Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Tuesday 9 February
Living with the floods
From the end of the street, the water shimmers almost idyllically, like some distant pool or lake.
- 116 results for flood
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 June
Lula conspicuous by his G20 absence
On Friday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva announced he would miss this weekend’s G20 summit in Toronto so that he could supervise relief efforts in Brazil’s flood-stricken northeast.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Saturday 16 January
Disillusion in Ukraine as country heads to the polls
For the past few days, Ukraine has been flooded with rabid accusations of fraud, votes for sale and Russian stoogery.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 8 September
New Zealand faces up to its fault lines
Within hours of Saturday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Canterbury, streets were flooded by broken water mains and sewage pipes.
The Briefing, episode 92
We discuss the primary elections in the US, ask whether eastern Libya could form its own state, and report on flooding in New South Wales.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Saturday 22 January
Brazilian landslides leave Rousseff on shaky ground
The landslides and floods that tore through the mountains surrounding Rio de Janeiro on 12 January have so far claimed at least 762 lives.
The Briefing, episode 200
The latest on Hilary Clinton’s visit to South Sudan, discuss North Korea’s flood crisis, and ask why Switzerland might change its national anthem.
The Briefing, episode 8
The Briefing heads to Cambodia to witness the recent floods and looks at new hardware releases from Nokia and Amazon. Plus, the top toys for Christmas.
Design / Craft
The hand made tale
In a globalised market flooded with faux-artisan branding, real craftsmen are endangered. But in Kyoto, where tradition rules, a new initiative is refreshing generations-old techniques to bring Japanese craft to a worldwide…
Business / Health
Liquid Gold
‘Genki’ drinks – nutrition and energy beverages – have flooded the Japanese market yet manufacturers are now targeting female consumers and soaking up foreign customers. Is saturation imminent?
Business / Soft Power
Ethics work
Germany’s economic status exceeds its place in the world power order. With a touching lack of marketing sophistication and sturdy business values, Europe’s powerhouse has achieved soft power almost by accident.
Affairs / Soft Power
Dungaree diplomats
When a flood devastates Uganda or an earthquake strikes Pakistan, Germany’s THW gets some of the first aid workers on the ground. Mostly volunteers, they are part of Germany’s soft power arsenal.
Edits / Craft
Abel García López
Nestled in a chilly valley between wooded volcanoes is the guitar-making capital of Mexico. While many in Paracho battle to survive against a flood of cheap Chinese imports, a few are drawing on generations of knowledge to…
Design / Architecture
Monocolumn
Friday 8 March
Frank Lloyd wrong?
A New Jersey couple are causing controversy with their desire to move out of their Frank Lloyd Wright home – and then have *it* moved, brick by brick, to save it from falling into a river. A justified brouhaha or an unne…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Friday 22 July
Weekend agenda: 23/24 July
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes an urban beach in Madrid, a design festival in Melbourne and a boating lake atop a London department store.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 17 October
The red sludge aftermath
The red sludge that engulfed towns and villages after a reservoir burst at MAL’s aluminium plant in Ajka, western Hungary, is steadily being cleared away but its toxic legacy remains.
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.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 18 April
Predicting the monsoon
From the baking plains of the Deccan Plateau to the boardrooms of Mumbai, everyone is keeping a weather eye on India’s skies as the annual monsoon approaches.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 16 January
Scotland after a decade of independence
On 24 June 2014, the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn, when the Scots defeated the English in the wars for independence, the Scots made another bid for independence.
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?