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1843 Magazine

April/May 2018

Cover Photograph RAHI REZVANI
Features
Salvation
Many people say that the only way to quit a gang is in a body bag. But Pentecostalist churches can offer a way out alive
The roaming empire
As buying a house becomes harder and remote working simpler, should we remain wedded to the idea of settling down? Jonathan Beckman meets the people who hope to find a home wherever they wander
A wife less ordinary
Women in urban China are better educated and wealthier than a generation ago. But, as Roseann Lake discovers, their success often counts against them in the marriage market
Of mice and men
The players are celebrities, the fans are fanatical and someone, hopefully, is going to get very rich. Simon Parkin meets the people trying to turn competitive video-gaming into a professional sport
Dispatches
Culture
Music David Byrne puts pop into politics
Art Picasso’s nudist streak
What to listen to Gershwin’s masterworks revisited
What the world is listening to Bulgarian “keks” appeal
What to watch A classic Australian western
What the world is watching The outback’s sleeper hit
What to read Life in the Lone Star state
What the world is reading Notes from the Czech under-ground
Design
Architecture The tricky art of acoustic engineering
Material values The designers going potty for ceramics
Interiors Tables and chairs with class
House Style A forest hideaway in Washington state
I wish I’d done that David Rockwell on the staircase at Radio City Music Hall
Style
Profile Donatella Versace’s heavenly vision
Menswear Why stretchy trouser waists are back in fashion
Jewellery Knuckle-dusters to knock you out
Fashion Floaty dresses for modern romantics
Technology
Television Screens are getting bigger and brighter
Rewind Victorian VR
Test drive The Instant Pot recipe for domestic bliss
A gadget, a game and an app Pump out beats from the palm of your hand
Food + Drink
Wine The world’s longest wine list
Capital of food Vancouver’s best restaurants
My perfect day Where Virgilio Martínez likes to eat
World in a dish The heated dispute over chicken tikka masala
Drinks cabinet The new Negroni?
Travel
Italy Trieste’s faded glory
Escape from... Hong Kong’s best beaches
Vaut le voyage The legacy of the “King of Cling”
Beat the crowds Hermits and rock churches in Lebanon’s Qadisha Valley
Data Graphic
What the numbers say Which countries get the most sleep?
And finally...
Reluctant Global Citizen The shock of moving abroad