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Affairs / Politics
Oceania briefing
Issue 61
Rebranding Fiji's regime, saving butterflies in Papua New Guinea, and the wonder of ore in Western Australia.
Affairs / Environment
Hard-task masters
Issue 45
This is Monocle’s homage to the city workers charged with some of the toughest tasks in the world, from the nitty gritty of slum clearance in India, to dealing with Cairo’s rubbish problem and working in Taipei’s animal…
Affairs / Economics
Chinese Cheques
Issue 1
All over Africa, Chinese labourers are hard at work building railways, roads and national stadiums. In return, the continent’s developing countries are selling their oil and iron ore to the Chinese. The figures are stagg…
Business / CEOs
Quick on the draw
Issue 48
The CEO of Japan’s largest chain of entertainment stores is peculiarly sketchy on management – he never gives orders, positively encourages failure and doesn’t even have his own office – yet he’s particularly successful too…
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Edits / Food & Drink
Basque force
Issue 41
Finalist in the Nariz de Oro sommelier competition, San Sebastián-based Dani Corman is one of Spain’s finest noses. Local and Michelin-starred restaurants call upon his skills when they draw up their wine lists and order…
Design / Craft
Isle of plenty
Issue 38
When most European craft communities are struggling, how does the Swedish island of Gotland manage not only to survive but to thrive? A little bit of magic, according to those who work here, but also its mix of reasonably…
Business / Business Hubs
Business briefing
Issue 12
The coffee shop favoured by US troops, Dubai's building bottleneck, and mobile firms reveal their new organic deli.
Business / Neighbourhood Business
Indie brands
Issue 62
Away from the brashness of Beverly Hills the hilly neighbourhood of Silver Lake has enjoyed a reputation for enterprising creativity for more than 80 years. Monocle meets today’s residents who are keeping the tradition…
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Design / Architecture
Our top design firms
Issue 19
The firm that's found space to park its buildings, a natural talent from Austria and John Maeda of the Rhode Island School of Design gives his new year predictions.
Design / Architecture
Northern light
Issue 42
Husband and wife Doug Yingst and Bonnie Sloane called upon self-taught architect David Salmela to create their vision of a light-filled residence between forest and lake, exemplifying the shifting northern seasons.
Culture / Magazines
Waxing lyrical
Issue 5
João Moreira Salles is the publisher of *Piauí*, a new monthly magazine in Brazil. With his brother and business partner Walter, he is half of the well-regarded Salles brothers film-making team. *Monocle* visited João in…
Affairs / Politics
Defence & diplomacy briefing
Issue 62
The importance of pipelines, crunch time for the US in Afghanistan, and an interview with Pakistan's representative to the UN.