Edits / Retail
Shop idols
Sometimes it takes just one retailer to unite an entire neighbourhood and restore a sense of old-fashioned community between residents and other shop owners, restaurateurs and civil servants. We’ve found 10 doing just that…
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Design / Architecture
Sand castle
Brazil’s beachside resort Santos used to be the retreat that São Paulo residents escaped to. Its flamboyant apartment complex from mid-century master Artacho Jurado, is now a haven for elderly architectural fans.
Design / Neighbourhood Business
Curated community
Last year we engineered the perfect neighbourhood and received praise from the World Health Organisation for putting small business at the core of our high street. This year, we’ve come up with a better borough.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 15 December
Budapest’s Jewish culture boom
The air is filled with the scent of freshly baked cakes and the sound of klezmer music.
Affairs / Urbanism
Wealth and safety
In 1974 residents started moving to AlphaVille, São Paulo’s first gated community. Today there are 300 around the city. While residents may have escaped from becoming entries in the city’s kidnap and murder statistics, they…
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 2 May
Service with restraint
A restaurant that aims for a relaxed atmosphere is to be commended – but your best friends should be sat around the table with you, not taking your order.
Affairs / Small Business
Monocolumn
Monday 12 December
France’s way of turning the old into gold
Cash-strapped local authorities of the world, take note: generating some extra revenue in these austere times could involve nothing more than scavenging in your own backyard.
Edits / Small Business
Leading the flock
In the first of a regular monthly series of international street profiles, we popped down to Lamb’s Conduit Street for a stroll, some tapas and a little retail reconnaissance.
Design / Architecture
In good faith
A new mosque in the heart of Köln is set to be the largest in Germany, inviting not only the city’s Muslim community but also a renewed sense of religious openness and the odd architecture enthusiast too.
The Globalist, episode 50
We head to Namanga in Kenya for our borders series, and learn how the Eritrean community in London is making an impact on food.
The Briefing, episode 55
We speak to the artistic community in Tunisia one year after the Arab Spring and Ben Page of Ipsos MORI talks numbers.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 37
Richard Florida discusses creativity in business, we chat to the head of Fratelli Rossetti shoes, and learn about community investment from New York company Smallknot.
Section D, episode 60
Canadian design special: Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto, we find the maker community in Vancouver, and sit down with designers Yabu Pushelberg.
Design / Soft Power
Brand Britain
London has had some bad press but with the Olympics ahead, can its burgeoning design scene save the day?
The Entrepreneurs, episode 27
The Vancouver startup that let its community pick its function, we meet an Italian who eschewed the family business, and chat with Sunspel’s new owner.
The Menu, episode 40
We travel to Berlin for a look at social communities built around food, sample traditional Patagonian cooking, and check out Copenhagen’s thriving restaurant scene.
The Monocle Daily, episode 56
We find out about the first news bureau in North Korea, ask which jobs are truly recession-proof? And visit an African community in Tel Aviv.
Section D, episode 42
We visit the design community of Buenos Aires, hear from Melbourne’s Audio Architecture conference, and talk to a Macedonian man about his matchbox collection.
Edits / Transport
Northern flights
PenAir was set up by a teenager as a lifeline for Alaska’s more remote communities. Today, it is the region’s second-largest commuter airline.