Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 14 June
The horns and the dilemma
Football, as a spectacle, is uniquely dependent on its fans.
- 297 results for fans
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 September
Rugby’s Asian fan club
"A stadium of four million people” was how New Zealand pitched itself in its winning bid to host next year’s rugby world cup.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 October
Fear fans the flames
Corporal Daniel da Cruz is 31 and a member of Rio de Janeiro’s military police.
The Briefing, episode 98
The difficulties of prosecuting war crimes at the ICC, why “emo” fans in Iraq are in danger of violence, and culture from SXSW festival.
Affairs / Fashion
Monocolumn
Thursday 17 June
A collection with a cherry on top
Even the most far-sighted fashion fans would have to concede that Chile is decidedly off the typical style map.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
Latest news, projects and products, from a museum makeover in Seoul to beautifully designed cement packaging in Croatia.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 21 June
In a different league
During the World Cup, football-crazed Italy grinds to a halt as fans glue themselves to the TV to watch the Azzurri play.
The Globalist, episode 353
How newspapers are reacting to Hugo Chávez’s death, we speak to President Andris Bērziņš of Latvia about joining the euro currency, and head to Iran to hear why fans of pistachio nuts are having to go without.
The Review, episode 40
Chat with a New Zealand bookstore owner, dance music connoisseur Christopher Tubbs selcts tunes, and Josh Fanning of Adelaide’s Collect magazine picks our weekly reads.
Design / Start-ups
Monocolumn
Monday 17 May
Grounds for concern
When it’s filled with 67,000 fans singing so loud and jumping so hard that you can feel the concrete stands vibrating under your feet, the Morumbi football stadium is a remarkable place.
Edits / Food & Drink
The next pig thing
Last July saw import bans on the highest grade of Spanish jamón ibérico de bellota lifted in the US. As a result, more people are eating what fans refer to as ‘porcine wagyu’.
Edits / Craft
Chip off the old block
Rønning Ski has produced wooden skis in the village of Skotterud in Norway since 1936. While other manufacturers die out, switch to fibreglass or move to China, Rønning keeps modernising the wooden ski and finding new fans…
Culture / Media
Media briefing
MySpace Music has pioneered interactive pop promos in which fans can upload themselves into music videos by chosen artists, including Florence and the Machine, Alicia Keys and 50 Cent. Fans will appear statically: pictures…
Edits / Defence
Inventory No. 56
Fans of army surplus store and collectors of military kit listen up. This month’s inventory is the ultimate guide to the best in desert boots, camouflage jackets and handcuffs.
Affairs / Government
New iron lady
After last summer’s disastrous war against Russia, Georgia’s opposition leaders felt that patriotism should come before any attack on their president, Mikheil Saakashvili. But now the time for retribution is getting nearer…
Affairs / Sport
Up for the cup
The World Cup is a million different stories in one. As the tournament gets under way this month, Monocle looks at how players, coaches, companies and fans from all over the globe have been getting ready.
Design / Craft
Turning the tables
At China’s International Furniture Expo, Furniture Labo launched its Stellar Works collection. Proud to be made in Shanghai, it’s not only gaining fans abroad but also targeting discerning Chinese clients.
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.
Edits / Food & Drink
Ration nation
CNN’s man in Baghdad, Michael Ware is one of few western journalists to have reported from insurgent camps. An avid rugby fan, we met him in Paris where he was covering the World Cup. He selects the touristy Thai restaurant…
Edits / Travel
Las Mimosas
Tenerife has always had a bad rep (and some worse “reps”), but Monocle is a big fan of Santa Cruz, the tourist-free northern capital. While the package hordes party hearty in Playa de las Americas, leave the southern bad…