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Sign of the time
Opportunity awaits those who know where to look and are bold enough to act. This issue unravels the tangle of global goings-on and finds out where the action is.
Join the peace core
Quiet yet central, Campo de Ourique became a creative hub with the rebirth of its market.
Diplomacy
The EU's new foreign-affairs chief rings the changes and Ukraine's ambassador to Poland waxes lyrical on his warm Warsaw welcome.
Digital uprising
One of the world’s most populous urban areas, Mexico City’s politically savvy population is blessed with a growing number of independent media outlets that are operating increasingly online.
United Front
Violence in Tripoli has forced diplomats to Tunis. From makeshift offices, they try to solve Libya’s problems from afar, but a terrorist attack in their new home underlines the region’s increasing fragility.
Building better cities
To draw Monocle's Quality of Life Conference to a close, our editor Andrew Tuck took an in-depth look at how metropolises are changing around the world and poses some fundamental questions to get city…
The importance of place
To highlight the importance of provenance, Gillian Dobias visited Monocle Quality of Life Conference panelists David Hieatt in Wales, Catarina Portas in Lisbon and Kamal Mouzawak in Beirut – three inspiring role models for…
The perfect high street
High streets around the world are increasingly imperilled by the threat of online retailers and click-and-buy commerce. Ahead of our talk on the topic at Monocle's inaugural conference in Lisbon we devised a few…
