The pandemic has shattered economies all over the globe. What can be done about it? Historian Adam Tooze joins the Prospect Interview to talk about how the impending recession compares to past crises, what policies ought to be taken, and whether we are really seeing the end of neoliberalism.

The Prospect Interview #145: The Covid-19 economic crisis, with Adam Tooze

Film director Sarah Gavron and writer Theresa Ikoko join this week’s Prospect Interview to discuss their new film, Rocks, a celebratory ode to teenage life in today’s London. Rocks follows the story of a teenage girl—nicknamed Rocks—and the fast friendships she develops at her school. The film was made under quite unusual circumstances: casting was done across schools in London, involving nearly 1500 students, before finding the film’s first-time young actors, who then workshopped with the creative team for a year to finalise a script. Sarah and Theresa take us behind the creative process, writing the lives of today’s teenagers, and what it’s like to release a film during a pandemic.

The Prospect Interview #146: Celebrating London on film

Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize-shortlisted debut novel, Burnt Sugar, tells the story of an artist living in Pune, India, whose mother suddenly gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The revelation unravels difficult family histories, uncovering the secrets that bind mother and daughter. Avni joins the Prospect Interview to discuss writing the novel (plus why it took seven years), and what it’s been like living through the Booker media blitz.

The Prospect Interview #147: Writing the Booker Prize-shortlisted Burnt Sugar

Writer Robert Macfarlane joins the Prospect Interview to discuss writing the Earth’s underworld in his book, Underland: A Deep Time Journey. Robert talks to our arts and books editor Sameer Rahim about exploring the deepest recesses of the world, mysteries of the anthropocene, and why he’s increasingly wary of the term “nature writer.”

#148: Robert Macfarlane’s Underland

The Times journalist Rachel Sylvester joins the Prospect Interview to get us up to date about the state of Brexit talks, and introduce the man behind Britain’s negotiating table, David Frost. Is a hard Brexit inevitable, and what can Frost’s little-known background reveal about where Britain stands with the EU?
 
You can read Rachel’s profile of David Frost here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/profile-who-is-david-frost-brexit-negotiator-cliff-edge

#150: Hard Brexit now?

Journalist and author Owen Jones joins the Prospect Interview to talk about his new book, This Land. Editor Tom Clark talks to Owen about the highs and lows of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, what he really thinks of the line between campaigning and journalism, and whether it’s just doom and gloom for Britain’s left going forward.

The Prospect Interview #151: Owen Jones on the future of the left

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