Business / Health
Monocolumn
Thursday 1 September
Cigarette branding up in smoke
Smokers looking to buy a pack of Marlboro Lights in Sydney or Winfield Blues in Perth will soon have a hard time telling the difference at the cash register.
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Business / Health
Monocolumn
Thursday 31 January
Health shouldn’t be a drag
Smoking is an issue we're all aware of but are we being told enough about alternatives?
Business / Health
Monocolumn
Sunday 6 June
Why giving up is hard to do
Japanese cigarette taxes go up in October, and I wish I could gloat.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 28 April
The smoking ban
The hookahs have been packed away and cigarettes stubbed out. Damascus, like Paris and New York, now has a smoking ban.
Culture / Television
Monocolumn
Sunday 3 October
Chatshows that talk too much
For millions of Egyptians, tuning into one of the numerous political chatshows that dominate the evening TV schedules is as habitual as eating dinner or lighting up a Cleopatra cigarette.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Wednesday 14 July
Giving up a criminal habit
There are few pleasures to be had behind bars, but smoking has always been one of them – a fixture of prison life as ubiquitous as locked doors and bare walls.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 9 February
A real fag: Japan’s anti-smoking campaign
It says a lot about a country when the top health official’s declaration of war against smoking stirs a backlash.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
The crime of stalking is elusive to define, tricky to prove, and tough to effectively punish.
Culture / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 May
Celebrity chefs should stay in the kitchen
These days, standing behind a kitchen counter is the best way to reach fame.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 30 November
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the PR machine
We had the previously teen-pop, Mmm-Bopping Tulsa nice guys Hanson playing a Midori House session for us yesterday and so of course the trio immediately reminded me of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 August
Libya – A victory for old-school journalism
Wars have often turned jobbing journalists into household names and given them a heroic lustre in the process.
Design / Fashion
Happy vending
We do a little late-night shopping in Tokyo, where no matter what the time is, there’s always somewhere for a quick, post-night-on-the-tiles pick-me-up.
Culture / Luxury
Monocolumn
Monday 6 June
Handbags at dawn of the ‘new’ China
Where better to show off the face of the “new” China than near Beijing’s Tiananmen Square? As the country gears up to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of China’s Communist Party on 1 July, Louis Vuitton is…
Culture / Newspapers
Shop Front
Tünel newsstand in Istanbul and Pet Sounds in Stockholm.
Design / Architecture
A legacy of love
The old master still teaching his would-be successors new tricks, Álvaro Siza is as dedicated to architecture now as when he started his practice 60 years ago. Optimistic despite his country’s predicament, his focus is set…
Edits / Music
Monocolumn
Tuesday 8 November
Posthumous albums do a roaring trade
Lioness: Hidden Treasures will be the last Amy Winehouse album.
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Friday 3 June
Weekend Agenda 4/5 June
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection, including exhibitions to lose your Saturday in, a photography festival on the Channel Islands, and an impressive new short storyteller with ten tales on the subject…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Wednesday 21 July
Better living through artistry
It is difficult to know which is more surprising. The presence of a shimmering installation of mirrored glass coiled across the interior of a ramshackle old farm shed.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 21 January
The youth of today
To coincide with Japan's Coming of Age Day, we ask how much Japanese youth have to celebrate.
Culture / Media
Media Briefing
Galleries, art sales, interviews and the latest media products, both analogue and digital.