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Things to improve your life
Our 2009 global round-up of the people, places and pursuits to improve the way you love, work and rest.
From a good froth to a lazy day-bed, the perfect bathing club to the saintliest apothecary, here is our personal pick of some of the best things we’ve found to improve your life. For the complete Monocle Top 50, visit Issue 15 of the magazine.
- Writer
- Jonathan Openshaw
- Editor
- Aleksander Solum, Aleksander Solum
- Narrators
- Andrew Tuck, Robert Bound, Gabriella Karie, Robert Bound, Gabriella Karie
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