CONTENTS
80
drama in real life
The Global Network
How social media
came to the aid of two
wounded travellers.
By derek Burnett
90
memory room
Freedom, She Ruled
The Rani of Bilehra was
an unlikely champion
of emancipation.
By zehra naqvi
96
13 things
Your Feet Wish
You Knew
Tips for
foot care.
By anna-
kaisa walker
Features
52
Cover story
UNSOLVED!
Seven baffling mysteries
that have obsessed
scholars, detectives
and explorers for years.
By Jacopo della quercia
and lauren cahn
66
health
When Breath
Becomes a Burden
COPD—a preventable,
yet worryingly under-
diagnosed, epidemic.
By rina mukherJee
74
mystory
Yes, We Can,
And We Did!
It’s never too late to
finish your PhD or write
your first novel. These
women show how.
By mala dutt and
shukla lal
102
bonus read
Rescuing The
Saviours
A daring operation
to save Syria's famed
White Helmets.
By sally armstrong
photograph B
y yasir iqB
al
on the cover:
sergey
BurBona/
shutterstock
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