Edits / Sport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 August
A Paralympics of personality
During the Second World War, my aunt was in the Waaf: the Women’s Auxillary Air Force.
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Culture, episode 46
The premier of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Mittwoch aus Licht” opera, we discuss a film focusing on Spanish Paralympic cyclists, and make sandcastles on Rockaway Beach.
The Globalist, episode 219
We look back at unanswered questions over Yasser Arafat’s death, ask which journalists will be able to enter Burma, and discuss the Paralympics opening ceremony.
The Globalist, episode 218
We ask if North Korea will send athletes to the Paralympics, look at the male-dominated world of Chinese politics, and learn about Paraguay’s Guarani language.
Midori House, episode 221
Journalist Abdel Hussein discusses Egyptian state TV, we talk to the person behind Paralympic wheelchair repairs, and ask why Brazil lacks a compelling global airline.
Culture / Sport
Monocolumn
Friday 2 October
All down to the Rio brand?
Conspiracy theorists might argue that two news stories that emerged in the days running up to the 2016 Olympic city vote in Copenhagen were no accident.
Affairs / Innovation
Time to open wide
OK, so the Olympics were a soft-power triumph for the UK. But now what? Over the following pages we explore how Britain can harness that post-games optimism and meet some of the people who can help the country do just that…
Business / Sport
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.
Affairs / Environment
Could do better
They may not have come top in Monocle’s chart but the cities ranked 11 to 20 are still all great places to live. They didn’t make the first 10 because some lacked a real metropolitan buzz, while others failed to deliver on…
Affairs / Soft Power
Soft central
Monocle's third annual Soft Power Survey is an attempt to push the debate on where soft power comes from and how to use it. With current shifts in the global power balance, never has it been more relevant.