A toilet made of manure and cheese grown from pubic hair are highlights from an exhibition about the future of food
What happens when America’s darkest crime writer sees the light? Leo Robson meets him at home in Colorado to find out
A novel about a young Londoner navigating her 20s is billed as a cross between “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and “Americanah”
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We see exceptional intelligence as a blessing. So why, asks Maggie Fergusson, are so many brilliant children miserable misfits?
A quirky new museum in Bavaria tells the history of the sausage dog. Seán Williams takes the long view
The sights, sounds and ideas trending around the world
That urinal wasn’t art. Or was it? Fiammetta Rocco tests the waters
No diver had ever launched themselves off this precipice in Australia – until Rhiannan Iffland took the plunge
L’Arche began 50 years ago when Jean Vanier, who died last week, asked two men with learning disabilities to live with him. Now it has communities all over the world. From the archive
Surrogacy is surging in the tech community
Designers are rediscovering the decade’s zany look
Charlotte Perriand solved the challenge of fitting people and furniture into a cramped space
The chef behind Noma shows Sybil Kapoor the city that made him
His attention to detail made the worlds he created utterly believable
Meet Al Corbi, maker of some of the safest safe rooms in the world
Ukrainian audiences liked the TV character played by Volodymyr Zelensky so much, they elected him. The show’s producer tells 1843 why he thinks he’s opened a Pandora’s box
Influencers love Santorini’s blue domes and dramatic landscapes. But the tourists who follow in their wake are proving hard to manage
Don’t write it off if you’ve only tried it boiled or stewed, says Niki Segnit
In the Sonoran desert lies a chain of lakes. Kate Rew takes the plunge
Did you hear the one about the horse that talked to a psychic in New Zealand?
We have less tolerance for the rough stuff than we used to
Ann Wroe celebrates the endurance of a small piece of metal
Tender and soothing, with a note of melancholy, it is an aural balm for these troubled times
He was fascinated by psychology and haunted by mental collapse
Spring’s most eagerly anticipated literary event fails to live up to the hype
