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Ripping yarn
Harris Tweed is woven in a beautiful setting by workers in their homes. But all is not idyllic. With its largest mill closed, it’s crunch time for the iconic Scottish business.
Ivory power
Côte d’Ivoire are Africa’s best chance for World Cup glory. The secret to their prowess is the ASEC Mimosas academy, which trains and educates young Ivorians to become some of the world’s top footballers.
On the pulse
Medica is the world’s largest healthcare trade fair. This year 4,360 companies displayed the latest must-haves for the 21st-century doctor from souped-up ambulances to rather too realistic anatomical models
Step ahead
September’s footwear fair in Milan drew a record number of visitors. But while Italy exported 250 million pairs of shoes in 2006, output has fallen by 30 per cent since.
Timber land
As ‘biomass’ becomes a buzzword, lumberjacks are at the forefront of the climate debate. Monocle visits one of Europe's largest forestry fairs to find out why wood is good for the environment.
What a scoop
In our regular series on the world’s more obscure yet inspirational trade fairs, Monocle despatched a team to Rimini to cover Sigep, one of the biggest ice cream trade conventions in the world.
