ALT Page 32: Full-page illustrated feature titled “The Historical Record with Bao Nguyen.” A person in a pink shirt sits on a patterned rug beside a record player, holding a vinyl record. Books line a wooden cabinet, two glowing lamps illuminate the room, and a window overlooks a futuristic city skyline at night.

ALT Page 33: Featuring a black-and-white photograph of filmmaker Bao Nguyen holding a professional camera on a busy street market. Below, text introduces “The Historical Record,” a series asking him which fragments of history he would preserve for posterity, referencing his documentary The Stringer and the famous Vietnam War photograph known as “Napalm Girl.” The page includes short sections on a meaningful record, a book and an archive, alongside the colourful cover of The Strokes’ album Is This It.

ALT Page 34: Page continuing “The Historical Record” with Bao Nguyen. The text discusses a childhood comfort meal of rice, scrambled eggs and Maggi sauce, the town of Arles in southern France, and the significance of the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 for Vietnamese communities. The upper photograph shows two people walking down a narrow, historic stone street in Arles at dusk. The lower black-and-white archival photograph shows a crowded street in Saigon as North Vietnamese forces and tanks enter the city in 1975.

ALT Page 31: Featuring a short story titled “What slides beneath,” subtitled “Dispatches from the future in 300 words or less.” The top illustration combines a black-and-white photograph of a woman in a nurse’s uniform standing among cabbages with a man examining his arm, overlaid with red graphics depicting futuristic aircraft. The story follows Mary in a future where people can slide underground into bunkers, exploring divisions between generations, technology, energy and belief.

ALT Page 29: Titled “The world’s best goulash,” with the subtitle “What do you mean it’s not in Hungary?” The restaurant review features a large photograph of the warmly lit exterior of Plava Frajla restaurant in Novi Sad, Serbia, and a smaller photograph of its dining room, decorated with framed pictures and checkered tablecloths. The text explores Vojvodina’s culinary traditions and reviews the restaurant’s goulash, served with mashed potatoes and red wine from the region. A sidebar lists the dishes and drinks ordered by The Atlas.

ALT Page 28: Titled “We’re just in time,” with the subtitle “Two keyboards. Two very different disciplines. Or are they?” The article by Nadia Beard explores the similarities between writing and playing music. A prominent turquoise book cover in the centre reads The Melody of Things: On Returning to Forgotten Joys by Nadia Beard, featuring a piano silhouette filled with flowers and plants. Three columns of text discuss time, creativity, repetition and the relationship between musical composition and writing.