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25 results for Azores

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Captive audience

21 July 2016

Andrew Tuck reporting from the Azores: Although rain and rough waters might put a damper on your first impressions of the well-connected Azores, you’ll soon find yourself won over by the islands’ compact capital and tight…

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Atlantic wings

17 May 2011

From running mercy flights for volcano survivors in the 1950s to transporting today’s Portuguese football stars, the Azores’ airline SATA has soared above its island birthplace.

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The Menu - Benjamina Ebuehi, Azores wine and ‘London Feeds Itself’

3 May 2024

This week, we get tips from Benjamina Ebuehi on the most delicious and satisfying puddings to make when it’s your turn to bring dessert. Also on the programme: we venture to the Azores to meet a new wave of winemakers. Plus…

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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 8: Toronto, Kensington Market

1 November 2016

Originally a Jewish neighbourhood, Toronto's Kensingston Market has experienced an influx of immigrants from the Azores to the Caribbean. Our guide is Corey Mintz, food columnist for ‘The Globe and Mail’.

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Waiting in the Isles

17 September 2012

They’re sunny, beautiful and safe but Portugal doesn’t seem to know what to do with them. Maybe it’s time to start recognising the potential of the Azores.

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Konfekt - Issue 8

Turn over a new leaf with Konfekt this autumn.

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Konfekt Korner - Island living, biodynamic wine and the thrill of a cold dip

30 September 2022

Autumn’s arrived - and with it - a back to school reset and a noticeable chill in the air. In this episode, we distract our listeners by pondering a life elsewhere in the Azores, meet studious songstress and artist-on-the…

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The Entrepreneurs - Eureka 284: Ignae

4 March 2022

We meet Claire Chung, CEO and co-founder of Ignae, an innovative Portuguese skincare brand that started in 2016 when her colleague and co-founder, Miguel Pombo, a native of the Azores, began to identify key natural ingre…

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In the frame

31 October 2016

The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) announced the shortlist of their inaugural International Prize last Thursday. Whittled down from a long list of 30 buildings from five continents, the six shortlist nominees…

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Overnight successes

27 January 2022

Whether you’re longing to reacquaint yourself with the Paris skyline, catch the Northern Lights in a small Swedish city or sample wine on a Portuguese island, where you stay matters. Here are three boltholes that are des…

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Escape Clause

4 January 2024

When the time comes for Monocle’s writers and editors to take a well-earned week away from their desks and keyboards, expectations are high and relaxation is often difficult. For editor in chief Andrew Tuck, it can be tough…

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Inventory No. 3

17 March 2007

Suite treats at the Park Hyatt, Tokyo; plus, the best kids' bikes, Scandinavian clogs and a great hangover cure.

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Observation

17 September 2012

As Monocle warms up for a health and better living issue, our editor in chief Tyler Brûlé reflects on which Lusophone nations are running ahead of the pack.

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Conserveira de Lisboa

17 October 2007

It would take a very special shop to impress Lisbon’s pescatarian public, but Conserveira de Lisboa – now into its 77th year – and its jawdropping array of Portuguese tinned fish has fed Lisboans, Michelin judges and tou…

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Turning up the heat: The Escapist, take two

21 July 2016

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Politics

22 March 2018

A sea change in Portugal, Poland is on reputation watch, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili eyes a political comeback in Ukraine and we meet Hisyar Ozsoy of the pro-Kurd Peoples’ Democratic party.