Business / Economics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 August
Unfortunate acronyms
Jim O’Neil, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has ALTAF. In case you’re wondering what ALTAF means, let me spell it out. ALTAF: a lot to answer for.
- 70 results for globalisation
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…
Affairs / Politics
Outside influence
US voters are perceived as being oblivious to the world outside their country. But war, immigration and an increasingly globalised economy mean that foreign affairs will play a bigger part in the 2008 election than they…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 June
Education hits the rocks
Emotions are running wild in the run up to a referendum in July in which Hamburg citizens will decide whether to abolish what are known in Germany as Hauptschule.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 October
Autumn is the beginning of something new
It’s autumn in Europe. The long summer days are giving way to short, cosy, cool ones.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 4 September
Seeking independence
The results of yesterday’s election in Québec are in. And thanks to vigorous English avoidance and baby-kissing skills, Pauline Marois and her separatist Parti Québécois are back in power.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Tuesday 14 May
How history repeats itself
The Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh has echoes of events a century ago. Sophie Grove asks what we should have learned.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 14 February
A lack of common scents
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Thursday 9 May
Northern exposure
A visit to Seoul in South Korea reveals a nation that's comfortable in its identity and wearily mature about a nuclear threat on its doorstep.
Business / Fashion
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 May
Another historic British brand sold
As soon as rag-trade magnate Howard Tillman announced he was selling the British fashion brand Aquascutum last month, Chinese names have been pondering an investment in a slice of sartorial history.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 21 December
2010: Trouble in the heart of Europe
As diplomatic notes go, it wasn’t exactly full of diplomacy. Nine embassies, including those of Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan and Switzerland issued a statement condemning the lack of transparency in tenders…
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 9 June
Shindig to shape the world
New York is the ultimate “make or break” town and the next few weeks might determine if Richard Attias can indeed make the city his own.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 24 May
Caste – gone but not forgotten
As census counting gets under way, the divisive issue of caste has again been thrust into India’s political cauldron.
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 22 February
National airlines are a country’s brand to the world
On Monday a group of colleagues returned from Budapest – giddy after a weekend of goulash, thermal bathing and cocktailing with Monocle subscribers and collaborators.
Affairs / Politics
Asia briefing
China's negative image and we scrutinise the stuffy wardrobe of its president, Hu Jintao.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
An ethnic minority debacle in Poland, election watch Portugal and a banknote overhaul in Sweden.
Culture / Technology
Media/Art Briefing
A gallery in Istanbul, a radio for rock star and a Q&A with New-York based art collector Henry Buhl.
Design / Innovation
North stars
Denmark, Sweden and Finland boast institutions devoted to seeking design-led solutions to societal problems. Are they guiding stars for the world to follow?
Affairs / Soft Power
Soft focus
If you’re Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach. Since the fall of the Wall, Germany’s foreign office has become master of gently promoting ‘Brand Germany’, with Berlin…
Affairs / Urbanism
Oceania briefing
Construction begins on Australia's first carbon-zero office building, while in New Zealand a revamp is under way to stop Christchurch's wanderlusty youngsters from upping sticks. Plus, how New Zealanders are catching up the…