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1843 Magazine

August/September 2020

Cover Photograph /ILLUSTRATION ANNA+ELENA=BALBUSSO
Features
The battle over birth
Why do so many expectant mothers feel judged, anxious and inadequate about how they deliver their babies?
How to go on holiday in a pandemic
Mini-breaks are off the table and trips of a lifetime are on hold. But you can still travel through time or find an overlooked world on your doorstep
The secret economics of a VIP party
There’s an invisible system behind every £100,000 bar tab and its currency is pretty women
The United Nations of Uniqlo
Can a Japanese label famous for its simplicity take over the fashion world?
Upfront
The 1843 interview In lockdown with Lee Child
Brave new word Pandating: coronavirus and the language of love
Cheat’s guide How Charlie Chaplin put the little guy on the big screen
Postcard from Silicon Valley Will virtual-reality gyms let us work out in the pandemic?
Design
My life in six objects Steve Coogan
Brand illusions Why we speak Starbucks
Stranger things Can words do the dead justice?
Beyond human How stargazing could save your life
Rewind Covid-19 is changing lift etiquette
Style
Dress code Face mask off
The science of fashion Vanity can be fatal
The Line of Beauty Sex, anger, lust, danger: the semiotics of scarlet
Fashion victim The end of modernity
Food
Food Mash hits: the land that spawned the supermarket spud
The ingredient Slippery seaweed
World in a dish Why sourdough went viral
And finally...
How we live now Online meetings are even duller than real ones
#FirstWorldProblems Do you know a good... plant stylist?