1843 magazine

Let the train take the strain

It may be cheaper by air, but the latest high-speed trains criss-crossing Europe and Asia can make the going much quicker and more comfortable

Don't get dooced

Some dos and don’ts for aspiring bloggers

Surfing for haute couture

Experts predicted that women would never shop online for designer items. They were fabulously wrong

Prostate cancer

Good news on the prostate front

Bag lady

What to do if you can't afford the real thing

In praise of gluttony

Forget obscene slimming fads. Eat the finest local food, pay twice the price for half as much (or grow your own)—and use the whole hog

Blue pencil on the box

American television’s rush to self-censorship will only encourage viewers to look for their entertainment elsewhere

The ride of your life

The jostling has begun to be among the first tourists to take a scheduled flight to the edge of space

Who is the tastiest of them all?

The search for the world’s finest chocolate

Bespoke cars

As motorists shun run-of-the-mill models, carmakers everywhere are rushing out a plethora of speciality vehicles

Blogging up the ladder

Forget the résumé; better jobs are going increasingly to people with clever blogs

The biomarker benefit

Diagnostic tests based on new biomarkers promise to detect cancer early enough for it to be treated with far greater success