The Economist launches 1843 magazine

7th March 2016: Entitled 1843 – the year of The Economist's founding, and a richly innovative time both intellectually and materially. It will be distributed bi-monthly to The Economist's most engaged subscribers – 460,000 globally curious, highly educated people around the world – and is designed to speak to them when they have their feet up, on a weekend break, on holiday. While The Economist tells readers what they need to know to navigate the world today, 1843 will suggest to them what they might like to know to enrich their lives.

The magazine will have sections on culture, travel, style, design, technology, food & drink and health. And while The Economist provides its readers with concise, evidence-based reporting, 1843 will offer them longer features that explore the world at a more leisurely pace, through narrative, profiles, reportage and travel-writing. With clean, clear design and high-quality paper it will showcase great photography. The first issue includes an investigation into how Chinese students get into the world's best universities, an exclusive profile of the woman leading the nasty new politics sweeping Europe, Marine Le Pen, and a look into the private museums of the "modern Medicis" -- the super-rich people collecting contemporary art.

1843 will be available on news-stands in the UK on 9th March, in the US on 15th March and across the rest of the world from mid-March.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact economist@lansons.com or claire.palmer@tvcgroup.com.