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The Monocle Winter Series
Make your winter merry and bright with festive chat and musical guests, premiering December 24-28 during The Monocle Daily. Or, catch the repeats from 31 December to 4 January.
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Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Friday 2 December
The animal kingdom of the high street
What is it about shopping at this time of year that turns people into animals?
Edits / Monocle
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 October
Make use of your long trip home
For the long-haul expat, the holiday season is not as relaxing as one would hope.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 21 December
Festive failings
There are just four days until Christmas. And while many of my colleagues and contemporaries are anticipating the big day with relish, I am a little uneasy. The reason? My fear that many of the certainties I have long…
End Point / Magazines
Observation
Our editor in chief Tyler Brûlé takes stock of a busy year that has culminated in us cranking up the dial on Monocle 24, and charts the months ahead. But in between there’s glühwein and stollen to be savoured
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 22 October
Finland wants a place at the UN’s table
Last Thursday was supposed to be a bit like Christmas...
End Point / Technology
Observation
Over the Christmas season Monocle will be going up a gear rather than winding down. But of course we’ll still find time to enjoy a glühwein or two in St Moritz.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 22 November
Finland loses its religion
The weeks leading up to Christmas should be a joyous time for the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 27 April
Royal wedding – let the class wars begin
In Britain, significant royal events – births, deaths, marriages, jubilees – feel like an extra Christmas.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 63
On this special Christmas edition of The Entrepreneurs, we discover a Roman business finding inspiration from rummaging through the past, and head to Warsaw to meet three entrepreneurs using an abandoned factory to create…
Design / Fashion
Back to the folks
We bring you warm tidings – and equally warm clothes – to spend time at home with the family for a cosy Korean Christmas.
Design / Manufacturing
Spark life
The world is going electric in a bid to combat environmental change and energy dependency. For once this Christmas, batteries are included.
The Review, episode 9
Tyler Brûlé and Gillian Dobias listen to Christmas songs good and bad, and stop by bookshops in Bangkok, Amsterdam and Mexico City.
The Curator, episode 8
Hugo Macdonald picks an interview with author Sam Leith, a trip to a Lebanese microbrewery and a reflection from Tyler Brûlé on Christmas window displays.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 11 January
The American protester – hero or fool?
A would-be Christian martyr’s infiltration of the world’s most forbidding state on Christmas Day has both frustrated and inspired fellow North Korea activists.
Edits / Retail
The real deal
As we sat in Midori House we dreamed of one city where you could do all your Christmas shopping with ease. Then we realised where it was: Vienna.
The Monocle Daily, episode 45
We learn about video games imitating real world conflicts and check in with a newspaper in Colorado, plus we find out about Christmas – American style.
The Briefing, episode 41
The latest from Washington with Sasha Issenberg, we discuss MOS Burger’s expansion plans and learn how to avoid Christmas fashion faux pas.
The Briefing, episode 38
Monocle’s Moscow contributor talks about post-election demonstrations and tech-guru David Phelan gives his picks for the best Christmas gadget gifts.
Section D, episode 10
Hugo Macdonald talks to Lego-designers in Denmark, visits Bergdorf Goodman in New York and finds out what Christmas design means to Peter York.