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1843 Magazine

August/September 2016

Cover Photograph AMAN MAKKAR
Features
The wolf at the door
Wolves are breeding rapidly across Europe. In central Greece, Adam Nicolson finds shepherds and conservationists at odds over how to deal with their incursions
To boldly go...
Slash fiction – a branch of fan fiction that imagines straight heroes getting together – is strangely popular among straight women. Helen Joyce examines the light it sheds on female sexuality
Eton and the making of a modern elite
The world’s most famous school has produced 20 British prime ministers – Boris Johnson being the latest addition. But as old boy Christopher de Bellaigue learns when he goes back, it is trying to reinvent itself as an agent of social change. From the archive
The lunatic express
When he took the Nairobi-Mombasa train, Daniel Knowles saw a side of Kenya that is disappearing – which, in some ways, is just as well
Do nice guys come second?
Alexandra Suich meets Lyft’s co-founder, John Zimmer, and asks why Silicon Valley is so obsessed with winning
Is there more to burnout than working too hard?
Josh Cohen argues that the root of the problem lies deeper than that
Culture
Art Why Brazil’s top artists are women
Books The cultural bestseller of the season
What to watch The greatest sports movies of all time
What the world is watching A political thriller gripping Indonesia
What to listen to Two Russian piano prodigies
What the world is listening to Indonesia’s female punk rocker
What to read An inviting biography of J.M.W. Turner
What the world is reading A surreal novel shaking up Egypt
Design
Architecture An innovative approach to greening cities
I wish I’d done that Aston Martin’s chief designer on his favourite car
Accessories Why tech designers are turning to natural materials
Style
Fashion Why Hermès doesn’t want you to buy its Birkin bag
Profile Suket Dhir weaves Indian style into modern menswear
Tailoring Donald Trump’s war on the suit
Accessories These will draw admiring glances from top to toe
Dispatches
Dispatches Had it not been for the civil war, Americans might still play cricket
Dispatches It may be clichéd but it’s true: Germans have no sense of humour
Dispatches The story behind a failed Chinese investment is stranger than it seems
Travel
Journeys The island that inspired Robinson Crusoe
Off the grid Europe’s best seaside houses to rent
In the bag The best camping gear
Journeys For the good life, head to Alacati in Turkey
Escape from... Where Londoners go for weekends away
Vaut le voyage Rio’s grown-up wonderland + more tips for cultured travellers
Technology
Language South Koreans are using stickers to express themselves
Test drive Which robot vacuum cleaner should you buy?
Tech forecast Face-recognition technology: friend or foe?
Food + Drink
Culinary trends Why chefs are cooking with fire
World in a dish Jerk chicken
Drinks cabinet Why mixing your drinks isn’t always bad
First Bite A contemporary take on Moorish cooking
My perfect day The world’s best chef on where he likes to eat
Capital of food How to eat well in Tel Aviv
What the numbers say
What the numbers say Art v stocks: which is the best investment?
Reluctant Global Citizen
Reluctant Global Citizen Airport security is out to get me