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1843 Magazine

June/July 2018

Cover Photograph GENEVIÈVE CHARBONNEAU
Features
Can Meghan Markle modernise the monarchy?
In a time of flux, she could be an asset for the Royal Family
The Medicis in the desert
Ahmed Mater and Ashraf Fayadh were best friends. One is now Saudi Arabia’s most illustrious artist and cultural commissar. The other languishes in a dark prison. Nicolas Pelham charts their rise and fall
Code to joy
Is learning to code in middle age a fool’s errand or a committed act of digital citizenship?
Turning the tide
After a period of decline, the fisheries of South Korea are reeling in new trainees. Stephanie Studer meets the free-diving women of Jeju hunting for marine delicacies
Dispatches
Culture
Profile Who is Zanele Muholi?
Choral music The gospel according to Eric
What to listen to Dirty, sexy Monáe
What the world is listening to The Chinese yearn for the simple life
What to watch “On Chesil Beach” reviewed
What the world is watching A feel-good film about periods
What to read A family haunted by the ghosts of war
What the world is reading Tackling the taboo of mental illness
Design
Environment How to make a city waterproof
Material values Bend it like bamboo
I wish I’d done that An 18th-century bed
Luxury Cocktail kit that will do a sterling job
House Style A cool refuge from Sri Lanka’s heat
Style
Trends The rise of ugly trainers
Menswear The difficulties of dressing in summer
Bags Leather totes to lighten the load
Swimwear Look cool by the pool
Technology
Sport How GPS tracking is changing football
Rewind How to email a cat
Test drive Alexa on the couch
A gadget, a game and an app A 3D printer that isn’t useless
Food + Drink
Taste The importance of texture
Capital of food Stockholm’s Scandi-Japanese fusion
My perfect day Where Sam & Sam Clark like to eat
Drinks cabinet This summer’s coolest drink
World in a dish The politics behind pad thai
Travel
Colombia Bird-watching in Colombia
Vaut le voyage A bacchanalian binge in Tasmania
Escape from... Where to go near Paris
Beat the crowds Salt flats and pink flamingos in Trapani
Data graphic
What the numbers say How much does a wedding cost?
And finally...
Reluctant Global Citizen Trapped in self-service hell