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Kenenisa Bekele is a superstar in his home nation of Ethiopia – an Olympic gold-winning distance runner who has risen from poverty to the top of his sport. Yet he remains a humble man who eschews the limelight.

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Wednesday 25 April

London needs to grow into the Olympics

So it’s now less than 100 days until the London Olympics. 92 days in fact.

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Ready, set, go

Preparations from the seating to the flags and the turf are nearly complete for this summer’s London Olympics. We look at the companies that have won the contracts to supply the Games.

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London

The London 2012 Olympics left the UK capital with a new-found confidence and a collection of shiny new venues. It is said that London is a collection of villages – and with more transport links, including an expanded ove…

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Section D, episode 59

A sneak peek at the renovated UN Security Council Chamber, we attend London’s Sleep 2012 expo, and inspect the archives of brutalist architect Denys Lasdun.

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Design / Architecture

Building momentum

2012 offered many architectural talking points, from Renzo Piano’s pointy Shard in London to K2S’s small but perfectly formed wooden Chapel of Silence in Helsinki; 2013 promises even more. Here are seven projects completing…

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Affairs / Sport

Making a splash

The Iraqi national rowing outfit – bidding for a spot at London 2012 – defy the odds. Shambolic security and ethnic violence make even getting to training an arduous task. On the water, though, none of it matters.

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The Menu, episode 39

We visit a French restaurant in Kabul, discuss the Danes’ love for local ingredients, and visit a pop-up restaurant preparing for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Section D, episode 37

Urban improvement: why Zürich is Monocle’s favourite city, Stefano Boeri discusses “vertical forest” apartments in Milan, and we learn about the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

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The Monocle Weekly, episode 183

The best of 2012, with author Simon Garfield, medical sceptic Ben Goldacre, musician Chilly Gonzales, political advisor Alastair Campbell, reporter Ben Anderson, and a final stroll through London’s most pleasant green…

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The Urbanist, episode 60

We hear from Richard Florida, Amanda Burden and Richard Rogers at this year’s London Conference 2012, plus an interview with New York landscape architect Diana Balmori.

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Monocolumn

Monday 6 August

Olympic ticket guilt

London is at its quietest: attendance at some of the city’s most-visited tourist attractions is down by up to fifty per cent according to some estimates; hotels are undersold, restaurants sleepy.

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Sunday 22 July

Freeze – put your logos where I can see them!

A middle-aged man in official-looking clothing marches down the street. He’s determined, on a mission.

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Monday 13 August

The Olympics – a triumph for multicultural Britain

There is a mixture of relief and sorrow in London now that the Olympics are over. Londoners can hardly believe the Games went off without any major transport meltdown, organisational blunder, or howling error of curatorial…

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Friday 30 September

Weekend agenda: 1/2 October

Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes farmhouse cuisine in New York, a pop-up cinema in London, and an engaging design fair in Vienna.

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Tuesday 27 July

Will Londoners line up to ride a ‘Boris’?

In a recent ranking of how cycle-friendly Britain’s 20 biggest cities are, London came a dismal 17th.

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Friday 31 December

Forecast 2011: Far from doom and gloom in London's art world

Stage plays ending their run ahead of time; the death of the UK Film Council; part one of a four-year plan to slash the Arts Council’s budgets by a third: 2011 isn’t set to be the best of years for culture in London.

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Sunday 17 April

Venezuela begins the charm offensive for 2012

They’d received their summons and were out in force. The stalwarts of the British left-wing movement gathered on Saturday at central London’s Conway Hall for a day of workshops and discussions on Venezuela.

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Saturday 3 December

Weekend agenda, 3/4 December

Highlights of this weekend include a photo exhibition in Tokyo, a long-awaited re-release by The Smashing Pumpkins and a website to help you pick the best bottle of vino for your weekend festivities.

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