Prospect has acquired a reputation as the most intelligent magazine of current affairs and cultural debate in Britain. Both challenging and entertaining, the magazine seeks to make complex ideas accessible and enjoyable by commissioning the best writers, editing them vigorously and packaging their work in a well designed and illustrated monthly.

Contributors to the trial issue include: Danny Kruger on David Cameron's BIG IDEA; Kamran Nazeer on Pakistani Puzzles; Anatol Lieven on US Foreign policy; Kenneth Cukier on Network Neutrality and The Threat to the Net. The issue's reviews include: Robert Chandler on Vasily Grossman and also Grossman's story 'The Dog'; Jonathan Rée on Christopher Hitchens; and Nicholas Humphrey on Niall Ferguson. James Fergusson investigates the ecological cost of Air Conditioning.