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A new food hall in an old ironworks is helping change the face of both the docklands and the city’s food scene.
A new food hall in an old ironworks is helping change the face of both the docklands and the city’s food scene.
Each issue, we take an everyday pursuit or situation and give it the *Monocle* overhaul. This month, we stock up on some late-summer essentials to fill the shelves of our perfect pantry.
Sunday 5 September
Fauchon snack shops alongside a Mariage Frères restaurant kitted out with Inga Sempé table lamps and waiters in white bow-tie uniforms – this isn’t the food offering of an upmarket retail emporium but the newly inaugurated…
Friday 14 October
This weekend in London check out pop-up clothing shop Albam or attend a talk at Frieze Art Fair, in Tokyo visit an exhibition of award-winning advertising and design at the Advertising Museum, in Vienna there’s a slow food…
Thursday 19 November
More St Moritz than Moscow, the Mercury Luxury Village shopping precinct has become the Russian capital’s one-stop spot for everything from a Maserati tune-up to Tom Ford suits and Balenciaga gowns.
Tuesday 12 June
Great art and great food are two things that London has built itself a reputation for over the last decade. But recently I’ve noticed that both scenes are facing a crisis.
Thursday 17 January
A cautionary tale of what can happen if you love your sat nav a little too much
Saturday 17 December
This weekend’s highlights include the newest Oliver Spencer shop in London, a pop-up café in Tokyo and the latest album by French chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Saturday 3 December
Highlights of this weekend include a photo exhibition in Tokyo, a long-awaited re-release by The Smashing Pumpkins and a website to help you pick the best bottle of vino for your weekend festivities.
Friday 15 March
As our New York bureau chief packs her bags ready for an equivalent posting in the Far East she has some parting words of criticism – constructive, of course.
Aki Arjola, a former food magazine editor and founder of a food shop in Helsinki, takes us on a tour of his neighbourhood.
The fitness industry appears to be outrunning the economic downturn. At the Fibo trade show in Essen in April, optimism was high – and so was the number of million-euro equipment deals.
Saturday 25 February
This weekend’s highlights include a new pub destination in LA, Japanese festivities in London and the latest album by New York-based duo School Of Seven Bells
Friday 15 June
This weekend’s highlights include Michael White’s new Nicoletta Pizzeria in New York, Bobby Womack’s latest album and of course Monocle’s own summer country fayre.
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…
The changing face of the office lunch in Mumbai, a foodie's haven in Turin, and Hermès takes to the skies.
From futuristic cash-register technology to staff trained as vegetable sommeliers to exhibitors promoting their concoctions, Japan’s Supermarket Trade Show had the highest turnout yet and offers new ideas for an increasi…
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