Huge changes have recently taken place in Burma. A glittering new capital now rises from the plains, elections have been held and the military junta formally dissolved. At least, that’s what the army generals would like the…
In 1991, impoverished Estonia broke free from the old Soviet Union. Today it is Europe’s fastest-growing economy. No surprise then that the nation has just voted back into power the coalition government which has overseen…
On 17 February the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence and the war-torn state became free from Serbian rule. Monocle was there as the people hit the streets. Also, overleaf, Nader Mousafizadeh, former special assistant…
Sochi, a Black Sea beach resort popular with Putin and Siberian retirees, was the surprise choice to host the 2014 Winter Olympics – it lacks proper sewers for a start. So before it can cater for an expected one million…
With the sudden exit from Mogadishu of Islamist insurgents, life in the Somali capital has shifted yet again. Just as war has abated, famine has arrived. Who can fix this ravaged city?
Following this summer’s Georgian war, breakaway territory Abkhazia has been recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua. Limited diplomatic credibility hasn’t stopped it wanting the trappings of statehood: it hopes…
Staying in good health is about looking after what you have as well as thinking ahead. Speaking of which, join us soon at the new Monocle Café for an autumn pick-me-up.
Sunday 27 May
There’s a letter I tend to get from Monocle’s listeners and readers whenever we run a story that mentions kidnaps, murders or drugs in Mexico.
Swedes take aim at the wolf, Boyko wonder in the Balkans and feeling the heat in Germany. Plus, Letter from Samara, Russia's new boom city.
A focus on Chinese-Japanese relations, we analyse the King of Spain’s open letter for unity, and get a report on Portuguese-speaking Guinea-Bissau.
Tuesday 16 February
In mid-January, Takeshi Kobori, the Japan Necktie Association (JNA) chairman, met with Japan’s environment minister Sakihito Ozawa and handed him a two-page letter of demands.
Thursday 11 March
Brigitte Bardot is not a frequent lobbyist in the Israeli parliament, so her three consecutive letters to Knesset members, urging them to approve an all-out ban on the fur trade in Israel, seem to have left their mark.
This is the Second World War you never hear about – an ordinary German civilian’s version. Living in liberal Hamburg, Wölff-Monckeberg was neither Nazi or dissident. The touching everyday account of how Hitler’s Third Reich…
Typefaces are something of an obsession at Copenhagen design agency e-Types. They’ve recently started selling fonts out of a shop around the corner from their office, the first bricks-and-mortar outlet for typefaces in the…
Sunday 6 May
I remember reeling when I first heard the word “netiquette”. It’s not exactly a beautiful or sexy incarnation of the English language.
Monday 20 February
In the playground of the world Canada just got a little bit cooler. It turns out that Americans like us. They really, really like us – more than anyone anywhere.
Culture editor Robert Bound's column on the hilarity and banality of comments left by people on newspaper websites, as well as reviews on new books, films, and music,and previews of art exhibitions.
Thursday 12 August
Cuba might be a land of ration books and power cuts, but last weekend it hosted an electronic music festival, complete with three stages and even an approximation of a cinema tent.
Sunday 30 September
Years ago, I argued with my uncle when he announced that at some point in the future all school exams would be taken on laptops.
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