Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Tuesday 3 May
How to hide – a lesson from bin Laden
In a world in which anybody with a computer can peer into anyone else’s yard, the long-term fugitive feels like a throwback to an era of pigeon post and pith helmets.
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Edits / Technology
Inventory No. 48
On Monocle’s wish list this month are crockery where the clay is the star, eco detergents that really work and waste bins you’ll actually want to handle.
Affairs / Environment
Urban manifesto
What do you really want out of a city? And what can you do without? With the environment top of the agenda in mayors’ offices around the world, *Monocle* looks beyond the recycling bins and congestion charges to see what…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 5 September
9/11 – The view from Pakistan
When Pakistan allied itself with America after 9/11, the country was rejuvenated.
The Monocle Daily, episode 19
The latest from APEC and luxury in Brazil, plus we talk nuclear in Iran, check in with Vietnam and Argentina and speak about the raid to kill Bin Laden.
Affairs / Government
Talking heads
From the presidents of Turkey and Colombia to the leader of the Israeli Labor party, Monocle interviews five political leaders from some of the world’s most volatile regions.
The Review, episode 45
We connect with Bookshops in Paris, Harare and Wellington, hear from Tel Aviv DJ Nadav Ravid, and Rashid Bin Shabib – editor of Brownbook, chats magazines.
Affairs / Business Hubs
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 January
On a new high – with a new name
Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper yesterday – with the surprise announcement that the glistening structure had been renamed Burj Khalifa, after Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, leader of Abu Dhabi.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Monday 26 November
Trees are part of the city
With Osama bin Laden at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, Viktor Bout in an Illinois penitentiary, Kim Jong-un busy with a new lady friend and Ugg boots finally on the way out, can you name the world’s biggest public enemy…
The Monocle Weekly, episode 194
Robert Bound and Steve Bloomfield discuss publishing in the Middle East with the founders of Brownbook – Ahmed and Rashid Bin Shabib, plus we meet London City Hall’s new cycling “tsar” Andrew Gilligan, and discuss the…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 May
Fire with fire
As the mission in Afghanistan nears a tenth anniversary that no-one plans to celebrate, the patchwork of allies that make up the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) will be trying not to dwell on the…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 May
The pitfalls of political chest-puffing
In the ancient poem Beowulf, the eponymous hero went about the Scandinavian countryside battling dragons and beasts and sharing his bold exploits with all who would listen.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 2 May
Why the ‘war on terror’ lost its bite
Almost exactly 20 years ago, an American president once ridiculed as a “wimp” stood triumphant, having vanquished a Middle Eastern villain.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 18 July
Gay rights given an unexpected 'official' boost in China
Firestorm over a Chinese actress’s homophobic microblog
Business / Luxury
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 June
Fishy business in the UAE
Few states do superlatives quite like the Emirates. Highest this, biggest that. There was even a press release doing the rounds for a while about the world’s tallest pyramid of Airwick air fresheners being assembled in a…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 3 September
Military secrets are too good to keep
Recruiting a special forces soldier is a complex, somewhat counterintuitive task.
Business / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 25 January
Rates of pay need to be made fairer for all
Should we really care that a chief executive is paid millions for running a private company?
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Friday 9 December
The Leveson Inquiry
For any aficionado of the more bizarre digressions of politics and the media, it seems churlish to complain about the board of fare offered by the Leveson Inquiry.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 17 September
Riding the wave after a hostage release
When American hiker Sarah Shourd was released last week after 14 months in an Iranian jail, a private jet was waiting for her.