Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 2 January
New year, new words
The Oxford English Dictionary is updated with new words four times a year and the latest bunch was just announced in December.
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Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 18 February
Japanese brush up on their English
Verb conjugation; adverbial clauses; the future progressive: forget financial jargon, these are the words that may soon be found flying around the offices of Japan’s banking world.
Business / Education
Speaking volumes
In the past three years, Swedish language-teaching company EF has tripled in size and has left its competitors speechless. We profile the family firm that is transforming the industry.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 February
Why clever Kenyans learn Chinese
A degree from a western university has long been a priority for any would-be member of the Kenyan elite.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 February
Mine your language
You might expect reports of the pending death of a language to prompt dewy-eyed appeals from academics. But no one is shedding a tear for the demise of Fanagalo – most often heard 2,000 metres beneath the surface of the…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 March
The international language of queueing
There are three things that mark one out as British: a proper cup of tea, turning almost any conversation onto the subject of weather, and a sense of fair play that is best exhibited in politely standing in line and waiting…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 16 July
A new language broadens your mind
I still remember when I had my first discussion in a foreign language. I was on a bus heading to school and sat next to a real Kiwi, a New Zealander.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 16 November
Lexicon artists
Forget about last week and its focus on mega-elections – president of America, Archbishop of Canterbury, Coptic Christian pope, run-up to the new boss of China, etc – forget all that because this week is the week that has…
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 8 April
Playing with words comes naturally
This Easter weekend I found myself in a pub with a group of friends at home in rural England.
Design / Graphic Design
Monocolumn
Sunday 22 May
English-language newspaper gets design makeover
“Today’s paper is just sparkling. I’m very proud of it,” exclaims Mario García – also known as the newspaper doctor – from his seat at Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post offices in Causeway Bay.
Affairs / Sport
Voice of a nation
One of the few unifying experiences in multi-lingual Switzerland is Rainer Maria Salzgeber’s TV coverage of the national football team’s matches. The presenter says the sport can help the nation become more tolerant of…
Edits / Monocle
Monocolumn
Thursday 1 November
It’s the way you say it
Perhaps you can help settle an argument. This was a debate that bubbled up during yesterday’s Monocle 24 editorial meeting, normally the last word in even-handed discussion, rational thought processes and fair-mindedness…
Business / Management
Monocolumn
Monday 23 April
Are you an office alpha dog?
Travelling for business is a sure way to understand the importance of body language in the office.
Affairs / Society
Rock the Basra
Iraq has plans to build a shipping route that’s a cheaper alternative to the Suez Canal, starting with a port just south of Basra. It’s the biggest project ever undertaken by Iraq but will the war-ravaged city’s residents…
Culture / Television
Presenting the nation
An explosion of state-funded English-language news channels are attempting to transmit not just the news but their country’s brand. From Moscow to Mumbai we report on the new broadcast empires and ask if this is just pro…
Affairs / Property
Europe briefing
How to speak modern Spanish, and the British colony in the Balkans.