- 10 results for valentines+day
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 14 February
Labour of love
Valentine's Day is about thinking big but a little planning goes a long way too.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 25 January
Iranian sex toy industry gets longer-lasting batteries
Iranian authorities are waging a war on love. Earlier this month their targets were heart-emblazoned materials promoting Valentine’s Day, a holiday increasingly popular among young Iranians who yearn for some of the basic…
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 14 February
A lack of common scents
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
Affairs / Management
Monocolumn
Tuesday 16 February
Japan’s tie business in knots
In mid-January, Takeshi Kobori, the Japan Necktie Association (JNA) chairman, met with Japan’s environment minister Sakihito Ozawa and handed him a two-page letter of demands.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 29 April
Weekend Agenda: 30 April/1 May
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s cultural selection, including an album from our new favourite Danish starlet, film releases, and a droll novel to see you through a honeymoon.
Business / Business Hubs
No dilly Dalian
Offering an alternative lifestyle to Shanghai and Beijing, Dalian is a vibrant student city with an easier pace of life. You might not have heard of it but this is one of the world’s biggest outsourcing centres.
Affairs / Arts
Europe briefing
The style of Russia's new first lady, and the not-so private lives of Finland's politicians.
Culture / Media
Censor sensibility
Hung Huang is the head of CIMG, perhaps China’s most sophisticated media brand. In just seven years she has spearheaded new TV, print and web media. Now she wants to forge a uniquely modern Chinese culture, in a country…
Affairs / Urbanism
Town criers
What’s the future of the city? Eleven writers – urbanists, authors, academics, architects and Monocle editors – look at the battles and pleasures of metropolitan living. From the empty highways of Detroit to the sewers of…