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Bread & butter
Rye bread with a simple topping might not sound like culinary fireworks. However, at Aamanns it is sparking taste buds.
Rye bread with a simple topping might not sound like culinary fireworks. However, at Aamanns it is sparking taste buds.
Denmark: home to the world’s first obesity tax, a globally revered restaurant (Noma) and a galaxy of informed and innovative food experts. We got four of the best together in a room to chew the (unsaturated) fat on their…
Monday 7 December
It’s our last hope, all or nothing, do or die, the Final Countdown, and the Danes are thrilled that it will take place in their capital.
Claus Meyer, writer, food campaigner and part-time vinegar maker, shows us his favourite food haunts around Frederiksberg, a unique municipality in the heart of the Danish capital.
Film producer Sisse Graum Jørgensen exemplifies the hard graft that goes into getting films onto the big screen in a timely and cost-effective fashion. She tells Monocle about winning an Oscar, shunning Hollywood and…
Photographer Thomas Ibsen’s house, a classic of the post-war ‘funkis’ style characterised by simple lines and clever use of light, is filled with design treasures and new pieces that he’s created.
Friday 18 September
It’s as if the Lehman brothers had never met. A quick look at the list of new cars unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (open to the public until 27 September), reveals an unprecedented number of outlandish, expe…
The world has been using typefaces for hundreds of years – but only now has the first bricks and mortar shop started selling fonts. e-Types, the Copenhagen branding company behind the move, is hoping it’s the start of…
Monday 19 September
Denmark has a new prime minister, the first woman ever to fill the post and the very model of a slick, modern, media-savvy European leader: she is the Social Democrat, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
Flensted’s handmade mobiles have hung in well-designed homes around the world for more than 50 years. The family- run company is also one of Denmark’s most successful cottage industries and business is flying high.
Wednesday 31 August
Chefs are everywhere – on our TVs, on our coffee tables, on the covers of our magazines, mostly flogging their restaurants and their recipes.
Thursday 30 September
I’ve just been to Hannover to attend an exhibition of vans and commercial vehicles (actually, I rather enjoyed it).
Sunday 27 December
At the beginning of 2009 pretty much every industry commentator was predicting auto-armageddon for the world’s car makers, but a combination of gadzillions of government dollars and wildly successful cash for clunkers…
Japanese car company Subaru has always attracted a less conformist driver. Its crossover 434 Forester epitomises the brand’s quirky but unflashy design and solid reliability. Although recent Subaru models are looking a…
Since the 1970s, Mykonos has been on the list of summer destinations for the sun-seeking elite and gay party boys. Today it is smarter than ever, with new five-star hotels, a seasonal Nobu and berths for the grandest yachts…
This month's books, music and films.
A publishing nerve-centre in Madrid, a marketing consultant in Copenhagen and an art fair organiser in London. One thing they all have in common is the beautiful and inspiring spaces they work from.
Great art transforms thought with ideas and emotions. But that effortless feeling as a bold new work hits the page, store or screen, is down to some very real individuals who link inspiration to industry. Here are a few of…
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