1843 magazine
Travelling the moan zone
Airlines offer business travellers, their most important customers, a rotten deal. Time to turn the tables
DVD’s retail revolution
The unprecedented success of DVD—the most film-maker friendly medium yet—is transforming Hollywood out of all recognition
Buy your own fractional jet
Busy executives who used to fly Concorde are now buying timeshares in corporate jets—and paying no more for the privilege
Common threads
The fashion designer’s job today is to find a leitmotif that unifies people of different ages and cultural backgrounds—so each may interpret the message in his or her own way
A girl’s best friend
More sparkle and lustre than diamond and a tenth of the price, what stands in Moissanite’s way?
Mind over matter
Lives and careers may be wrecked by people failing to make themselves mentally attractive. Yet doing so is really not difficult
Asia’s confidence trick
How best to profit from Asia’s—and especially China’s— spectacular growth? Buy Japan
Dressed to dazzle
As high-tech materials invade high-street fashion, prepare for clothes that are cooler than silk and warmer than wool, keep insects at arm’s length, and emit pinpricks of coloured light