Design / Architecture
Home front
The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.
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Affairs / Television
Monocolumn
Friday 14 May
The danger of narco-soaps
Tales of the drug underworld featuring silicone-enhanced women and handsome drug kingpins are the staple of Colombia’s hit soap shows.
Affairs / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 1 September
Gaddafi’s Roman adventure
Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s visit to Rome this week has not been without controversy.
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 August
Remembering the past requires respect
Scattered around the cities, towns, villages and hamlets of Great Britain and most of Europe, sit memorials to those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Affairs / Politics
Crossing the line
They might not make headlines, but there are numerous border disputes that could spark a crisis at any time (although we hope Canada and the US would avoid war over their quarrel regarding lobster-rich waters). Monocle…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Defence briefing
The latest laser warfare, the UAE's new fighting machines and India gets defensive with its ballistic missile shield. Plus, Hilary Synnott on what to do with the Pakistan and the Taliban challenge.
Business / Society
Pray & display
Poland remains one of Catholicism’s European bastions, where the religious market is thriving. Trade fair SacroExpo is a kitsch celebration of everything from souped-up confessional boxes to huge church bells – via an…
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Power struggle
Sakhalin, in Russia’s far east, is 6,000km from Moscow, yet a short hop from Japan, its former ruler. Marooned from its Asian neighbours during the Soviet era, the region has so far seen little investment from Japanese…
Edits / Technology
Expo 28: Space awareness
Politics and cost have prevented Japan from putting a human up there but, they say, their cosmic focus is not the vain flag-planting of the space race, rather research and exploration. A strategy that has led to them dev…
Affairs / Society
Europe Briefing
The Popemobile and the other vehicles in Benedict XVI's motorcade, and how wealthy Germans can prepare for armageddon.
Business / Investments
Business Briefing
A Canadian coffee shop in Kandahar, Chinese internet junkies go cold Turkey, and Jordan gets wired.
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…
Culture / Film
Lights, camera, accíon
If you are making a film, a low-budget TV show or a commercial, head to Buenos Aires. Since the Argentinian economic meltdown in 2002, low wages, skilled professionals and excellent production facilities have seen filmma…
Design / Environment
Design/Architecture Briefing
A new entry to the tiltrotor market, the finest small naval craft, and the best portable mess kit.
Edits / Society
Expo 38: A dying breed?
Izmir in western Turkey was reshaped in the 18th and 19th centuries by European settlers who built railways and founded banks and newspapers. Many fled or were killed after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, but the few rem…
Affairs / Food & Drink
Sweetness and might
Think you’ve got the measure of the Haribo gummy bear? Think again. Behind that loveable face is a company that buys out rivals and takes its competitors to court. And we bet you didn’t know what country he’s from…
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Film reviews for Lion's Den and Lebanon, our picks of books and music releases and culture "czar" Robert Bound's column.
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Films, books, music and our culture editor's monthly column.
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Our favourite new music releases, films and books. And culture editor Robert Bound's column on tear-jerking Hollywood films.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Peace station
The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration, aka the Peace Palace, houses a crack team striving to resolve international disputes and bring about world peace. It may sound idealistic, but its services are increasingly in…