1843 magazine

American election

Donald Trump: messiah or naughty boy?

After an assassination attempt, many Republicans see their nominee as the resurrection and the life

Ukraine

The rage of Ukraine’s army wives

Two years ago their husbands signed up to defend their country. They still have no idea when they will come home

Politics

America’s gerontocrats are more radical than they look

A conservative writer argues that his country’s rulers exhibit the vices of youth, not old age

British election

Rogue otters and vicious letterboxes: on the campaign trail in the Outer Hebrides

The remote Scottish constituency has all Britain’s problems but worse

India

Canadian Sikhs thought they were safe to protest against India. Then one of them was gunned down

Sikhs campaigning for an independent state believe they are in the Indian government’s sights

Politics

No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head

Joke candidates reveal the carnival element of British democracy

Ukraine

“Monkeys with a grenade”: inside the nuclear-power station on Ukraine’s front line

Former employees say the plant is being dangerously mismanaged by the Russians

Health

Can fasting help you live to 100?

An Italian doctor thinks it can – and he’s got a diet to sell you

Letter from the South Seas

Mad Max in paradise: New Caledonia in turmoil

The political dispute that provoked riots in the idyllic island territory hasn’t gone away

Russia

Meet the poetry-loving banker who keeps Putin’s war going

How long can Elvira Nabiullina work her magic?

New York

Trump’s charm offensive in the Bronx

Can boasts of past glories win over a tough crowd?

Letter from Tbilisi

Georgians fear their country is becoming like Russia

Critics of the government face targeted thuggery