Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 15 May
Let’s talk about the weather
When I woke up recently I checked the weather forecast. For the oncoming weekend it was London 13c, Helsinki 24c.
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Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Monday 15 August
Cold front leaves locals grappling with graupel
Aucklanders learnt a new word yesterday: “graupel”. Halfway between snow and sleet, it forms when very cold droplets of water hit snowflakes to form a “rime”.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 9 September
Cold comfort in Japan’s long, hot summer
After a brief respite from a passing typhoon this week, Japan’s ferociously hot summer – the hottest on record – has picked up where it left off.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Tuesday 30 March
Will BBC weather forecasting change providers?
After almost 90 years, the BBC is talking about putting its lucrative weather forecasting contract out to tender, possibly as early as this month (April).
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Tuesday 9 February
Living with the floods
From the end of the street, the water shimmers almost idyllically, like some distant pool or lake.
Edits / Health
Monocolumn
Wednesday 7 December
The dark age
If you live in Utsjoki, the northernmost village in the entire EU, there are a few consumer items that are more important to you than others.
Edits / Food & Drink
Gold bar
Panimo Bar is a secret bolthole for locals wanting to escape the harsh, Lappish weather. If you don’t have the hard cash for drinks or accommodation, you can pay in pieces of gold or gold dust, to be found in the rivers in…
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 November
For flyers, Christmas is no season to be jolly
Christmas is near. You can see it all around you. High streets are draped with sparkling light displays, shops are starting to spew out Yuletide classics, and – thank heavens – you can find mulled wine almost anywhere.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 November
There’s no business like snow business
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve had some snow over here on the east coast of the United States.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 6 November
Hurricane Sandy and a wind-up radio
One week ago, life in Manhattan was very different from what it is today. There were no rumbling subterranean subway sounds nor beeping taxi cabs.
Business / Business Hubs
Sun bloc
The average per capita income is just €2,570, the country is plagued by honour killings and is a haven for car thieves. And then there’s its grim past as a communist fiefdom. But it has one major asset that outsiders want…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 May
Local history can hold global brands back
As unseasonably heavy rain poured down in Rome earlier this week, it was easy to see the weather as a meteorological mirror for the general economic climate.
The Monocle Daily, episode 261
The latest on New York’s bad weather, we look at the future of London’s airports, and analyse Australia’s relationship with Asia.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Tuesday 3 April
Let’s not lose traditional keys
Inspired by the unseasonably warm weather last week in London, I embarked on a bit of spring-cleaning.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 18 April
Predicting the monsoon
From the baking plains of the Deccan Plateau to the boardrooms of Mumbai, everyone is keeping a weather eye on India’s skies as the annual monsoon approaches.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 32
On this week's edition we get an update on Israel's economy with Peter Hirschberg of Bloomberg's Jerusalem Bureau to see if the country's conservative banks have managed to weather the economic storm.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 March
The international language of queueing
There are three things that mark one out as British: a proper cup of tea, turning almost any conversation onto the subject of weather, and a sense of fair play that is best exhibited in politely standing in line and waiting…
Affairs / Society
Africa/Middle East Briefing
A new satellite city is planned to ease the pressure of Nairobi's urban centre, restoration is planned for Saudi Arabia's weather-beaten collection of world-class sculptures, and Syria in numbers.
Edits / Urbanism
Kings of the hill
Beirut’s Christian quarter of Ashrafieh has weathered civil war, terrorist assassinations and the recent Hezbollah-Israeli conflict. But today, the hill-top neighbourhood is once again under threat, this time from devel…
The Monocle Daily, episode 299
We discuss the first US soldier in five decades to potentially face the death penalty for a crime committed on duty, learn about the Israeli-Arab politician banned from next year's election for her part in a pro-Gaza pro…