Thursday 17 December
Not content with penning the most savage attack on American literature in decades, US academic Brian Myers has produced a book destined to shatter conventional assumptions about the world’s most mysterious nation.
Sunday 6 December
Today, Finland celebrates its independence from Russia in 1917. As every year, this patriotic people will light blue and white candles, toast the nation with sparkling wine, and gather in front of the TV to follow the…
Thursday 27 May
“I don’t see the possibility of serious developments in the market,” Seoul’s top financial regulator, Kim Jong-chang, told reporters when asked if growing tensions following the sinking of a South Korean warship would…
Monday 23 January
And so Apple continues its onward march towards world domination - the multi-billion dollar company is now focused on the lucrative e-book market.
Wednesday 1 August
Taking a leaf out of Franklin D Roosevelt’s speech book, Congressman Mike Kelly from Pennsylvania and Congresswoman for New York Ann Marie Buerkle decided that yesterday – 1 August 2012 – was a day which will live in infamy…
People talk of the world becoming a smaller place, but there is still a lot of room for hostility. Here, Monocle has identified 20 of the most volatile areas of contention.
Tuesday 22 December
In the past five years Dresden’s museums and reconstructed old town have established it as one of Europe’s better tourist destinations – and a much-needed success story in the depressed eastern Germany.
Thursday 31 March
At first it feels reassuringly familiar. The sun is shining in Shibuya, salarymen are rushing around and teens are chatting as they make their way across the famous crossing. But there are telling signs of change.
Sunday 20 September
Next Sunday, Germany will decide whether to re-elect its first female head of government. Until recently, however, the campaign has not just been lacklustre, it’s been non-existent.
Tuesday 7 August
First there was Crosby, Stills and Nash. Then there was Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Perhaps, it’s time for a new supergroup. A diplomatic supergroup. Please welcome to the stage Bildt, Davutoglu and Patriota.
Friday 11 March
Young democracies of the Soviet Union are still grappling with the ruinous legacy of four decades of Communist rule.
Friday 13 January
Have you listened to John Cage’s 4’33” lately? It’s the American composer’s infamous piece featuring four minutes and 33 seconds of silence.
Saturday 12 December
The campaign posters have long been up on every billboard and lamppost, the candidates have been giving impassioned press conferences and trading accusations, and now the motley crew of “international” election observers…
Thursday 15 March
About one year ago we moved office, from north to south Marylebone, and by a distance of under one mile.
Sunday 19 September
While most Poles have already returned from their favourite summer destinations in Greece and Egypt, their country is about to host perhaps one of the most bizarre tours in the history of tourism.
Monday 14 March
The regular frisson of fear that earth tremors produce in Japan.
Friday 22 July
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes an urban beach in Madrid, a design festival in Melbourne and a boating lake atop a London department store.
Friday 26 August
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes a sculpture show in the Yorkshire countryside, an art fundraiser in New York’s SoHo and, for the more intrepid, a marathon in West Africa.
Friday 22 January
A few days before the international Afghanistan conference in London on 28 January, there are overwhelming signs that Germans are tired of sending their soldiers into a war many believe cannot be won.
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