can we do? Despite it all, there is a grain of hope ✊

Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵 For our cover story, Mark Wilding from @libertyhq.bsky.social investigates how the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company Palantir: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

@arusbridger.bsky.social will step down as Prospect's editor at the end of 2025. Our print & digital circulation grew 30% last year & he’s transformed Prospect into a flourishing multi-media company. Excited that acclaimed journalist Philip Collins will be our new editor.

When Epstein’s birthday book was revealed, people could only talk about the men who contributed to it. But the book was filled with women, and with girls. What about them? Thanks to @diane2v.bsky.social for writing this for @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...

Our Covert Councillor is back, with an exclusive investigation on the hidden debt eroding trust in local politics (and a h/t to the vital reporting on this by @liverpoolecho.co.uk's @liamthorp.bsky.social & @theleaduk.bsky.social's @leighsus.bsky.social) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

I don't often write opinion, but I got fed up seeing examples of men claiming to be the "protectors" of the very people they (sometimes literally) attack. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/710...

”The recent spate of political violence in the United States, as well as elsewhere, is...not a novelty. Indeed, the only mild surprise is perhaps that there has not been more of it.“ From June, by @davidallengreen.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

A moment for some good news, via @billmckibben.bsky.social

“The coming battle for the powerless deputy leadership could easily become a proxy war over the party’s whole purpose and nature,” writes @tom-clark.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk today. p.s our paywall is down til 4pm www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lab...

Our latest issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵 In our cover essay, @benansell.bsky.social surveys the resurgence of left populism, from Zohran Mamdani to Zarah Sultana. Should Keir Starmer take notes? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

When @okhromeychuk.bsky.social heard Trump speak of swapping territories, she couldn’t help but wonder: could the Hutsul’s prayer be answered at last? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe... in @prospectmagazine.co.uk

Ukraine isn’t just ’territory’ but the people who live there. This shouldn’t be news. Lately I’ve been reading Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina, a writer killed while investigating Russian war crimes. The immediate cost of any land deal would be the horrors Ukrainians would bear.

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day, and this week @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and I speak with @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how privatisation ruined our water, the cover of our latest mag PLUS: The easiest banger or dud we've ever done on the pod www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

“For decades, water company owners have extracted billions of pounds that should have been invested in plugging leaks and treating sewage, and sent the proceeds to parent firms overseas,” writes @oliverbullough.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Woohoo! When @benjamin-clark.bsky.social joined the team last year, he had about 1000 ideas of things we could do to connect more with our readers. The newsletter that became Lightbulb was one of them. Congrats to Ben on making the shortlist! And if you aren't signed up, then do it now!

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day and this week @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social joins me and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social to talk misogyny, masculinity and his new book on the manosphere Plus a listener-suggested banger or dud: should you split the bill? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

If you're following the assisted dying debate in parliament today, do follow @prospectmagazine.co.uk's rolling updates. Written by @markmardell.bsky.social and edited by @emilylawford.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

In Switzerland today, part of a glacier collapsed, and most of a town was buried

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱 All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊 Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠 📷 Pomona

🎧Great to be this week's guest on @prospectmagazine.co.uk's podcast discussing my book, the immigration white paper, UK-EU reset talks and why I left the Home Office to report on it. Thanks to @aloner.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social for having me on. open.spotify.com/episode/5iWL...

If you want a researched account of how universities became so dependent on the international students that could now be squeezed, read @rostaylor.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...