Design / Interior design
Three design stores
Inviting interiors, inspiring inventories and artisanal appeal: we’ve picked out three stores that are truly dedicated to design.
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Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 4 September
Seeking independence
The results of yesterday’s election in Québec are in. And thanks to vigorous English avoidance and baby-kissing skills, Pauline Marois and her separatist Parti Québécois are back in power.
Affairs / Politics
Wave power
On the island of O’ahu in Hawaii, members of a local independence movement have succeeded in winning back land claimed by the US in 1893. Now many are calling for nothing less than Hawaii’s complete secession from US rule…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 26 October
Independence for London
This week’s Scottish National Party conference may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the United Kingdom.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 25 October
A new daily for Britain
This morning Britain awoke to something it hasn’t had in nearly 25 years – a new quality national daily newspaper.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 16 January
Scotland after a decade of independence
On 24 June 2014, the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn, when the Scots defeated the English in the wars for independence, the Scots made another bid for independence.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 September
Flagpole diplomacy
Fledgling nations have an understandable urge to spend the early stages of their independence over-compensating.
Affairs / Society
Americas Briefing
Our regular dispatch from Washington looks at adoption in the US, plus Canada gets ready to party.
Edits / Food & Drink
My Last Meal: Independent man
Lapo Elkann, founder of lifestyle brand Italia Independent, prefers rustic, simple Italian food. He’d have his last meal at Sant’Eustorgio because of its picturesque location and comfort food.
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 / Newspapers
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 April
How to stand out from the newspaper crowd
I’m stuck in Paris, trying to get on a flight and head home to Florida so I’m looking for something new on the newsstand.
Business / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Monday 3 December
Coffee without the froth, please
With independent coffee houses more focused on science than service, should the once-alternative option now look to Starbucks for inspiration?
Affairs / Politics
Bids for freedom
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…
Affairs / Urbanism
Paris: global city
From international diplomacy to setting benchmarks in urbanism, from investing in culture to protecting a rich mix of independent businesses, Paris has become a hothouse for fresh thinking. That’s why we have made it our…
Affairs / Society
Young rebels
No one – not even its only ally, Russia – recognises Abkhazia as a legitimate state. But 13 years after declaring independence from former Soviet Georgia, the region’s de facto government is determined to put it on the map…
Culture / Arts
Man of few words
Oslo’s art scene has been getting a much-needed facelift with the opening of independent galleries and a brand new art neighbourhood in the making. We stopped by the studio of big-time art rebel and writer Matias Faldbakken…
Culture / Newspapers
Freedom fighter
As editor of ‘The Zimbabwe Independent’, Trevor Ncube became all too familiar with the consequences of criticising the government. Now based in South Africa, where around 35 per cent of people live in poverty, he has plans…
Culture / Newspapers
Town crier
The ‘Rutland Herald’ is the second-largest daily paper in Vermont and the oldest family-owned newspaper in continuous operation in the US. Over the years it has grown more liberal and, in 2001, won a Pulitzer prize for its…
Affairs / Politics
So long, Serbia
On 17 February the Assembly of Kosovo declared independence and the war-torn state became free from Serbian rule. Monocle was there as the people hit the streets. Also, overleaf, Nader Mousafizadeh, former special assistant…
Edits / Travel
Their bright materials
Functional meets beautiful in Taiwan’s cultured capital, and its independent shops are abuzz with creativity. We’ve been taking a fresh look at its wares, from cycling to ceramics, and talking to those lighting up the lives…