Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Wednesday 14 December
The joy of real shopping
The best Christmas gift I have received in recent times was a jar of home made pickled onions complete with a hand printed label (thank you George Percy).
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Affairs / Politics
Briefing Americas
Brazil's biofuel and Argentina's First Lady.
The Briefing, episode 8
The Briefing heads to Cambodia to witness the recent floods and looks at new hardware releases from Nokia and Amazon. Plus, the top toys for Christmas.
The Monocle Daily, episode 111
Could Argentina mount a fresh Falklands offensive? We get the latest from the French elections build-up and find out why Walmart is troubled by Amazon.
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Saturday 23 January
Japan’s e-book thriller
Once upon a time the word “book” unequivocally meant a simple object consisting of a cover, white pages and sentences printed in black ink.
Culture / Publishing
Shelf satisfying
Faced with the recession and competition from retail giants and online sellers, small bookshops have been disappearing fast from our high streets. But there’s one London gem that’s a textbook example of how to buck the…
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Wednesday 31 August
Changing the world one plateful at a time
Chefs are everywhere – on our TVs, on our coffee tables, on the covers of our magazines, mostly flogging their restaurants and their recipes.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 15 December
Weekend agenda 15/16 December
This weekend check out David LaChapelle’s retrospective in Stockholm, visit architect Thom Mayne’s Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, enjoy Walter Salles favourite road films in New York and celebrate a great…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 26 April
Royal wedding – Tankards, mugs and commemorative condoms
“The strength of a prince with the yielding sensitivity of a princess-to-be.” This could be a particularly florid description of Kate and William as they faced the cameras to announce their engagement.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 December
The engine of the new economy
If it’s true that information is the only natural resource Germany has to offer, then Berlin is quickly moving from the equivalent of mining city to refinery.
Affairs / Government
The power of three
When Monocle published a lighthearted idea encouraging Brazil, Sweden and Turkey to work together, its message reached their capitals. We brought together the three foreign ministers for this issue’s round table series.
Affairs / Defence
Defence briefing
Whose defence spending has plunged and whose skyrocketed plus other news from the military world.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 15 November
The politics of posturing
Just over a week after Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, sent 15,000 troops to the border with Colombia and told his army to “prepare for war”, the incendiary leader has now denied that the moves were meant as a threat to…
Business / Business Hubs
Clean break
This Tennessee city used to be known for its smog and stench. However, Chattanooga has cleaned up its act, establishing itself as an emerging technology hub and the home of Volkswagen’s only US factory. How did that happen…
Culture / Technology
Future forward
As the pace of technology speeds on full-throttle, four media visionaries describe how new developments will influence how we produce and consume news in 2011. And while they may have different views, one thing’s agreed:…
Business / Defence
Business Briefing
War against poaching: Fighting poachers in Zimbabwe, US veterans as entrepreneurs, and Japan's taste for US Military ice cream.
Affairs / Politics
Americas Briefing
South America's revamped union, efforts to get Ronald Reagan recognised, and the new goldrush in Peru.