Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Friday 1 March
Going off the rails
As the world pulls ahead in laying down bold new high-speed train projects, the UK's creaking infrastructure can't keep up.
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Affairs / Innovation
Future lab
Global leaders may be lacking in ambition but that hasn’t stopped us doing the heavy lifting for them. Monocle presents 10 grand projects that would make a big difference.
Affairs / Politics
Asia briefing
Monocle talks to Japanese designers, architects and businessmen about what their country needs, post-election. Plus, Hong Kong combats its pollution, and Japan welcomes Chinese tourists - as long as they've got money to…
Affairs / Politics
Americas briefing
The Obama's grand designs on their private White House living quarters, going Dutch in the Antilles, planting seeds of change in Detroit and the Interoceanic Highway near completion - maybe.
The Globalist, episode 289
The latest on Syria with Babak Dehghanpisheh, we discuss Japan’s infrastructure issues, and the ex-PM of Fiji explains why their banknotes won’t feature the Queen.
The Monocle Daily, episode 208
How Brazil’s infrastructure investments will change the country, we visit the annual Huntsville Space and Missile Defense Conference, and discuss Julian Assange’s extradition options.
The Globalist, episode 134
Why Latin American countries are buying back their infrastructure from foreign owners, we discuss Spain’s unemployed journalists, and ask what makes a great mayor?
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Monday 13 June
Quality of life series – Lisbon’s train pain
As Portugal’s new prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho prepares to take over as the country’s chief of damage limitation, ambitious plans originally conceived by ex-PM José Sócrates to revamp Lisbon’s transport infrastructure…
Affairs / Business Hubs
Well oiled
Ghana is drilling for oil. Apartments are going up, the educated diaspora is returning and the government has a plan to avoid the “resource curse” seen in places such as Nigeria. In Accra the mood is optimistic and the…
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…
The Briefing, episode 365
Why there are problems emerging for Brazil’s infrastructure ahead of the Olympics and World Cup, we take a closer look at Xi Jinping’s glamorous first lady, and discover why the word “ungoogleable” has been banned in Sweden…
Affairs / Urbanism
Winning losers
Whether it’s due to poor infrastructure, inherent inefficiency or the occasional war, these five cities have not made the Top 25 list – but that doesn’t mean they’re not great places to live.
Affairs / Urbanism
Taiwan’s turning tide
Under the leadership of a progressive mayor, Kaohsiung in the south of Taiwan is no longer the neglected sibling of the capital Taipei. With its harbour being redeveloped and refreshed infrastructure within the city, Mon…
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 14 March
Privatising the UK one piece at a time
If you’re a resident of the UK, a frequent visitor to London, or one of those Hanseatic Anglophiles who’d love nothing more than owning a pied-à-terre in Mayfair and a quaint cottage in Cotswolds but are terrified by the…
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Casablanca
You won’t see many tourists idling around the crumbling mix of ancient and modern that is Morocco’s largest city. You’ll be hard-pushed to find much in the way of infrastructure either. Yet the locals adore the place.
Business / Urbanism
Greek revival
Taking advantage of its position at the oil and gas gateway to southern Europe, Thessaloniki has become northern Greece’s boom town. With €6bn in business investment and an infrastructure upgrade, it is now the key player…
Affairs / Urbanism
The road ahead
Waking from the nightmare of war, occupation and civil unrest, Iraq has ambitious plans for the renovation and remodelling of its cities and infrastructure. The rebuiliding isn’t purely a physical process – a new mindset…
Affairs / Environment
01 - Munich
After much tyre-kicking, data-sifting and deliberation, Munich emerged as Monocle’s most liveable city in the world. A winning combination of investment in infrastructure, high-quality housing, low crime, liberal politics…
Business / Investments
The next Shanghai
Kunming is an unpolluted, diverse city that offers a high quality of life. Infrastructure projects, including new train routes and an international airport, are providing links with south Asia, boosting trade. It’s even…