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