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Business

How to impress

Anyone who says the past 12 months haven’t made them think again isn’t telling the truth. Here are 20 ideas for changing your business for the better, being brave and taking action.

  • Issue #142
  • 8 min read
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Affairs

Monocle’s digital decency manifesto

Technology is everywhere but that ubiquity can come at a cost to our health, wellbeing and the quality of our conversations. View our manifesto for a more dignified relationship with all things digital and…

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  • 2 min watch
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Hospitality

Open sesame

After a hard year, there are still reasons to be cheerful about the hotel industry. We scan the hospitality horizon for the openings set to define the year ahead.

  • Issue #141
  • 10 min read
Architectural rendering of the Reykjavík Edition hotel showing a modern multi-story building with grid-pattern windows
Affairs

Order of merit?

From Zürich's pricey bin bags to Japan's anti-splash driving laws, these municipal regulations prove that thoughtful governance can nudge citizens toward better behaviour without heavy-handed enforcement.

  • Issue #141
  • 3 min read
Classical statue figure reaching toward a woman in green dress holding what appears to be a shoe
Food & Drink

In good taste

Regional produce, a passion for perfection and a rejection of the latest fads shows how a country can have an enviable culinary culture. We take a tour of the quietly pioneering Swiss food landscape.

  • Issue #139
  • 5 min read
illustrated ice cream with an umbrella decoration
Society

A gentle manifesto for better living

'The Monocle Book of Gentle Living' is our just-published title to help you reconnect, make things happen and do something you care about. Here's how to embark on a gentler life.

  • Issue #137
  • 5 min read
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Books

Room for all

Having a library isn't about hoarding stuffy, leather-bound books. It could just be a modest bedside pile. It's more about keeping a paper trail of where you've been and what you were thinking.

  • Issue #137
  • 3 min read
Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands book cover by Judith Schalansky

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