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1843 Magazine

October/November 2019

Cover Photograph DAN MCALISTER, ILLUSTRATION: NOMA BAR, MODEL: SWORDFISH WORKS
Features
Will there ever be a cure for chronic pain?
It can feel like torture, destroy your life and cause you to doubt your own sanity. Sophie Elmhirst scans the horizon for a solution
The last of the great explorers
The ocean floor is the Earth’s last great uncharted region. Oliver Franklin-Wallis joins the man descending to the bottom of the deepest trenches on the planet
Inside Aspen: the mountain retreat for the liberal elite
The Aspen Institute has trained hundreds of the world’s business and political leaders. Linda Kinstler asks whether debating Plato over gourmet dinners can provide an antidote to populism
In the ring with India’s most powerful woman
Wrestling has long been a man’s sport in India. Now Vinesh Phogat is going for gold at the Olympics. Sonia Faleiro meets her as she trains for Tokyo
Upfront
The 1843 interview Running with Samantha Power
All the rage What is a Slav squat?
Cheat’s guide How one woman changed performance art
Postcard from Silicon Valley What not to do in a Silicon Valley commune
Brave new word Finnish feminists turn an old insult on its head
Design
My life in six objects A few of Elif Shafak’s favourite things
Brand illusions Why a gin maker invented its own history
Stranger things In praise of balloons
Beyond human Could an app help you remember?
Rewind The world’s first computer bug
Style
Dress code How green is your wardrobe?
The science of fashion How the heel got its height
The Line of Beauty Military chic: a history
Fashion victim Are men’s leggings going mainstream?
Food
The ingredient 101 uses for a chickpea
Health What’s so super about super foods?
World in a dish The bittersweet charms of tiramisu
Journeys
Mexico Mexico’s saucy underbelly
The bluff guide An armchair guide to Verbier
And finally...
How we live now The downside of being a godfather
#FirstWorldProblems The prison consultant to the super-rich