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The Agenda: Design

Lisbon Design Week and a mid-century cooking school's new recipe for success.

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Fantastic voyage

Charting a course well away from the rules and restraints of conventional cruise travel, Geneva-based MSC Group has launched a vessel more akin to a high-end hotel, with five more ships on the horizon.

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The Fashion Top 25

Ollie Adegboye /As the fashion market becomes ever-more saturated, there has never been a better time to interrogate our understanding of luxury. A focus on timelessness and quality can reshape our perspectives and cut…

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Object lessons

North Bennet Street School is helping to keep American craft alive. We meet the students stepping away from screens and turning their hands to traditional craftsmanship.

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In-flight service

As the need for nimbler, more agile air forces grows, the US and its allies are perfecting the art of mid-air refuelling.

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The Opener

A conversation with Chris Black, co-host of the How Long Gone podcast, ecological risk in the South Atlantic, plus updates from our correspondents around the world.

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Home bodies

It’s the people behind the properties that make the industry tick. We meet the figures revitalising a 1980s mall, renovating homes with the environment in mind and lifting a San Francisco landmark to new heights.

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The Opener

Monocle has a network of correspondents in cities around the world. Our brief updates here include news on an unexpected discovery in London, Bangkok’s marijuana U-turn and an arty theme park in LA.

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Creative peaks

One of the world’s most popular ski resorts, Aspen has long been celebrated for its breathtaking scenery and winter sports. Now a new generation of collectors and institutions is reviving its status as a mountain mecca for…

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The Opener

Kyrgyzstan’s flag row, Australia’s seal problem, US psychics and Italy’s generation strain.

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City Gift Guides

Christmas shopping in a new city – or even, at times, one you’re familiar with – can be exhilarating. You just need to know where to go. Which is why we’ve pulled together these lists of enticing stop-offs in some of our…

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Persuasive manoeuvres

We celebrate the countries that have mastered the subtler arts of global influence.

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Affairs

The stories you should be paying attention to – and the ones you might have missed.

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New waters

Despite its many kilometres of glorious coastline, the UAE’s beaches are becoming a more sophisticated draw and the battle for this prime waterfront is warming up.

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Who we’d hire

Here’s our wish list of firms that we would commission to create the perfect HQ, home or hotel. Read on for the studios on the up, furniture firms to tap and developers with whom to develop a closer relationship. Let’s get…

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Breaking new ground

As a still-young country, the UAE offers bold, enterprising entrepreneurs opportunities to carve out their own path, whether in logistics or property. We meet three business pioneers.

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Movers and shakers

From redefining retail and simplifying fintech to connecting students with their ideal teachers, we meet six young entrepreneurs who have turned big ideas into emerging businesses with a wealth of real-world benefits.

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Back on track

In no time at all, Dubai has built a smart public-transport system that is showing the other car-centric cities how it can be done. Jump onboard.

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Shifting Gear

An entrepreneur has found a way to retrofit gas guzzlers, turn taxi fleets electric and help his car-centric city hit its climate goals. The technology behind this could mean that the company’s final destination lies well…

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The future of farming

A new crop of entrepreneurs is prepping the ground to grow food in the desert. Now the competition is hotting up.

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Firm Favourites

Business in the UAE is booming but it’s not just tall towers shooting skyward, oil services or aviation. Here we profile a breadth of start-ups and smart ideas from AI and app development to design and film production –…

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What’s The Big Idea?

We profile some of the brightest founders and firms that have identified new markets and revenue streams. Plus, how to build a charming co-working space, the perfect office chair and more.

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