Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Tuesday 1 January
Five films for the holidays
Enjoy our New Year round-up of the best cinema, DVD and film events for the coming weeks.
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Culture / Arts
The colour of money
The world’s leading banks (you know who they are) are behind an estimated 20 per cent of all art purchases – for themselves. What’s the motivation for amassing a 50,000-piece strong collection? *Monocle* finds out on a tour…
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Our favourite new music releases, films and books. And culture editor Robert Bound's column on tear-jerking Hollywood films.
Culture / Arts
For your diaries
Here’s a hand with your artistic intake over the coming months, from festivals to film releases.
Edits / Architecture
Hammer time
Few architects would know how to build their own designs. that’s where the ghost laboratory comes in: this visionary two-week summer camp in rugged nova scotia gives students and qualified architects the chance to practise…
Business / Entrepreneurialism
Future makers
Meet the entrepreneurs building a future for Egypt post-Mubarak. Each is attempting to turn crisis into opportunity and help spark a much-needed national economic recovery.
Affairs / Soft Power
Tender is the might
Conceived of only 21 years ago, already most nations want a “soft power” strategy – a way of winning the world over without resorting to military-industrial might. Monocle has indexed the top 30 soft power nations, which…