Business / Technology
The plough factor
If you’re in the market for the latest tractor or combine harvester, the National Farm Machinery Show is the place to be. Monocle goes to Kentucky to sow our seeds.
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Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Monday 26 November
Trees are part of the city
With Osama bin Laden at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, Viktor Bout in an Illinois penitentiary, Kim Jong-un busy with a new lady friend and Ugg boots finally on the way out, can you name the world’s biggest public enemy…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 29 October
Chávez’s €1bn spending spree
Last week, as Lisbon’s nerves were fraying over its ultimately suspended budget talks, Hugo Chávez was driving an eight-person minivan around the sleepy Portuguese region of Viana.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Friday 5 November
They’ve seen it all before
The post-election ritual in Washington is, by now well choreographed.
Culture / Music
Monocolumn
Thursday 27 December
Five albums to listen to over the holidays
A collection of some of the year’s best records you might have missed, seasonal selections and new sounds to bring in the New Year.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
The latest products, players, projects and happenings in the worlds of architecture, homeware, packaging and more.
Affairs / Politics
Americas Briefing
Iconic newspaper headquarters are increasingly attractive prospects for developers
Business / Entrepreneurialism
Leaders of the pack
Identifying a gap in a market is the easy part; creating a pioneering company to plug that gap requires a bit more skill. We present five firms that have found their niche and done the hard work too.
Affairs / Politics
Americas briefing
Bolian president Evo Morales and his penchant for ponchos, Chile and Peru's pointless weapons race and dating for lonely Canadian farmers. Also, in our View from Washington column, we look at one of Barack Obama's many…
Design / Innovation
Back in your box
How do you make voting simpler, appealing and important? It’s a challenge Norway has tried to solve. The solution is a vote winner.
Design / Entrepreneurialism
Make, do and vend
San Francisco may be small in size, but it has always had big ambition. Now it’s leading the way by putting small manufacturers and retailers at the heart of its urban agenda.
Affairs / Government
Americas Briefing
We investigate Canadian PM Stephen Harper's motorcade, the US's paranoia in the wake of WikiLeaks and America's first government-owned casino.
Affairs / Transport
Full-speed ahead
Obama is allocating $8bn for high-speed rail – but much of the expertise will come from Europe. Monocle went on the euro-rails with US transport secretary Ray LaHood as he sought inspiration and contacts. Then on page 76…
Affairs / Society
Coming home
Thousands of Spaniards lost their citizenship as they fled Spain’s Civil War and Franco. Now Spain is offering its descendents the right to be Spanish. Should other countries who need migrants do more to encourage the…
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…
Culture / Media
Voice of the people
Every city has a local media star – perhaps a television anchor, newspaper columnist, singer or author – who is part of its very fabric. Content with staying on home turf, they are an institution, breaking down the anoma…
Culture / Arts
For your diaries
Here’s a hand with your artistic intake over the coming months, from festivals to film releases.