Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 March
Maghreb focus: A dyeing breed of despots
The recent rebellions against various unpleasant Arab tyrants have prompted a number of responses.
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Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Monday 25 January
Sundance pulls out the stops
“This is your guide to cinematic rebellion,” screeches the cover of the booklet accompanying the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Affairs / Society
Oceania Briefing
An Australian town with new-found pilgrim pulling power, French Polynesia the rebellion, Australian students get wily, and the next Guantánamo.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 113
For edition 113 of the Monocle Weekly the team discuss the ongoing rebellion in Libya, joined in the studio with Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute.
Culture / Television
Anchor Man
Lebanese journalist Hisham Melhem has been a correspondent for many of the Middle East’s largest newspapers and now presides over TV station Al Arabiya’s Washington bureau. He talks to Monocle about covering a winter of…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 March
The Touareg forced to fight for Gaddafi
If Gaddafi goes, then the Touareg will be in great danger
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 11 October
India’s domestic flights reunite the nation
Had anybody from Guwahati in Assam wished to travel to Delhi 15 years ago, they would have had only two affordable options: take a 27-hour train, or stay at home.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 29 November
Graffiti is today’s cultural legacy
This week sees a most unusual ceremony taking place at Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. A grave is being reopened. But it’s a case of restoration rather than exhumation.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 2 April
Political coups require planning too
It must have seemed like rather a good idea at the time.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Thursday 12 July
The Tour de France’s new off-brand hero
I’m loving the Tour de France. Yeah, the cycling’s good and, as the field heads into the mountains, it’s getting compellingly, leg-bustingly gruelling, but what about Bradley Wiggins and his sideburns?
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
West Africa wants its money back from France, the UAE's "Poetry Idol" and Japan's aid to Africa.
Design / Graphic Design
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 August
The Union Jack’s highs and lows
Several weeks ago I would have argued that there’s something wrong with the Union Jack. Like any flag, it is supposed to embody and unite, to mark a nation.
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
Somaliland does democracy (while the rest of the world denies the country's existence), Yemen's president claims he's been a crime-fighting success (while his country goes into meltdown), and it's back to school in Gaza …
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Saturday 20 February
Easy-to-follow steps to a successful coup
Thursday’s coup in Niger is the fifth successful putsch in Africa since 2008, after a decade in which military takeovers had become less common.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 4 May
Weekend agenda 04/05 May
This weekend enjoy the works of Brazilian masters of art and photography in Rio, check out the best of Latvian cinema in London, and listen out for the new album from New York’s Beacon.
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Kagoshima
A long, long way from Tokyo, this distinct, defiant, delightful city is unsung to the point that even the Japanese are hardly aware of it. And if you think the view across the Bay of Naples is spectacular…
Affairs / Media
Fighting talk
Al Jazeera has become the must-watch news channel for the unrest in the Middle East. But it is also a potent soft power weapon that the channel’s owner, the Emir of Qatar, is happy to wield. Monocle travels to the headqu…
Affairs / Government
Talking heads
From the presidents of Turkey and Colombia to the leader of the Israeli Labor party, Monocle interviews five political leaders from some of the world’s most volatile regions.
Affairs / Economics
Horn of plenty
It is a tiny Muslim nation in one of the world’s most politically hostile regions. But Djibouti is also in the perfect position to keep tabs on Islamist militants. That’s why the US army is here and, thanks to a hearts- and…