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1843 Magazine

April/May 2017

Cover Photograph FRANCESCO GILI
Features
Dreams of their forefathers
A journey across South Dakota commemorates the biggest mass execution in American history and exemplifies a cultural re-awakening among native Americans. James Astill joined the ride
Escape to another world
When job prospects are bad, some ditch the workforce for the virtual world
Alienation 101
There were hopes that the flood of Chinese students into America would bring the countries closer. But a week at the University of Iowa suggested to Brook Larmer that the opposite may have happened 
Calligraffiti
When the ancient Islamic practice of calligraphy and Western graffiti come together, a new art form is born. India Stoughton marvels at the results
When the cows come home
While most of the world is migrating to cities, growing numbers of metropolitan Italians are taking up farming. Robyn Eckhardt meets those seeking the good life in Piedmont
Dispatches
Dispatches How Uber is changing attitudes to drink-driving
Dispatches The thrill of dealing with French bureaucracy
Dispatches Talking about domestic work is a thorny issue
Culture
Theatre Lucas Hnath stirs debate on Broadway
China Subversive sci-fi in China
Opera A musical epiphany from Thomas Adès
What to listen to Eighty years of Philip Glass
What the world is listening to The Aussie queen of country
What to watch The best new movies and TV
What the world is watching The childhood of a football icon
What to read Picasso’s lost muse and other literary finds
What the world is reading The story of a murderer
Design
Architecture Rethinking school design
Material values Wrapped up in wool
Objects of desire Six lamps to light up your life
I wish I’d done that Renzo Piano on the Maison de Verre
Style
Menswear The preening peacocks of Pitti Uomo
My fashion moment Tommy Hilfiger on a game of hangman
Environment Is green just a colour or a way of life?
Shoes Five kitten heels that will set you purring
Photo shoot Dress in a lighter shade of pale this season
Travel
Orkney Neolithic tombs and a bracing swim on a windswept island
Vaut le voyage Cultural events worth travelling for
Escape from... The wild wall and a seaside library outside Beijing
The world through a lens Steve McCurry snaps a pagoda in Myanmar
Technology
Social media Does life online bend us out of shape?
Health Neurostimulation could make us happier
Test drive Can apps help you read with speed?
Rewind Should Snapchat Spectacles make us worry about privacy?
Food + Drink
Umami The tangy taste taking over the world
Capital of food Portuguese cooking has stepped up a notch
My perfect day Claudia Roden shares her foodie fantasies
World in a dish In search of an authentic bouillabaisse
Drinks cabinet A Japanese spirit makes a comeback
What the numbers say
What the numbers say Old people have the most screen time
Reluctant Global Citizen
Reluctant Global Citizen The horror of interviews