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Strawberry yields

16 June 2022

In a warehouse outside Jersey City, a Japanese-flavoured start-up is growing berries so coveted that people happily pay $50 for a bowlful. Is this vertical farming’s first luxury brand?

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Urbanism

21 April 2022

The Dutch Cycling Embassy’s soft power and preserving historic street tiles in Houston.

Radio

Monocle on Culture - Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak

25 March 2022

A special edition of the show marking its partnership with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism. Robert Bound is joined by the chairman of the department, who explains his conviction that culture is at the heart…

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Monday 17 January

17 January 2022

How will the explosion in Abu Dhabi affect business? Are vaccine mandates discriminatory? And what’s the future of public broadcasting? Andrew Mueller speaks to Alex von Tunzelmann and Steve Crawshaw.

Radio

The Urbanist - Placemaking, biodiversity and diplomacy

23 September 2021

We bring you a bundle of reports from the past few days, including the London Design Festival, Expo Prado in Montevideo, New York hosting world leaders and the Al Fay Park in Abu Dhabi.

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The Agenda: Urbanism

23 September 2021

Abu Dhabi’s unique, new park and our design editor’s views on how taxis rank.

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Hall orders

19 August 2021

Designing a new Grand Hall for the League of Arab States demanded experience, flair and respect for tradition. Enter Lebanese architect Nada Debs.

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Stay sharp

13 May 2021

As the world resumes regular service in even the most challenged of commercial corners, we’ve looked across the globe to the businesses that have thrived this past year. Meet the people who have used optimism, creativity…

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Defence

22 October 2020

The US plan to sell F-35s to the UAE throws up problems, while Taiwan opens a new MRO centre and Japan sees sales of radars go to the Philippines.

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Bold moves

20 August 2020

Whether by plane, train or e-tractor, cities and nations are rising to the challenge of getting the world from A to B.

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32. Radical departures: rethinking air travel

21 May 2020

As the aviation industry struggles with the fallout of the pandemic, it should seize the moment to ground its worst impulses and make passengers fall back in love with flying.

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Balance of power

19 March 2020

As foreign goverments and corporations circle Senegal’s newfound energy resources, its stable and progressive capital, Dakar, is learning how to best channel its influence and growth.

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Defence

16 January 2020

The Chagos Islands, Canada’s first female sergeant major and the UAE's arms industry.

Radio

Monocle Weekends - Winter Weekend

16 November 2019

Georgina Godwin shakes off the winter chill at the Sharjah International Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates as she takes a tour of the Louvre Abu Dhabi and meets the president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation…

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Life in motion

17 May 2019

From the infrastructure giant improving quality of life to the railway firm entering the property market, we meet the high-flyers going above and beyond.

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Animal magic

21 March 2019

Zoos can change the world: the not-so-wild claim from Dominic Jermey, Zoological Society London’s top dog.