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1843 Magazine

December/January 2019

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Features
Meet Alexa: inside the mind of a digital native
She is 24 and Instagram is her life, even though she sometimes wishes it wasn’t. But what happens when she meets a guy who doesn’t feel the same way about social media?
A rocker’s guide to management
Bands are known for drink, drugs and dust-ups. But beyond the debauchery lie four models for how to run a business. Ian Leslie explains
As he likes it
The radical young director talks to Laura Barton about reinventing the classics for a new age
Dispatches
Dispatches The surprising face of China’s cyber police
Dispatches My date with destiny in Havana
Dispatches How I turned my back garden into a vineyard
Culture
North Korea The art of diplomacy
What to listen to Anna Netrebko: A diva to die for
What the world is listening to The perils of girl power
What the world is watching The anti-clerical film that has shocked Poland
What to read The best new books
What the world is reading The mean boys of Willow High
Design
Robots Why robots are getting cuter
Material values Foliage is sprouting in unusual places
I wish I’d done that Yves Béhar on the Eames rocking chair
Interiors Hot stuff for hot desks
House Style A timber house in Tokyo
Style
Profile A west African designer goes global
Luke Leitch Man, let’s get into make-up
Accessories Worth a flutter
Fashion Oh we do like to suit up by the seaside
Technology
Social media People are dying in the quest for the perfect selfie
Rewind What an 18th-century conjuring trick tells us about the internet
Test drive How do you like your coffee?
A gadget, a game and an app Make children envious with a pair of Segway “roller skates”
Food + Drink
Flavours The secrets of flavour lie in your nose
World in a dish Who really invented goulash?
Drinks cabinet More drink, less drunk
Travel
Eastern Europe The Balkan lake that keeps pulling me back
Escape from... Five day trips from Mexico City
Vaut le voyage Dizzy dancing in Turkey and other cultural highlights
What the numbers say
What the numbers say How long is the perfect book?
Reluctant Global Citizen
Reluctant Global Citizen Hotels from hell