Edits / Craft
Warm front
Røros-Tweed has been weaving Norwegian lambswool products since 1939, building on a local tradition that goes back centuries. Rescued from bankruptcy in 1968, it is now supplying some of the world’s top designers.
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Culture / Film
Cinema Paradise
When it comes to a Friday night out at the movies, we’ll be booking our seats in Bangkok, Singapore and Tokyo. Now pass the Peranakan menu and a blanket.
Edits / Retail
Christmas Gift Guide 2010
Monocle’s editors have scoured the globe for Christmas gift to make your loved ones happy. From a suitcase that doubles as a chair to virgin wool US blankets to snuggle up in the cold, all bases are covered.
Edits / Start-ups
Material gains
Faribault Woolen Mill Co seemed dead and buried when it was forced to close in 2009. Its renaissance under the guidance of two local businessmen has proven blanket-like: comforting and all-encompassing.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Monday 3 May
The ‘no-frills’ shipping format arrives
When the Taicang Dragon docked in the Port of Los Angeles yesterday at the end of a 16-day voyage across the Pacific and unloaded its cargo of Chinese bicycles, woolly blankets and umbrella strollers, Oslo ship-broker Jakob…
Edits / Craft
Inventory No. 53
This month’s shopping selection includes a wine aroma kit that’ll turn you into a connoisseur, a collectable wooden songbird by Kay Bojesen and wooden speakers to play your tunes.
Business
San Francisco
A vibrant tech scene has breathed new life into the city by the bay. A paradise for foodies, hipsters and hippies, this hilly metropolis also has a spectacular setting, with water on three sides. However, you'll want to…
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Monday 15 August
Cold front leaves locals grappling with graupel
Aucklanders learnt a new word yesterday: “graupel”. Halfway between snow and sleet, it forms when very cold droplets of water hit snowflakes to form a “rime”.
Affairs / Newspapers
Monocolumn
Wednesday 6 July
London: HuffPost UK's tabloid approach
The Huffington Post couldn’t have asked for a better day than yesterday for its UK launch.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture briefing
The For Stockists design and craft fair in Tokyo, a rehab centre in the Netherlands and a newly revamped medical faculty in Peru.
Affairs / Luxury
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 November
African style – and substance?
“The promise of Africa, the power of the Mediterranean.” That was the title of this year’s International Herald Tribune Luxury conference in Rome. If there was ever a time for the luxury industry to try to negotiate its…
Edits / Aviation
Monocolumn
Saturday 13 November
How not to run an airline – lessons for eastern Europe
Bosnia is only a short hop across the Adriatic Sea from Italy.
Design / Industry
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 February
The new audience
Social media and smartphones turn life into a performance but that doesn't mean it’s always showtime.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 May
Mexico has far more to it than just violence
There’s a letter I tend to get from Monocle’s listeners and readers whenever we run a story that mentions kidnaps, murders or drugs in Mexico.
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Sunday 11 April
Poland’s air disaster – what went wrong?
Two questions were on most people’s minds when they heard the horrific news about the plane crash outside Smolensk, which killed 96 people including Poland’s president.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 February
Playing fast and… safe
Japan's new high-speed line isn't that much quicker than its existing high-speed lines. However, what it lacks in thrilling advance it makes up for with secure progress.
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Tuesday 4 December
Step into Christmas… and actual shops
That’s much more like it. I’m in the mood for feasting, hall decking, Christmas cheering, wine mulling and thinking on the season now that this weekend has just happened.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 1 February
The President vs the People
A week to the day since the country was swept by anti-government protests, Hosni Mubarak is bracing himself for the biggest challenge yet to his rapidly crumbling presidency.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Friday 17 May
Let there be lots and lots of light
We never saw it coming but that's because it was too dark: our design editor takes an unexpected dislike to the dimmer switch.
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 May
UK airports make you feel unwelcome
Last week I flew back to London from Bilbao on a plane that was nearly blown off the runway while landing. It was a scary experience to say the least.