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1843 Magazine

June/July 2017

Cover Photograph ILLUSTRATION JOHN HARWOOD
Features
Teaching robots right from wrong
Artificial intelligence is outperforming the human sort in a growing range of fields – but how do we make sure it behaves morally? Simon Parkin meets the researchers trying to teach ethics to computers
The battle for Laikipia
Nomadic herders have violently seized land from ranchers in central Kenya. Daniel Knowles investigates the roots of the conflict
The body in the Buddha
Is the mummified monk who disappeared from a Chinese village 22 years ago the body in the Buddha that turned up unexpectedly in Amsterdam? John Hooper and Ted Plafker investigate
The man trap
Traditional ideas of masculinity persist in the workplace, even though men are now expected to do more of the household chores – and work longer hours. Emily Bobrow investigates the trials of modern manhood
Supertasters among the dreaming spires
Are wine connoisseurs scientists or charlatans? Dan Rosenheck experiments with the Oxford and Cambridge wine-tasting teams
Dispatches
Dispatches Why we’re treating our pets like babies
Dispatches Getting baked in California
Dispatches Navigating Beirut is an exercise in collective memory
Culture
Art The man with the most Rembrandts
Film Russia’s leading director finds rapture in details
What to listen to The word of Kendrick Lamar
What the world is listening to China’s teen sensation
What to watch David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” returns to TV
What the world is watching A comedy-drama pokes fun at xenophobia
What to read Haruki Murakami’s “Men Without Women”
What the world is reading How a protest in Romania spawned a bestseller
Design
Architecture Designing for a more beautiful death
Material values The wonder of resin
Objects of desire Vases worth buying flowers for
House Style Minimalism in Monterrey
I wish I’d done that Wallace Chan on an ancient jade cicada
Style
Fashion Brunello Cucinelli, fashion’s philosopher king
My fashion moment Jeremy Scott on a car door that started his career
Accessories Shades to put you in a cool frame of mind
Fashion The unbearable tightness of seating
Swimwear Recline and shine on the sun lounger this summer
Technology
Sport The America’s Cup is more high-tech than ever
Rewind The true history of fake news
Test drive Close shaves with the latest male-grooming gizmos
A gadget, a game and an app Out and about with the Nintendo Switch
Food + Drink
Flavours How Nando’s went global
Capital of food Where to eat in Istanbul
My perfect day A chef dreams of stuffed pig’s bladder
World in a dish How to make a punchy gazpacho
Drinks cabinet Non-alcoholic spirits are shaking up cocktails
Travel
Georgia The landscape that inspired Tolstoy
Escape from... Tolstoy’s estate and eerie sculptures outside Moscow
Vaut le voyage Cultural events worth travelling for
The world through a lens David Yarrow on an Icelandic moonscape
What the numbers say
What the numbers say Crunching the data on online dating
Reluctant Global Citizen
Reluctant Global Citizen Who do you think you are?