Affairs / Business Hubs
Lonley parts club
Monocle goes island-hopping this month and visits Iceland, Curaçao and Guam. Remote they may be, but they’re not to be overlooked, as they stretch their business muscles and raise their strategic voices.
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Edits / Industry
Expo 63: Heads above water
After the demise of its cod-fishing industry, Fogo Island looked to be in trouble. The tide is turning on its fortunes today thanks to a lifeline of cultural projects, a new hotel and jobs.
Affairs / Government
Island ethos
Monocle meets the Maltese prime minister to talk about how his small country is dealing with the influx of immigrants from North Africa, his views on the Libya conflict and his vision for transforming Malta into a modern…
Edits / Travel
Island hopper
The North Atlantic French overseas territory may have only a few thousand inhabitants but it can count on regular flights to Canada thanks to local air carrier Air Saint-Pierre.
Affairs / Society
Little Britain
For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity we visit Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Now oil and tourists are making this…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 May
No man is an island
Hello, Britain here. We’re very much looking forward to welcoming you to our lovely home this summer. We’re hosting the Olympics and the whole world is invited.
Affairs / Government
Stanley, Falkland Islands
For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity, Monocle visits Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands - the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Fuelled by a post-war boom in…
Edits / CEOs
Flights of fancy
The Faroes’ national carrier has a charismatic, karaoke-loving CEO and a newly upgraded fleet.
Culture / Architecture
Design principal
The leafy Rhode Island School of Design, a global leader in arts education, is buzzing about its new president: the freewheeling, commercially aware digital theorist and world-reknowned graphic designer John Maeda – a man…
Design / Architecture
Rebuilding process
Since Anders Behring Breivik’s atrocious attack in 2011, Utøya has rarely been out of the news. Here, finally, a positive story emerges from the tragedy: meet the Norwegian architectural firm redesigning the island for a…
Design / Interior design
Isolated state
On a trip to the northern Swedish archipelago, with just a few essentials, Monocle discovers an island bolthole perfect for recharging depleted batteries.
Affairs / Society
Oceania Briefing
Lawn bowls undergoes a youth revolution in Australia, and New Zealand finally dumps a confusing traffic law.
Design / Craft
Isle of plenty
When most European craft communities are struggling, how does the Swedish island of Gotland manage not only to survive but to thrive? A little bit of magic, according to those who work here, but also its mix of reasonably…
Affairs / Defence
Defence Briefing
The one part of Yemen that's still paradise, plus the US creates a new naval base in Singapore.
Affairs / Society
Oceania Briefing
The latest from the Pacific islands, including a sanitation crisis in Tuvalu and the phasing of Vanuatu's handwritten passport.
Edits / Society
Expo 19: The good life
From micro to macro, we celebrate three close-knit communities where we would happily see out 2009. These are places that because of design, history or geography have what it takes for an easy going and cosy way of life.…
Affairs / Politics
Americas briefing
The runners in the US mayors election get off the blocks and Los Angeles gets off its trolley.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 July
Taipei: More Chinese than the Chinese
Why the tiny rebel island off the coast of China developed into its own Chinese society.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 14 March
A higher plane
Taiwan remains 90 miles off the Chinese coast, but politically the island might just have shifted in the mainland’s direction.
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
In a city known for its preference to raze rather than save, finding an old building among Hong Kong’s gleaming skyscrapers is a challenge. Marvel then at the Tai O Heritage Hotel: housed in a 110-year-old police station…