Business / Society
Work in progress
From food-loving French taking long lunch breaks to workaholic Japanese businessmen, the world continues to approach office culture in very different ways.
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Edits / Soft Power
Museums as Soft Power
“How museums became soft power ambassadors”. Monocle and the V&A hosted a discussion exploring how culture nations. Moderated by Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûle speakers on the panel were: - Simon Anholt, independent…
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 3 September
Hong Kong’s cultural rebirth
Hong-kongers and visitors alike often say that Hong Kong is culturally vacuous or that the city doesn’t have any culture full stop.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Tuesday 7 December
The end of the long lunch hour
Maximising on the midday sun isn’t only a concern for Barcelona seaside holidaymakers looking to get some colour, it’s also being considered a key to keeping energy costs down and curbing climate change 600km west in Spa…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 6 December
Hollywood names get lost in translation in Finland
In Finland there are Ridges, Brookes and Frodos, all queuing to get their names changed at the local registry offices.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 3 September
Military secrets are too good to keep
Recruiting a special forces soldier is a complex, somewhat counterintuitive task.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Thursday 23 June
Japan tries to keep its cool
The world news agenda might have moved on to new locations, but the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster in Japan on 11 March continues to make headline news at home. As summer approaches and…
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Wednesday 13 April
The Salone series: Back to business at the Fiera
For all the fun of the galleries, warehouse exhibitions and street parties elsewhere in Milan, the vast Rho fairground on the city’s outskirts is where the real business of Salone takes place.
Culture / Sport
Monocolumn
Sunday 12 August
Olympic group hug
What the hell do we do now? This morning London’s airports are filling up with athletes heading home from the Olympics. It’s a nylon ocean of the tracksuited and fit.
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 / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 February
Unexpected item in bagging area
A design hotel in Davos recently claimed to have the world’s first fully automated check in, seemingly with some pride.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 16 November
The Boyko Borisov show
The professional CV of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov does not read like your standard head of government: firefighter, private security company owner, black belt in karate, trainer of the national karate team…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 8 March
The economic effects of protest
Bahrain is left to question the financial implications of revolution when its ambitions are less successful.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Friday 10 September
Political stunts and showmanship – remembering 9/11
Dawn will break on Saturday in New York, and if September 11, 2010 is a nice day – clear, crisp air, few clouds, cerulean sky – everyone will note that September 11, 2001 began in exactly the same way.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Saturday 3 July
The Tigress burning bright
They call her the Tatra Tigress, the fiery sociologist with flowing blonde hair who is set to take office as Slovakia’s first female prime minister on 8 July.
Affairs / Books
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 February
The annual book sale and crimes against literature
In Stockholm, 25 February marks the beginning of an old Swedish tradition.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 11 May
A new president for troubled Haiti
As Haiti’s president-elect Michel Martelly takes office in Port-au-Prince tomorrow, current President René Préval will step aside. Normal though it may seem, this will be the first time in Haiti’s history that a president…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 4 March
Maghreb focus: Time to pull together
One of the sparks for the political unrest that has erupted across North Africa was frustration over the lack of jobs and the rising price of food
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 12 January
The role of the religious nutcase
Pastor Terry Jones is an obscure obscurant whose pratings once reached fewer people than most Facebook status updates. In a sane world, his name would have languished unheard by all but his family, friends and the few dozen…
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Monday 5 October
Copping the flak
The European Union has just confirmed what anyone manning a checkpoint, and dodging bullets, in Kandahar or Lashkar Gah could have told you already: that policing in Afghanistan is probably the most dangerous job in the…