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Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Douglas Coupland's unerring eye continues to define his times, Michael Haneke's White Ribbon scars the horses, and Toronto Indie superheroes Hidden Cameras mix it with Sweden's finest frostbitten chanteuse.
The Monocle Daily, episode 130
The details of the US’s troops leaving Japan, why a Cuban film has found reality stranger than fiction, and the perfect Friday night in Copenhagen.
Culture, episode 6
We explore truth and fiction with artist Dexter Dalwood, film director Simon Curtis and novelist Alex Preston before visiting the Blindspot gallery in Hong Kong.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 June
Shaking off the Borat legacy
Kazakhstan is far from most people’s geopolitical radars, and outside oil and gas circles is still known mainly for the fictional journalist, Borat.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 156
A special interview with Alastair Campbell revealing the run-up to Iraq, and we check out the latest in African fiction writing with author Billy Kahora.
Culture, episode 54
A visit to New York’s CMJ Music Marathon, we meet the man translating “The Iliad” for South Africans, and enjoy a session from Philco Fiction.
Business / Innovation
Dream machines
From robotic nurses to submersible aircraft, the stuff of science fiction is close to becoming a reality. Monocle tracks down five innovative high-tech firms that are on the brink of achieving great things in 2009.
Culture / Arts
Culture briefing
**Books:** Real-life football yarns, a fictional White House exposé, and an ode to the migrating swallow. **Film:** Armando Iannucci's political satire goes stateside, and Michael Sheen as Brian Clough in *The Damned Uni…
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Friday 23 July
Book fair stories
If you are strolling around Hong Kong’s harbour-front in Wanchai, watch out for your toes.
Culture / Travel
Monocolumn
Sunday 3 July
Flip festival – big ideas in a small town
Located 240km from Rio de Janeiro, Paraty is known for its charming colonial-style houses and the uneven stone streets by the seaside.
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Saturday 8 January
F Scott Fitzgerald up for grabs
He is unlikely to feature in literary forecasts for 2011, but F Scott Fitzgerald is set for a bumper year. On 1 January, 70 years after his death, he passed the all-important milestone in any creative career – the copyright…
Culture / Music
Culture briefing
Books, films and music to make a date for.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 30 March
Weekend agenda, 31 March/1 April
This weekend check out the art fair in Tokyo, catch an exhibition asking big questions in Monaco and lighten up with the new album from La Sera.
Culture / Television
Monocolumn
Wednesday 9 February
Swedes turn on and tune in to crime
Sweden’s reputation as a nation of relaxed and peace-loving people has already taken a bit of a battering, thanks to the success of Henning Mankell’s Wallander series and the Stieg Larsson novels.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Saturday 16 October
The book that had to be written
In the heady days following Robert Mugabe’s 2008 election defeat, Vanity Fair sent Peter Godwin to cover the despot’s anticipated demise.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 18 February
History repeating
Though each new conflict is unique, France's previous experience with insurgents could help it today in Mali.
Culture / Arts
Look & listen
Monocle’s summer arts calendar creams off the pick of the albums to line up, the books to take to the beach, the shows to saunter round and the movies to get to grips with in the evening – preferably in an open-air cinema…
Affairs / Politics
Dream team
As the US presidential elections draw closer, at Monocle we’ve been turning our attention to who we’d like to see in the Cabinet. From CEOs to hip hop moguls, we’ve found a team who could change America’s image around the…
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
A round-up of the best books, films and music.