Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 6 May
Remember online manners, please
I remember reeling when I first heard the word “netiquette”. It’s not exactly a beautiful or sexy incarnation of the English language.
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Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 25 January
It’s a sir thing
While we've all been busy getting chummy in the email sphere, when meeting people face-to-face things seem to be getting more formal. Monocle's editor muses on the changing world of manners.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 16 September
Respect in Japan is grown from childhood
It doesn’t matter how long I’ve lived in Japan. I’m still struck by the level of civility here. Every encounter, whether it’s on a crowded train or a busy street is transacted with a degree of quiet courtesy that continues…
The Monocle Weekly, episode 130
We discuss the importance of good manners with writer Henry Alford and talk about Greenland’s claim for owning Santa clause.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 27 December
Forecast 2011: Britain’s political rollercoaster set to continue
How do you match 2010? For British politics it was the most tumultuous and turbulent year in living memory, defying all manner of clichés and conventional wisdom.
The Curator, episode 68
Markus Hippi selects the best of the week, with Jackie Siegel – star of Queen of Versailles and a discussion on manners with writer and theatre critic Henry Hitchings.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 186
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound are joined by environmentalist Tony Juniper, discuss manners with writer and theatre critic Henry Hitchings, and learn about wartime writers with Dr Lara Feigel.
Business / Entrepreneurialism
Adaptive Eyewear
Adaptive Eyewear is a social enterprise that’s working to correct the vision of some of the millions of people in developing nations that have no access to glasses. They do this using a unique technology that might prove…
Business / Manufacturing
The Impossible Project
Adaptive Eyewear is a social enterprise that’s working to correct the vision of some of the millions of people in developing nations that have no access to glasses. They do this using a unique technology that might prove…
Edits / Food & Drink
Dining Concepts
As more and more chefs blur the boundary between kitchen and table, we visit the entrepreneurs who are inventing new ways to heighten the restaurant experience. We dropped in on all manner of temporary food events – from…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 17 April
Burying the truth
On the day that the UK lays to rest one of its most divisive leaders – Margaret Thatcher – there's a sense that the bombast surrounding the funeral is distinctly un-British.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 2 May
Service with restraint
A restaurant that aims for a relaxed atmosphere is to be commended – but your best friends should be sat around the table with you, not taking your order.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Saturday 15 January
Sweden’s embassy cuts cause hot debate
Being a Swedish ambassador used to be an enviable job, something that politicians or officials were awarded with after years of loyal service, with any luck in some warm but important capital.
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 July
India gears up to overhaul its outdated retail industry
With global retailers turning the screws and consumers demanding more choice, the Indian government is finally considering removing restrictions on supermarket chains.
Business / Economics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 21 August
Unfortunate acronyms
Jim O’Neil, the chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has ALTAF. In case you’re wondering what ALTAF means, let me spell it out. ALTAF: a lot to answer for.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 2 April
Political coups require planning too
It must have seemed like rather a good idea at the time.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Monday 12 July
The flipper-side of tourism
Whichever way you cut it, dolphins are big in Japan. Appreciation for the cheesy grinning mammals takes almost every imaginable form.
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 / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 10 August
UK Riots Part 1: Politicians vascillate and hesitate wording a response
Now that much of the dust has settled (not that the scars have healed), a note on the words used in the riot-heat of this week.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 27 April
Royal wedding – let the class wars begin
In Britain, significant royal events – births, deaths, marriages, jubilees – feel like an extra Christmas.