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Letters: July 2021 Altered states Feargal Cochrane’s essay (“Unionism, nationalism and unrequited love,” June) correctly diagnoses one of the features of Northern Ireland’s unique and occasionally tragic predicament at the crossroads of two states: its ambivalent relationships with those two “patron” countries—Ireland and Britain. But what happens when one of those states is fundamentally altering itself, as the UK currently is? Elsewhere in the same issue, Tom Clark asks importan...

SOCIAL media users across Scotland have reacted with disbelief to claims in the Daily Mail that the country’s two largest cities are “no-go…

The Prospect Interview #181: The life and mind of Edward Said May 26, 2021 Sameer Rahim joins scholar David Herman for a discussion on the life and work of the public intellectual Edward Said, who is the subject of a new biography, Places of Mind, by Timothy Brennan. Sameer, who wrote about the limitations of the thinker in our most recent issue of Prospect, joins David, a former student of Said’s, to discuss what Said got right, and wrong, about orientalism,...

The Prospect Interview #180: Classical music after Covid The director of the Barbican on the music worlds difficult year—and his hopes for the future May 18, 2021 As Britain slowly opens up—and cinemas, galleries, and concert halls finally return—arts and books editor Sameer Rahim talks to Nicholas Kenyon, managing director at the Barbican, about the struggles faced by Britain’s artists over the past year, and why he’s looking forward to opening the Bar...

The Prospect Interview #174: The real Stephen Hawking, with Philip Ball Recognising the humanity of a deified public figure Photo: Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo A new biography of Stephen Hawking argues that the celebrated scientist was shamelessly self-promoting and his reputation overrated. Philip Ball joins the Prospect Interview to discuss Charles Seife’s Hawking Hawking: The Making of a Scientific Celebrity and talks to arts and books editor Sameer Rahim about humanisi...

Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. Taking portraits of the worlds hottest rappers isnt every photographers dream, but it is for high schooler Sameer Rahim.  The 16-year-old has already photographed celebrities like Lil Yachty and Roy Woods. Theyre nice captures, too, with his subjects posed up for the shot in a very Tumblr, off-the-cuff way. Armed with a Contax T2 film camera, Rahim (currently attending Cardin...