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Politics

After Angela

When Chancellor Merkel steps down at the end of September, whoever takes her place will find that there’s no clear roadmap. We talk to the key parties about Germany’s future on the world stage.

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  • 16 min read
After Angela
Diplomacy

Attaché cases

Whether tasked with Brand Ethiopia awareness in Brazil or South Korean commerce in the UK, there are unsung drivers of diplomacy. We meet them.

  • Issue #146
  • 9 min read
Reetta Purontakanen standing outside the Embassy of Finland in Japan wearing a green and white patterned dress
Music

Observation: Group therapy

The fanatical followers of Hong Kong boy band Mirror reflect the troubled city’s yearning for some homegrown positivity and pride.

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  • 4 min read
Observation: Group therapy
Society

Residents elect

As members of one of Denmark’s largest housing co-operatives, the occupants of one cobbled Copenhagen thoroughfare are a community in control. We meet the neighbours in Nørrebro.

  • Issue #146
  • 1 min read
Residents elect
Affairs

The opener

Huge flags and enormous skyscrapers, furry babies and political bedding – we round up some global goings-on.

  • Issue #146
  • 7 min read
The opener
Quality of Life

The Monocle Quality of Life survey 2021

We've tweaked our annual urban Quality of Life Survey to consider the cities best placed to prosper post-pandemic. Here’s how metropolises from Vancouver to Vienna are faring as the world’s most liveable locations.

  • Issue #145
  • 33 min read
The Monocle Quality of Life survey 2021
Sport

Tokyo 2020: on top of their games

This year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are unlike any that have come before. In the run up to the event, we met the designers, planners and people behind the scenes.

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  • 3 min watch
chooser baseball
Hospitality

Time and tide

On the Greek island of Thassos, tourism is the engine of the summer economy. Preparing for 300,000 visitors requires a collective endeavour from hoteliers, entrepreneurs and workers alike on the Aegean isle.

  • Issue #145
  • 11 min read
Time and tide
Culture

Sand guard

What kind of beachgoer are you? Get ready for the return of the shadebathers, bodies in fine mahogany, supercharged nubile flirters and blatant naturists at a coast near you this summer.

  • Issue #145
  • 4 min read
Sand guard

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