Prospect Magazine

28 January, 2026

Is the party over? In his first issue as editor, Philip Collins traces the fragmentation of British politics, the collapse of the traditional parties—and what will happen next. In the essays, Jen Stout examines what makes a Ukrainian a traitor, Isabel Hilton establishes the real security concern in Greenland, James Bloodworth profiles emerging “reactionary feminists” and Daniel Harris remembers the FA cup final that saved England. In our columns, Ben Ansell explains how culture wars hurt the economy, Ethan Zuckerman debunks Musk’s plan for servers in space and Saied Golkar sets out four scenarios for Iran. In  the culture, Jeremy Noel-Tod reviews a history of England in 25 poems, Fiammetta Rocco goes behind the scenes of Ralph Fiennes’ operatic debut and Laura Barton embraces the collapse of mainstream music. Plus: Alice Goodman on masculinity in the Church, David Miliband meets Mamdani and Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s reveals his cultural Hinterlands.