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Christopher Hunt

Business

World at your feet

From grand business behemoths to single-person start-ups, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for entrepreneurs. We’ve traversed the globe to bring you the stories of where, how and why people have gone it alone.

  • The Entrepreneurs #1
  • 35 min read
World at your feet
Affairs

Willing and able

We meet the volunteer firefighters in Tokyo, coastguards in Stockholm and medical workers in Jerusalem who provide their enthusiastic and expert services for the common good, keeping their fellow citizens safe.

  • Issue #95
  • 10 min read
Willing and able
Culture

Laying a paper trail

The CEO of Sweden’s biggest and brightest morning paper insists that there is still a market for her product – for now.

  • Issue #69
  • 3 min read
Laying a paper trail
Business

The ideas factory

That effortless feeling as a new work hits the page or screen is down to individuals who link inspiration to industry. Here are a few of our favourites.

  • Issue #60
  • 10 min read
The ideas factory
Retail

Crank it up

The commute may be routine but your bike doesn't have to be. As more people discover that a bicycle is indispensable for urban life, Monocle visits five brands that can liven up city cycling.

  • Issue #46
  • 1 min read
Bertelli vintage build
Affairs

Non-stop news

This October, TV4-Gruppen will launch Sweden's only 24-hour news channel. Headed by Göran Ellung, it’s hoped the new venture will draw in an audience of news-hungry Swedes.

  • Issue #47
  • 6 min read
Non-stop news
Affairs

Great mover

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is a celebrity in Norway. A young pin-up for the game, he’s modelled for a denim label and, with his busy social life, is a far cry from the lonely…

  • Issue #44
  • 5 min read
Great mover
Travel and restaurants

Monocle travel guide

Spend a week at Franco Zeffirelli’s former Positano hang-out, dine in country-house grandeur in Paris or uncork a bottle in a Buenos Aires wine hotel with Monocle’s latest travel round-up.

  • Issue #44
  • 12 min read
Monocle travel guide
Travel and restaurants

Atlantic wings

From running mercy flights for volcano survivors in the 1950s to transporting today’s Portuguese football stars, the Azores’ airline SATA has soared above its island birthplace.

  • Issue #44
  • 2 min read
Atlantic wings

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