DECEMBER 2024 PROSPECT
THE PROSPECT GRID Our monthly cut-out-and-keep guide to who falls where on the taste hierarchy
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Gove at the S
Gove at the Spectator. Because all political careers end in failure
Te s l a . From hero brand
to zero brand
UPMARKET
The National Gallery’s new ban. Please don’t water the sunflowers
flofl w
B o o ks a r e s o ove r. Just as UK publishers made a record £7.1bn
Sayeeda Warsi’s
new book. A fierce rebuttal
to bigotry
Wimbledon line
judges are out
Thomas Tuchel. Vorsprung durch
Exzentrik
Ludwig. Peep Show meets
Line of Duty
The Tory leadership contest. The unspeakable in
pursuit of the unelectable
D U D
Trump making fries at Maccie D’s. No-one’s lovin’ it
BoJo’s memoir. An inverted pyramid
of piffle
Morgan McSweeney. Hail to the chief (of staff )
XL Bully cats. Wish we could unsee
this one
The Substance.
Horrifying. We need Moore
S H U T T E R STO C K
C O M M O N S R E X
I K I M E DI A
A L A M Y W
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Russell Brand is seeking God inside hurricanes and hawking
“magic amulets”. Category 5 weird
The Joker s e q u e l .
“Folly” à deux?
B a ke O f f is back. On your marks,
get set...
Phillip Schofield on Cast Away. A desert
island with one washed-up celeb
Strikes at Te t l e y Te a . Trouble is brewing
Charlie XCX’s remix album. Gearing up for
a brat winter
DOWNMARKET
Nobody Wants This. Netflix finally figures
out romcoms
The Home Offi ce grants Paddington a UK passport. Offi cial
observations: bear
B A N G E R
Sally Rooney. Intermezzo è molto
bello
Andrew Garfield’s Chicken Shop Date. He’s ready to put a
wing on it