Thursday 1 November
Perhaps you can help settle an argument. This was a debate that bubbled up during yesterday’s Monocle 24 editorial meeting, normally the last word in even-handed discussion, rational thought processes and fair-mindedness…
At any time in history there are countries on the way in or out – breakaway states eager for independence or now clamouring to be reassimilated into their former motherlands. This is the current crop of nations in waiting…
Reclaiming the tote, looking killer in Kilgour and why its good to have a lot of Acne this summer.
Napoleon sold off Louisiana in 1803 but the French government is busier than ever promoting Gallic culture in the former colonial state. Latest move: funding a new school and getting the headlines from Paris on the local…
Is it time to pull down the shutters on the UN? In a highly personal commentary on the strife at the United Nations, a former special assistant to Kofi Annan says the 60-year-old institution is no longer fit to solve the…
Iraq has plans to build a shipping route that’s a cheaper alternative to the Suez Canal, starting with a port just south of Basra. It’s the biggest project ever undertaken by Iraq but will the war-ravaged city’s residents…
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