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Style Directory

21 September 2023

The beginning of autumn is synonymous with a wardrobe refresh. To help you in the endeavour, we have scoured fashion runways and designers’ studios around the world, from Laguna Beach and Tokyo to Milan and Singapore, to…

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Hive minds

17 August 2023

The latest in business from beekeeping biologists and e-bike pioneers to Italian fashion designers and airlines, delivering first-class customer experiences.

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Wheels of fortune

17 August 2023

Due to regulation, collaboration and quality control, Portugal is top of Europe’s bicycle supply chain. Now it just needs to inspire its citizens to get in the saddle.

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Fair assessment

25 May 2023

Following the latest successful edition of the planet’s premier furniture fair, we sit around the table to select the 15 designers, firms and pieces that caught our eye at Salone del Mobile.

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The sky’s the limit

25 May 2023

The lack of Sudan evacuations shows up nations, Norway takes the Arctic Council chair and the latest drone technology from Portugal.

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Design Awards: Part 2

27 April 2023

From a lush desert park and a kitchen showroom to a film camera and a Swiss army knife, our 50 design-world classics for 2023.

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Keeping it real

27 April 2023

The Dutch are reality TV pioneers but as times evolve, shows are voted off. Can these new formats be the catalyst for a renaissance?

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The Globalist - Tuesday 25 April

25 April 2023

An update on the war in Ukraine as Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, visits New York. Also in the programme: leaders from the largest-ever coalition around energy in the North Sea meet in Belgium and Spanish auth…

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The Foreign Desk - Munich Security Conference special edition

25 February 2023

In this special episode, recorded at the Munich Security Conference, Andrew Mueller sits down with the prime minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Iceland’s minister for foreign affairs, Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfad…

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The Globalist - Thursday 2 February

2 February 2023

A look ahead to the EU-Ukraine summit. Plus: Belgium’s crackdown on Russian diamonds, the return of the ball season in Vienna, a flick through today’s papers and the latest from Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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The next big things

8 December 2022

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Bigger picture

8 December 2022

After many years of war and turmoil, Iraq’s capital city is slowly regaining a peaceful equilibrium. Now its citizens can relax and look towards a brighter future – one in which art, and the artistic spaces in which to…

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Take the biscuit

8 December 2022

The CEO of the Belgian biscuit brand on why they are still guided by tradition.

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Small Fortune

17 November 2022

Moving somewhere compact needn’t mean closing the doors of professional or personal opportunity. Life in small cities can give you the best of metropolitan life, only with greater access to nature and a more relaxed pace…

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Up in the air

20 October 2022

Big-name architects are helping to transform Ecuador’s capital – but do its residents want the high life?

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Who’s keeping the lights on?

20 October 2022

As prices skyrocket and pipelines mysteriously explode, the folly of Europe’s over-dependence on fossil fuels, especially those imported from Russia, is being revealed and punished. With autumn turning to winter, Monocle…