Contents

June 2012

This month 6 If I ruled the world jon snow 8 Recommends 10 Diary 12 Letters

Opinions 14 An amateur government he coalition is dysfunctional. norman tebbit 15 Is Occupy vacant?

A new book of protest. stephanie flanders plus stephen collins’s cartoon strip. 18 Failure in Bosnia

A tragedy, 20 years on. oliver kamm 19 Threat to Hungary

A warning for Europe. victor sebestyen 20 Myths about Iran he west doesn’t get it. jahangir amuzegar 22 China diary mark kitto

Politics & economics 24 Man on a mission om Watson—the scandal will widen. james macintyre 28 Faith in finance

Is Robert Shiller an apologist? martin wolf

Science & technology 66 The descent of Edward Wilson volutionary errors. richard dawkins 69 The month ahead anjana ahuja

Features 30 Sixty years of progress?

A better place. simon jenkins plus Who are we? Our sense of identity is changing. david goodhart We’re New Victorians. maria misra What do we want?

YouGov polls. peter kellner The best and worst of Britain

Views from public life. 42 Return of the sheriff liot Spitzer is back. Maybe. hephzibah anderson 48 Make-believe nation

Indonesia’s tortured miracle. elizabeth pisani 54 The big sell educed by ads. will self 60 The rebirth of tragedy he Wire confounds modern optimism. john gray

Life 70 Public servants

Will pubs survive? roy hattersley 72 Drinks

A gin renaissance. alice lascelles 74 Matters of taste

A Naples feast. wendell steavenson 75 Leith on life sam leith 76 Investment andy davis

Arts & books 78 Creating the modern eye ur debt to Munch and El Greco. james woodall 81 The heart of the crime ichard Ford’s best yet. francine prose 84 Wear your worst jeans

A novelist’s guide to the book tour. edward docx 86 New old teenagers vergrown children. francine stock 88 The month in books rachel aspden

Fiction 90 Another Russian Tale roberto bolano

Endgames 92 The generalist didymus 92 Enigmas & puzzles ian stewart 93 The Prospect list 96 The way we were

Literary feuds. ian irvine june 2012 · prospect · 5