1843 magazine

Eyewitness: Afghanistan
How to get 120 Afghans out of Kabul

As the Taliban took over, we used WhatsApp and hand-drawn flags to help people escape

Cash
Billions of banknotes are missing. Why does nobody care?

Banks, gangsters and the strange resurgence of cash

Business
Family fortunes: Huawei, the Murdochs...OnlyFans?

“Succession” is back on TV. Some real-world family fights are fiercer than fiction

Eyewitness: Belarus
“They can kill us here too”: Belarusian exiles share their fears

After the suspicious death of an activist, Ukraine no longer feels like a safe haven

Tax-dodging
Stashing the cash: from Ramses II to Imelda Marcos

The Pandora papers are the latest revelations in a rich history

Fandom
The curious incident of Sherlock Holmes’s real-life secretary

Thousands of fans have written letters to the great detective, believing him to be real. One man answered them

Britain
Petrol, pints and pasta: meet one of the lorry drivers plugging Britain’s shortages

Barry Davies supplies Britain with everything from avocados to papier-mâché dinosaurs – now truckers like him are in short supply. What drives him?

Flowers
Grassroots politics: the secret symbolism of gardens

From biblical blooms to the Chelsea Flower Show

Behind the news
Germany is not as stable as we think. Just ask its preppers

As the Merkel era ends, a small corner of Saxony is getting ready for the apocalypse