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The rules of Yule
There’s no need to overcomplicate Christmas. All you need are good friends, seasonal tunes and some heart-warming flicks – all topped up with plenty of festive spirit (hic!).
Media
A typography treatise that delights, an interview with a crime author turned TV writer and an app with a difference.
Press ahead
Publishing granddaddy Magazine House has guided Japan’s cultural conversation with its timely titles. Monocle met the president to discuss its vitality and print’s place in a digital world.
Labour of love
Despite changing reading habits, there’s a place for printed independent magazines. Monocle met pioneering editors and publishers risking it all to tell the stories they believe in.
Culture
A clubbing festival in Turin, a supernatural medical drama from Switzerland and a great John Grant album.
A boom of one’s own
Far from New York's media hegemony, the Bay Area is a hub of popular publications and pioneering ideas. With old-guard papers and tech magazines shaped by Silicon Valley, this is the place for press.
High fidelity
For professionals and high-end consumers, pure sound has always meant Danish equipment, and one company in particular.
Art market
An Auckland auction house, a gallery in New York and a Q&A with the director of the Hirshhorn Museum.
Conchita Wurst: Austria’s new face
Since winning the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Conchita Wurst has become a global star. Yet she refuses to accept iconic status, remaining happiest when in her home city of Vienna.
