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	COVER STORY Christopher Hitchens Alexander Linklater From '68 agitator to staunch supporter of George W Bush's Iraq war—what explains Hitchens's political journey? I spent three days with him in Washington trying to find out

Opinions What I learned in Belfast Jonathan Powell Of course the Northern Ireland conflict was unique. That doesn't mean it holds no lessons for other trouble spots Safe as houses Tim Leunig There may be a hiccup this year, but in the long term house prices will continue their upward march Our lobby, his lobby John J Mearsheimer and Stephen M Walt The Israel Lobby authors reply to Gershom Gorenberg's criticisms in the last issue of Prospect Return of the spoken word Tom Chatfield Inspired by hip hop and Yeats, a new generation of performers is helping to revitalise poetry More mayors for England Michael Kenny Guy Lodge English mayors are popular and successful. The government should legislate to introduce more of them Web exclusive The good fight Mary Fitzgerald Contrary to received wisdom, the protracted nature of the Democratic campaign is probably good news for the party—whoever wins the nomination Intellectual lives (A-K) Intellectual lives (L-Z) The Hitchens out-takes Alexander Linklater Christopher Hitchens on the sectarian left, his relationship with his brother, and more Hurdles on J Street Gideon Lichfield America's new liberal Israel lobby could change the middle east debate in Washington. But it faces major obstacles Duncan Fallowell interviewed Georgia de Chamberet The novelist, travel writer and Prospect contributor on his writing strategies, how he met Warhol, and why he is the first travel writer who is not a wanker We are all Kemalists Nicholas Birch Turkey's supposedly antagonistic "democratic Islamists" and "authoritarian secularists" are actually cut from the same cloth Rehabilitating Carson John Quiggin Tim Lambert Why do some people continue to hold Rachel Carson responsible for millions of malaria deaths? DDT works Roger Bate Contra John Quiggin and Tim Lambert, DDT is usually the most cost-effective anti-malaria treatment, and remains scandalously underused

Essays England's history boy Robert Colls Melvyn Bragg's novels are not usually taken seriously by critics. But his sagas depicting a vanishing England make him one of the most important novelists we have Here comes the second world Parag Khanna From Asia to eastern Europe to Latin America, middle-income countries are increasingly assertive. These "second-world" states are forging links among themselves Debate Is democracy winning? Robert Kagan Robert Cooper Is the world reverting to a struggle between great powers? Or is the democratising spirit of 1989 still alive? Symposium 1968: liberty or its illusion? 1 Many 68ers now feel ambivalent about their heritage. Was too much of value discarded? What was the silent majority thinking? Prospect writers give their views 1968: liberty or its illusion? 2 1968: liberty or its illusion? 3 1968: liberty or its illusion? 4 Intellectuals Who are the world's top public intellectuals? Prospect invites you to vote for your choices from our 2008 list of the 100 top global public intellectuals How to be a public intellectual Christopher Hitchens The world’s fifth best public intellectual on the uses and abuses of the term

Special report What genes remember Philip Hunter Many geneticists now think that the behaviour of our genes can be altered by experience—and even that these changes can be passed on to future generations Witness In search of lost Tyne Richard T Kelly Newcastle has been rebranded from a city of heavy industry to a raucous capital of culture. But in leaving its grittier past behind, how much has the place lost? Reviews Shia intelligence Bartle Bull Patrick Cockburn's biography of Muqtada al-Sadr is by far the most useful book around on post-Saddam Iraq Ageing mirthlessly William Skidelsky David Lodge's new novel isn't that funny, but it is a brilliant study of deafness, death and linguistics The digital spectrum Andrew Keen Is the web 2.0 revolution making us more co-operative, or is it turning us into vulgar narcissists who can't relate to one another? Ireland's Bono boomers John Kelly David McWilliams's new book is good on the Irish economic miracle, but rather eccentric on Irish identity Fiction Living on David Constantine Francis is married to Judith, but the woman he really loves is Anne. The trouble is, Anne is dead

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