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To your health

What does 2010 hold? Monocle’s biggest issue to date looks at who should be in the spotlight, who should take a bow, and which companies are the ones to watch – all with a healthy dose of optimism.
Our heroes

Welcome to Monocle’s annual round-up of 20 people who we think deserve a bigger stage. We cover diverse professions from shoe designers to politicians because we believe it’s not only the grand scale that matters, but the little life-affirming things too.
Most unwanted

Welcome to Monocle’s annual round-up of 20 people who we think deserve a bigger stage. We cover diverse professions from shoe designers to politicians because we believe it’s not only the grand scale that matters, but the little life-affirming things too.
A better blueprint

Welcome to Monocle’s annual round-up of 20 people who we think deserve a bigger stage. We cover diverse professions from shoe designers to politicians because we believe it’s not only the grand scale that matters, but the little life-affirming things too.
Forecast 2010: Transport

What you can learn on an Indian train; the future of commuting; Japan pushes further, faster and Bogotá goes Underground.
Forecast 2010: Politics

Where will things kick off in 2010? Will anyone manage to make a new country in the new year? Or oust a tyrant? Or even manage to join the EU?
What next

We asked 25 leading thinkers, authors, taxi drivers and monarchs to look at the world just over the horizon. From the joys of national dress to the need for a new religion, this is what they saw.
Dungaree diplomats

When a flood devastates Uganda or an earthquake strikes Pakistan, Germany’s THW gets some of the first aid workers on the ground. Mostly volunteers, they are part of Germany’s soft power arsenal.
Small but beautiful

An idea that can change, or at least improve, people’s lives doesn’t have to be a grand, large-scale project. From cosy slippers to a sauna in the company HQ, it’s oftenmthe little things that matter.
Rainbow warrior

In the first of a series on World Cup players, nations and managers, Monocle looks at South African Matthew Booth. He’s an unlikely poster boy for the tournament but his tough tackling and marriage to a top black fashion designer mean he has the popularity and power to unite the nation.
Where next?

From Israel’s new museum district to Poland’s secret economic hotspot via Armenia’s favourite mountain, Monocle runs the rule over five places you should keep an eye on in 2010.

Train to Hokkaido / Japan

Homeward Bound

As much as we love flying out of Tokyo’s Haneda, Monocle opts for the slow train to Hokkaido for the holidays – the 19.03 from Ueno to Sapporo.

Models Laurent & Youki

Hair & make-up Satoru Yanagawa

Producer Reiko Baba

Location JR Hokkaido

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To your health

Our heroes

Most unwanted

A better blueprint

Forecast 2010: Transport

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What next

Dungaree diplomats

Small but beautiful

Rainbow warrior

Where next?

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Calm down, dear

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