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44 results for Bologna

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Turn up for the books

17 May 2018

Bologna’s Children’s Book Fair proves that the business is anything but child’s play.

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Whipping up a storm

18 August 2011

Italians want the world to know how to make gelato. Which is why one school is attracting foreigners to study the art.

Radio

The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 155: Bologna

8 October 2019

We head to the north Italian city, which is often overlooked despite being home to some of the best food in southern Europe.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 52: strolling around Bologna

17 April 2017

We take an evening stroll around Bologna and enjoy some of the city’s beautiful outdoor public spaces, from the central square, the Piazza Maggiore, to walkways sheltered by medieval porticoes.

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Design/architecture

17 February 2014

A new glass-wrapped campus in Bologna, a Milan retail venture for a US design firm and our design editor on the peculiar beauty of pasta

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Media

19 April 2012

A peek at Beirut’s recently opened Art Factum gallery and Budapest’s concept store Printa. Plus, we meet web designer-cum-magazine publisher Kai Brach to talk about his journal Offscreen.

Radio

The Late Edition - Wednesday 24 June

24 June 2020

Why German police say that rioting in Stuttgart was not politically motivated. Plus: the first car crosses Genoa’s new bridge and Bologna unveils a plan for outdoor summer shows.

Radio

The Monocle Arts Review - Film: David Jenkins

8 July 2016

‘Little White Lies’ editor David Jenkins talks about a festival dedicated to the rediscovery of rare and little-known films: Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato.

Radio

The Menu - Culinary adventures by bicycles

2 August 2013

We visit a gelato academy in Bologna, check out Maní restaurant in São Paulo and speak to a man who cycled from the UK to South Africa in search of culinary adventures

Radio

The Menu - Slow Wine Fair

15 April 2022

We visit Bologna’s inaugural Slow Wine Fair, hear from Oslo’s culinary mastermind Esben Holmboe Bang and leaf through ‘Serviette’, a new magazine celebrating the best in food and drink.

Radio

The Briefing - Monday 26 March

26 March 2018

We ask whether US politicians who reject gun reform will be punished at the ballot box and examine Egypt’s presidential election as well as Russia’s history of revolutions. Plus: Monocle’s Chiara Rimella tells us all we…

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Show offs

20 October 2016

Monocle visits the annual trade fairs where craft aficionados are upholding traditions such as barrel-making and basket-weaving and forward-looking ceramicists are reinventing the humble tile.

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Pasta master

18 May 2017

Although quintessentially Italian, pasta-makers are increasingly reliant on imported wheat. We meet the man shaping a more sustainable future for its production.

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Fashion

23 May 2013

Outfits, retailers, designers and makers to keep an eye out for this month.

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Francesco Ricci Bitti

17 September 2008

As president of the International Tennis Federation, Francesco Ricci Bitti spends much of his time travelling, courting oligarchs to invest in tennis. Wherever he pitches up, however, he opts for simple fare such as that…

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Stand and deliver

12 February 2015

Japan’s faltering position on the world stage has been defined by its post-luxury population’s obsession with the good life, Italian style. It’s time for this proud nation to step up and get on with it.