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Media

The news breakers

Old-school news agencies have found a new purpose and power in a world of misinformation and reporting cutbacks. This is how ‘wires’ have stayed on top.

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  • 13 min read
The news breakers
Media

Face value

There are few more trusted news sources than the experienced and impartial TV anchor. We tune in to meet three such stars of the screen.

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Lee So Jeong sits at a news desk in the KBS studio wearing a teal blazer and smiling at the camera
Urbanism

Cities

Hong Kong's West Kowloon transforms neglected reclaimed land into the world's largest cultural district, featuring 17 venues across a 23-hectare waterfront park designed by Foster + Partners.

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  • 4 min read
Colourful library building facade with a grid of pastel tiles and pink door.
Food & Drink

Regional ally

Architect David Chipperfield’s relaunch of a long-closed bar in a Galician village cements his commitment to the area. We get an exclusive first look.

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Regional ally
Media

Making the headlines

Axel Springer's radical new headquarters in Berlin merges newsrooms, symbolises media's future and reasserts the historic publishing district's role as democracy's bulwark.

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  • 18 min read
Making the headlines
Music

Observation: Group therapy

The fanatical followers of Hong Kong boy band Mirror reflect the troubled city’s yearning for some homegrown positivity and pride.

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Observation: Group therapy
Society

Residents elect

As members of one of Denmark’s largest housing co-operatives, the occupants of one cobbled Copenhagen thoroughfare are a community in control. We meet the neighbours in Nørrebro.

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Residents elect
Photography

Jeff Wall

The Canadian artist’s near-documentary photographs present worlds we don’t quite live in. He considers them an antidote to today’s proliferation of images.

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Jeff Wall
Culture

The 2021 Monocle Art Survey

From gallerists to artists, collectors to auctioneers, we check in with industry players to find why – digital innovations or not – seeing art in real life matters, how the past year has shaken…

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chooser art survey

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