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Caste – gone but not forgotten

As census counting gets under way, the divisive issue of caste has again been thrust into India’s political cauldron.

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The world has been using typefaces for hundreds of years – but only now has the first bricks and mortar shop started selling fonts. e-Types, the Copenhagen branding company behind the move, is hoping it’s the start of…

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Briefing Oceania

An unusual cast of candidates prepare for the Australian election.

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The Monocle Weekly, episode 81

This week the Monocle Weekly casts an eye over the future of international newsgathering.

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Asia briefing

Get in the Kim Jong II look in Style Leader (you'll need some Cuban heels), plus China's jet-set women and Indonesia casts its votes.

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Business / Retail

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Monday 25 June

The consumer hit parade

The votes have been cast, the numbers have been added up and the results are in. No, not the outcome of an election but the latest ranking of hit consumer products in Japan.

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Culture / Film

Monocolumn

Monday 10 May

‘Sex and the City 2′ too fruity for UAE

When publicity announced that the film Sex and the City 2 (to be released in the UK and the US later this month) would feature the cast of New York fashionistas frolicking in Abu Dhabi, the news was met in the Middle East…

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Culture / Film

Reel estate

If your town needs a tourism boost, there is nothing more likely to bring in the punters than a blockbusting film set on your street. No wonder cities are offering film companies big incentives for a moment on the casting…

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Design / Manufacturing

Settee slicker

B&B Italia is renowned for its curvaceous and audacious design. We dropped in to its hi-spec hideout near Milan to cast an eye over the craftsmanship that defines its globally expanding business.

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Culture briefing

Originally published in 1947, this English translation of Hans Fallada’s German classic offers a bleak glimpse into daily life under the Nazis. Told through a thronging cast of sub-proletarian swindlers and survivors, the…

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Business / Technology

Sunny outlook

The Mojave desert receives more sunlight than anywhere else in the US, so plans for it to become a solar-power ‘Saudi Arabia’ seem spot on. But while many recession-hit locals are in full support, others are casting a…

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Business / Small Business

Blatt Chaya

Lebanese retiree Edgard Chaya got into the tile-making trade by chance, after stumbling upon a suitcase belonging to a great uncle. Inside, Chaya discovered a set of curious metal shapes and moulds – castings to make tra…

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Business / Technology

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Friday 16 April

Outwardly mobile – Japan makes an international call

One is a remote archipelago with its own eco-system.

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Design / Architecture

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Tuesday 25 October

It’s curtains for glass buildings

Residents and visitors to any city in China should take care when passing glass buildings.

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Affairs / Politics

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Sunday 27 March

Corruption continues to taint India politics

It does not bode well for a government when its choice for the country’s new anti-corruption chief is blocked by the judiciary because he has been accused of corruption.

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Affairs / Government

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Saturday 16 January

Disillusion in Ukraine as country heads to the polls

For the past few days, Ukraine has been flooded with rabid accusations of fraud, votes for sale and Russian stoogery.

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Edits / Entertainment

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Saturday 3 March

Weekend agenda, 3/4 March

This weekend’s highlights include an avant garde dance performance in Taipei, a new exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in New York, and a much-anticipated re-release of one of Bertolucci’s classic films.