1843 magazine
This is your life
Sniffing out the next trends and innovations comes from a Zeitgeist-like inner certainty of what people will be demanding next, writes Lynne Franks
England, their England
John Major and Tim Rice ponder the mysterious delights and Byzantine politics of cricket
The investor’s art
With the last Vermeer in private hands about to be auctioned, art investors are feeling bullish again
Flying saucers
With their canting keels, the latest blue-water cruising yachts can plane over the water, rather than plough through it, like the fastest of racing boats
No place like a second home
Second homes are popular as bolt-holes, crash pads, somewhere for holidays and retirement, or simply for rental income. Now they are becoming investment vehicles, too
The joy of travel in trouble spots
Tourism in war zones is less risky, and more rewarding, than you might expect
Gmail’s message
Michael Fitzgerald asks whether we are prepared to surrender more privacy for the sake of convenience?