1843 magazine

Best in town: massage

Return of the artist craftsman

A renaissance is under way in the luxury-crafts business, as customers forsake designer brands and start commissioning unique pieces of jewellery, glass, furniture and ceramics

The skinny on diets

Choose the weight-loss plan that suits your taste

The map collector’s apprentice

Collecting old maps is not just for the very rich

Television’s big switch

What you need to know about the coming switch from analogue to digital television

The sound of silence

In today’s world, peace and quiet are becoming a luxury

Exercising the game

The latest “exergame” provides a cardiovascular workout while playing your favourite video game

Your own medicine

Too much self-help can be bad for your health

An end to haggling

The internet is putting new car buyers in the driving seat

The nose has it

Understanding how a few hundred receptors in the nose can decode millions of different odours is leading to better protection for the body all round