Milestones And Insights

THE EASE WITH WHICH ONLINE SCAMMERS

can manipulate your private digital identity is terrifying. ‘Delete Your Internet Footprint’ (page 26) details 24 simple steps we can all take to keep our identities and finances safe. With as many as one in four people falling victim to identity fraud, this article is definitely worth a read. This issue has insights into well-known people and events, such as the man whose invention we all recognise (‘Meet Ernő Rubik’, page 66). The publicity-shy architect shares how his love of geometrical shapes led him to invent the 3D puzzle that the world knows as Rubik’s Cube. While our Bonus Read tells the story of the 2019 Thai rescue, ‘The Boys In The Cave’ (page 126). The complexity and risk involved in the rescue to save the 12 young Wild Boar soccer players and their coach is as shocking as it is heroic. This month marks a very important milestone for Reader’s Digest globally. It was one hundred years ago this month, on February 5, 1922, that the first edition of Reader’s Digest magazine was published. To mark the occasion, we have prepared a timeline which we hope you will enjoy (page 110). Over the next 12 months, we’ll also be featuring special 100th Anniversary articles, each one giving a modern perspective on the core values that have made the little magazine so unique. The publication owes its success to you, our readers. From everyone here at Reader’s Digest, we thank you for your endless loyalty, support and enthusiasm over the past ten decades. Happy reading,