Culture
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Fresh beat
J-pop and K-pop, step aside: Thailand’s indie scene is taking to the stage with a new wave of young bands doing their own thing – and doing it well.
Dieter Meier
As well as being the front man of Swiss electronica band Yello, Dieter Meier grows hazelnuts and owns three restaurants – one of which is Ocho Once.
Man of few words
With Oslo's art scene getting a much-needed facelift, we visit the studio of art rebel and writer Matias Faldbakken to find out what the city gives him and his creative process.
Media
Hong Kong's art-film channel celebrates its first birthday and gallery guides get smart.
A press for change
As editor-in-chief of ‘El País’, Javier Moreno has made it his publication’s responsibility to drive social reform on a national level as well as maintain an international standing as the foremost Spanish-language newspaper.
Looking on the bright side
Despite the Iraq war’s legacy, the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah offers a beacon of optimism through its flourishing music, journalism, art, and television scenes, proving hope can be found in unexpected places.
Oslo art scene
With new independent galleries opening and an art neighbourhood in the making, Oslo's art scene is being revitalised. We meet artist and writer Matias Faldbakken to find out why he calls the city home.
Thanks for the rides
Work is fun, literally, for Italian firm Zamperla, which has been making fairground rides big and small since the 1960s for places ranging from Coney Island to Pyongyang. Monocle fastens its seatbelt.
Cultural Kurdistan
Our foreign editor, Steve Bloomfield, and photographer Sebastian Meyer visit Sulaymaniyah, the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the artists, journalists and musicians putting the city on the map.
