Welcome to Prospect’s “weekly constitutional”, where a recent or non-recent legal case will be used to show how law and policy work—or do not work—in practice. This week’s post is drawn from the ...

The court’s arrest warrants against Israeli leaders may be a turning point for a world waking up to dangerous chauvinism—or else, the beginning of the end of the tribunal ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury resigned over failures in the Church of England’s safeguarding, following the appalling revelations about the abuse committed by John Smyth, who was part of the Iwerne ...

Sayeeda Warsi on the Tories and why ‘Muslims don’t matter’ ...

The Nuffield Trust thinktank is researching the impact of assisted dying while remaining neutral on whether it should be legalised ...

In a Nevada courtroom, a family drama finally spilled out into public. On the streets of north London, hundreds of editorial staff walked out on strike. Look closely, and you can see a story of two ...

The social media platform Bluesky has had a good year, to put it mildly. Since launching in 2023 as an invite-only community, then opening to the public in February 2024, it has quickly amassed more ...

In 2013, the French newspaper Libération published an unusual op-ed. “I am in a wheelchair,” wrote Patricia Assouline, then 41 years old, and a virgin. “I try my best, but I can’t. My sex drive is so ...

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Is it possible to be objective about assisted dying? One organisation that is trying its level best to do so is the Nuffield Trust. It is an independent health thinktank, neutral on the ethical ...

On 18 th June 1994, two members of the Ulster Volunteer Force dressed in boiler suits and balaclavas walked into a bar in Loughinisland, County Down and opened fire. Six people were killed. Nobody has ...