Business / Sport
Poised to strike
In this issue, for our World Cup series, we visit Puma, the sports brand that has become most associated with African football. As the competition heads to the continent, will Puma be the PR victor?
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Affairs / Sport
Rainbow warrior
In the first of a series on World Cup players, nations and managers, Monocle looks at South African Matthew Booth. He’s an unlikely poster boy for the tournament but his tough tackling and marriage to a top black fashion…
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 14 June
The horns and the dilemma
Football, as a spectacle, is uniquely dependent on its fans.
Affairs / Sport
Up for the cup
The World Cup is a million different stories in one. As the tournament gets under way this month, Monocle looks at how players, coaches, companies and fans from all over the globe have been getting ready.
Affairs / Fashion
Monocolumn
Sunday 20 June
Optimism comes back into fashion
Despite cloudy skies and a mediocre performance from Italy against New Zealand in the World Cup, the bumper-to-bumper traffic crawling away from Moncler’s Gamme Bleu show at Milan’s Velodromo Vigorelli last night was tes…
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 1 March
Russia’s winter games of discontent
It has been two weeks of unprecedented soul-searching for Russian sport, after a dismal performance at the Winter Olympics threatened to overshadow the glitzy and expensive roadshow that the country took to Vancouver to…
Edits / Retail
Monocolumn
Wednesday 18 April
Nation of queuers
Anyone walking down Omotesando – the busy street that is home to Monocle’s Tokyo office – might be wondering what is going on this week.
Affairs / Entertainment
Briefing Asia
Singapore's wheel of fortune and South Korea's big game plan.
Business / Small Business
Business Briefing
Estonian robots, Lebanon's Maxime Chaya and wine sales in South America
Edits / Food & Drink
Food briefing
A teashop in Toyko, our favourite coffee makers, a New York wine merchant and a star dish from London.
Culture / Sport
Ahead of the game
The sports writer has a tough job. Crafting a story that’s more than mere results reporting takes toil – especially when sports players are often famously ineloquent. And then there are the deadlines.
Affairs / Society
Living for the city
Great cities adapt and change like their residents. The process of finding a favourite has been a global undertaking that confirmed and renewed our love of exciting urban centres. The following make up Monocle’s top 25.
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
Syrian first lady Adma Al-Assad's outfits; wine-tasting classes for poor South Africans.
Affairs / Politics
Americas Briefing
The Brazilian elections and life after Lula
Affairs / Soft Power
The new soft sell
Which countries get their way in the world without having to resort to military might? Who are the soft power leaders who know the value of well-placed aid or a good pop star? Over the following pages we name the top 25…
Affairs / Politics
Oceania Briefing
National identity in Australia, Tonga and Fiji's territorial dispute and rugby World Cup headache in New Zealand.
Affairs / Society
The liveable cities index 2011
For our Quality-of-Life issue, Monocle has been busy researching the world’s top cities. And with a re-jig of the way each urban centre is assessed, this year’s top 25 promises some surprises.
Edits / Food & Drink
Colourful character
As well as being the front man of Swiss electronica band Yello, Dieter Meier grows hazelnuts and owns three restaurants – one of which is Ocho Once.
Business / Business Hubs
Business Briefing
Roof farming in Hawaii, mink farming in Denmark, coffee currency in the US and shopping addiction in Lebanon.